Prologue
I lie alone, cold and wet, on a raft in the ocean. I have no memories of who I am or how I got here, I only know I am alone. So desperately alone. My clothes are in shreds, my body broken, covered in cuts and bruises. My body aches and my stomach feels as if it is tearing a hole through my body. I am so thirsty. Surrounded by all this water, unable to drink a drop. I feel the winds hit my small frail body. I am cold. My body does not cooperate; it does not move. My breathing is ragged and becomes more difficult with each passing breath. My eyes flutter closed no matter how hard I fight to keep them open. I feel my life slipping away and I feel immense loss. I am alone. I will die here, in such pain, completely, utterly, alone. The
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His eyes stood out, their penetrating glare as dark as the night around us, the colour the same. They were unreadable, making me question what was going through his mind at this moment. His body was long and thin, his clothes hanging somewhat loosely on his body. His hands were large, his knuckles rounded and strong. He had a ring on his left middle finger, an elongated clouded black marble with the feel of the galaxy to it. A beaded necklace hung down to his chest, a gold circle with an inscription on it old and faded, and almost …show more content…
I looked down at my hands embarrassed.
"You were out here too. Alone, on a raft not fit for these waters, looking like you went to Hell and back, with supposedly no fucking idea who you are. You shouldn't be out here. You're far too young. Yet, you have the audacity to question my reason for being out here?"
My entire body shivered violently, from the cold outside, in his dark mysterious eyes, and his icy voice. Without warning, two tears ran down my cheeks simultaneously, landing on my hands and creatin g a small pool of salty wet.
Yozora stood up silently and grabbed me, tossing me over his shoulder.
I began to tremble as fear took over my body. Nothing but a cloud of darkness filled my mind. I whimpered softly as he set me down. I shut my eyes fiercly and cried out, "Please, please don't hurt me. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it! I'll never speak to you like that again. Please."
He blew a breath out in a sigh and I opened my eyes to look up at him. He was frowning at me. The fear continued to rise until it filled my being, my body shaking, my eyes filling with