You know I'm on my knees, yeah I said please You're all I want so hear my prayer My prayer My Eloise is like the stars that please the night The sun that makes the day That lights the way and when that star goes by I'll hold it in my hands and cry Her love is mine My sun will shine Every night I'm there I break my heart to please Eloise
My earliest memories are of being moved from one lonely place to another - from fear to pain.
Later I began to understand what they had planned for me. No child should ever understand that...
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There's a station in Perimeter where everything is sold. Including children.
The station was cold, dark, dirty. Every face menacing. I knew this was bad.
In that despair, I saw her.
She was tall, taller than most men; dressed in black from head to toe with long dark hair trailing behind her. She walked with purpose. People moved out of her way. As she walked past, she turned and looked at me...
A moment of hesitation, then she was gone and I was left to my fate.
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Deals were made; goods sold, bartered, traded. And so was I.
I knew not to resist - I had been taught that lesson long ago yet he held me with a grip that sent pain through my arm.
As we neared the hanger deck, the corridor narrowed and darkened.
I never heard anything; I never saw anything - He just stopped and his hand let go.
I heard him hit the floor and turned to see him holding his throat. I can still see the blood pouring out between his fingers... Eyes wide; his mouth moved. Gurgling. The smell of iron filled the stale air.
In the dimness, the darkness moved and she was standing there.
She reached out, "Come. Quickly. There's sanctuary."