Chapter 1 Betrayed
Lightning split the sky, casting eerie shadows across Olivia's pale face as she pressed herself against the hallway wall, eavesdropping on her parents' hushed conversation.
" We cannot let Freya go," her mother´s voice cracked, heavy with desperation. " she can´t fight those monsters, i can´t lose her."
" Then what do we do, Sophia?" her father sighed, pulling her into a tight embrace.
Freya sat by the window, her face void of emotion. Her eyes, red and swollen from hours of crying, stared blankly at the storm outside.
She had drawn the losing number.
She was supposed to fight. To die.
" Olivia can take my place" her cold voice made both parents turned towards her " We are twins, although we are not that identical, it might work."
" Yes! That's it! Olivia will go instead!" Sophia's eyes widened.
Donovan hesitated. Freya was their favorite. Their golden daughter.They couldn't let her die.
"You are right." He nodded in agreement " Olivia will go in place of you" his fist curled into a ball.
"I am sorry, Olivia," he apologised inwardly.