Flashback

I stare into her bright green eyes in that face I've known for so long, and then suddenly the blood drains from her face.

     "Chloe, Chloe run!" she screams. "They're coming." She makes it two steps before it happens. Before everything goes black.

Chapter 1

     

     Three years later I am still pondering over that moment. It is my only memory. Before that I just don't remember. But, it's the only thing that I have been thinking about. Staring into the past, begging it for more details.

     Right now, I am riding a tram back to Salsiva from Lina where I serve as a maid to rich family so that I can make money for my family. My face burns with anger whenever I( walk into the McShones mansion. Here, the disparity between the rich and the poor is very immense. Salsiva is the poor district where I live and LIna is the wealthy district. I live in Salsiva.