Intro

“Listen to me. Run to the door at the bottom of the stairs and hide their like we taught you. Don’t make a noise! Do you understand Suki?” My mother yells at me as the nickname sends tears to my eyes.

The banging is getting louder and closer to us. Where is papa? I know their coming for me. Putting up a brave front I nod and run. I run for my life, fear, and pure terror. Reaching the stairs I stumble down them in a rush. My wild black hair whirling behind me as I clench my soft blue night gown in my small shaking hands down the stairs. Making it to the bottom I fumble with the door as I hear a loud bang. I look behind me, water welling into my eyes as I turn back to the door. Finally I open it and rush in. I lock it from top to bottom and stagger to the corner as I collapse on myself and huddle there in the darkness.

Mother told me one day this would happen. They would come for me. The sun demons, they live during the day and feed during the darkness. My mother and father are night wings. I myself am of a special breed. I am both and neither. Only one out of three night wings become what I have. We are evolving into what we hate and despise. We live and breathe just like them. So why hunt me? Why my type? What did we do wrong? I want to cry out to my mother and my father but they told me to be quiet. It's dead silent. I hear nothing as I climb onto my hands and knees as I crawl to the door. I press my ear to the door as I hear nothing. Were did the men go?

BANG.

I jump and almost yell as I clamp my hand over my mouth.

“I know your in there you little brat! Open the door and your mother will live.” He says but I know he’s lying.

They're dead, they killed them, it's my entire fault. I begin to silently cry as he keeps banging on the door. I hear the group he’s with mutter something in their language and then leave suddenly. But not before yelling through the door that he’d be back.