The wind whipped my shredded garments, tousled dark hair, and for a moment I thought myself unable to speak. When the call of a lone, distant gull who"d somehow survived the world"s meagre pickings broke my reverie, only then did I find my voice. I didn"t know where to start, so I chose the beginning. It seemed as good a place as any.
“My life began when first I saw Alba Santini. An angel amongst the damned, she was my ray of sunshine, a light in the darkness of a world I had only passing fancy for. We met whilst I visited New Washington, I forget why, perhaps destiny? Alba walked along the promenade which ran alongside the blue Danube, long before they butchered its colour, and I thought my heart to beat. She was stunning, charming, intelligent and everything I"d ever desired. Our courti
