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     Cassandra POV After my parents died in a car accident, I spent most of my childhood growing up in an orphanage. They treated us nice, but each week we all hoped a family would choose us. The older I got, the less I depended on that until one day, the Nun's called my name. A family took an interest in me. I remember the day all too clearly. I was ten years old. They seemed so nice. When the Miller's first came to visit me at the Orphanage, I thought I finally could have a family again. It took a couple of weeks for the paperwork, and soon enough, I was on my way home with them. Thing's weren't bad at first, but Mr. Miller cheated on Mrs. Miller, and they began fighting. He developed a bad drinking habit. I didn't understand it all then, but I do now. It didn't change the fact that every day when the final bell rang at school like now, I panicked. School is the only place I can relax. I used to be able to at least have a walk home on my own, but lately, Mr. Miller picks me up directly from the school. This started after Mrs. Miller left. I cried for weeks wondering why she didn't take me with her. I may not be her real daughter, but I loved her, and she left me here with this monster. I took a deep breath and grabbed my books off my desk. "Cassandra, can I speak to you a moment?" Miss. Shaw peered at me over the top of her wire-rim glasses. If I got a bad note or she called him, the beating would be so much worse. "Yes, Miss. Shaw," I trudged up to her desk and plastered my best fake smile on her face. She watched the other students as they left the room until it was just the two of us, "Is everything okay?" Could I tell her? Would she even believe me? I doubted she could help me, "Yes, I'm just tired," "I want you to know I'm always here for you anytime you need to talk about anything," Miss. Shaw said. "Thank you," I smiled a genuine smile at the dark-haired woman. Maybe one day, but not today. If I took too long, it would only be worse. Miss. Shaw hesitated a moment, and I wondered what she would say next or even do. Maybe she knew, but how could she? I kept it all covered up, and he was always careful to never leave a mark on my face. It was rare for him to slip up in that way and only happened the night Mrs. Miller left in the dead of night. "See you tomorrow, and get some rest," she said, and I walked out the door picking up my pace, knowing he would question even the couple extra minutes it took me to get outside. I shoved my books in my locker and rushed to meet my fate. When I got outside, though, his car isn't here, and I sigh in relief at my luck. Perhaps work held him up. This could be my last chance at escape. Soon I will be eighteen, and I dreamed of that day, thinking I will finally be free of him. In time I realized that even that wouldn't save me, though. I look around the parking lot and run towards the city, not sure where I will go but anywhere is better than home. I would sleep on the streets before returning there. As I'm walking down Marsden street, I try to blend in with the crowd. Maybe I can go back to the Nuns. I wonder if they would remember me after all these years. I just need a ticket out of here and this town and as far away from him as I possibly can get. Mariel POV Everyone has a duty but me. They treated me like a piece of glass that could break at any moment. So what if I'm the only female Angel born in the last one hundred years? I decided to take a walk around the gardens. There isn't much else to do when I overheard voices. "Mariel is too young. She can't control her powers. You saw what happened to her father, Gabriel," Ariel is always trying to keep me locked away. I'm not a little girl anymore. "Someday, she will go searching for answers, Ariel, and it's better we give them to her. We can't just keep pretending her father is away anymore," My uncles rarely fight, especially these two. I clasped my hand around the locket Gabriel gave me last week. He said it belonged to my father. I haven't seen my father in almost ten years. I run away from them, not wanting to hear anymore. Maybe I can sneak down to Earth and find him on my own. I lay down in the garden inhaling the scents of the flowers. It always soothed me. I took off my father's necklace and looked it over. I'm still studying the Angelic language, so I don't understand the words engraved on the back. I try to pronounce them. As the words come out of my mouth, the air picks up around me, and I feel dizzy. The area around me transforms, and I find myself sitting on a busy sidewalk surrounded by humans. Maybe this will lead me to my father somehow. "Are you okay?" a young girl said as she reached out her hand to me. She looks to be about my age, and I smile at the young girl and allow her to help me up. As she pulls my arm up, a man bumps into her, knocking her off her feet as he runs through the streets. The young woman falls into the busy street. "He stole my purse!" I hear a lady cry. I try to move towards the girl who helped me up as a car rushes towards her. "Mariel! You can't be here!" Ariel yells as he pulls my hand. How did he manage to follow me here? As if in slow motion, I watch as the car comes close to the girl's body. Reaching out to her as my hands barely touch her, Ariel is pulling me back. I just want to help her and prove I can be as good as my father. I too can be a Guardian and protector if only they let me.
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