Kenzie Brooks needs to vanish. All she has ever known is a string of misconceptions, including her name. Upon her mother’s passing, Kenzie is left with no other choice but to disappear without a trace from all she has ever known which is The Society.
She must vanish.
Will Kenzie be able to fool The Society into thinking she’s dead? Or will they put the pieces together and discover she’s learned the truth about where she came from?
The
rain pelted my face, making my tears obsolete on the dreariest day of
my life. I watched the wooden coffin being lowered into the ground
with long leather straps. My world had changed in a matter of
moments.
Part
of me wished I could go back to those precious seconds before my mom
had revealed the truth about my name. What I thought had been real
was actually a lie.
A
lie.
The
coffin touched down on the soaked earth. Three men, known as Watchers
in our private society, were to the right of the burial hole. They
pulled the leather straps from underneath the coffin, causing a sound
that had me gritting my teeth.
These
were the last moments before my mom would be buried for all eternity.
Forever is a long time. It has no end and no beginning.
The
Watchers, men over eighteen years of age who had taken an oath of
commitment to The Light, stepped away from the grave. Most of the
time, they were nineteen before they officially took the title due to
the extreme training and discipline of the teachings. Essentially,
they watched over our way of life, keeping it pure and simple,
ensuring all of our laws were followed. The outside world was filled
with sin and was doomed. Sometimes, I felt the position was used as a
way to keep females uninformed. Questioning thoughts were not
appropriate according to the teachings.
The
rain continued as the men put their hands behind their backs and
looked toward the Keeper, the leader of our community.
We
never spoke of the outside world. There were things we needed from it
to survive, but we peacefully coexisted. All of my life, I stayed
within the walls of our community called The Society. At the back of
my mind, I always wondered what life was like beyond the borders.
Stoically,
I stood at the head of the burial hole next to the Keeper. An eerie
chill ran down my spine being so close to him. Normally, I tried to
avoid his presence at all costs.
Lightning
struck and I had to fight not to flinch. We patiently waited until
the Keeper deemed it time to speak. The Keeper made all the laws and
saw to it that visions he received from The Light became realty. I
never understood what The Light was, but to question it was
blasphemy. Basically, we were to blindly follow. Something never
seemed right with that thought process, but that was life.
The
rest of the community, known as Charges, stood behind the Watchers as
their eyes casted on the casket.
Thunder
rolled through the area as the rain came down harder. My bonnet
pressed against my face as I spared a glance at the Keeper. He had on
his black tall hat. His shock-white hair peeped out underneath the
brim. Every time I took in his wrinkled, papery white face, I
shivered. Something had always seemed off about him. My mind was numb
as I tried to process the loss.
Kristin Mayer
is a wife, a proud mother, and a full-time Analyst and Import Manager. Since an
early age, she has always enjoyed reading and writing. While visiting her
father one weekend, he suggested that she should take up writing again. With
family and a career, she didn’t give it a lot of thought, until a story entered
her mind and wouldn’t leave. It just kept forming and developing over a couple
of months.
At the
beginning of 2013, she decided to sit down and write it all down, but she kept
it to herself. One sentence developed into two, and before she knew it, she had
the makings of a novel.
Kristin tries
to live life to the fullest during every moment. She loves to travel and meet
new people. She holds a degree in International Business and uses it daily in
her job. Kristin now adds “author” on her list of jobs, and feels very blessed
and thankful.
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