I didn’t used to go to bed hungry. Some nights I didn’t go to bed at all. Sleep was only for the poor people who needed strength for the coming day in a factory. I needed no such strength. The most I had to do on a given day was come up with creative ways to avoid my mother.
But sleep had become important. If I didn’t sleep, I was slow and unobservant. And if I was slow and unobservant, people died.
The worst part was the hunger, though. I used to tell Ethan that I could feel my stomach consuming itself in its empty agony, but I stopped once I saw the look in his eyes. He’d grown up hungry.
Some people have no sense of humor.
-fin-
Dawned is the story of Wil Archer, who finds herself inadvertently the central player in a rebellion she wants nothing to do with- and all because the mysterious Ethan Dawn mistook her for his long lost love. Wil isn’t used to life on the road, having grown up in the well off tier of society, but she’s too stubborn to admit defeat. Through her travels with Ethan, her stepfather Samson, and Ethan’s organization Dawnbreak, Wil is forced to come to terms with her unsavory home life, her perpetual bad attitude, and her growing discomfort with the state of the world.
Hee. Fun stuff. I didn’t realize how short the prologue was, sorry. But there’s too much swearing right off the bat to post on the website right now. Wil is very… strong worded, as is Ethan. I love the two of them dearly, and they’re so much fun to write, but I can’t introduce them to polite society. Hopefully I will periodically give you my progress, but this isn’t going to be a regular thing, posting bits.
Hope you enjoyed this little taste. See you soon.
