113Please respect copyright.PENANAfo6iXLxodB
113Please respect copyright.PENANABZpFKkyHhC
Twelve months later...
113Please respect copyright.PENANAcEzzgRBLfg
They sat upon the rooftop together as they stared up at the stars while the city lights glowed below them.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAAW3Aujgu89
The night sky is why Silla wished to fly as the young girl she was. It is the most beautiful art, alive with in raw energy, a song for the eyes. At times she felt as if she could feel it vibrating somehow, whispering in a way the ears cannot hear.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA5mPxIhwRls
She guessed it felt friendly when the world of people around her and in the city felt so devoid of love.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA7jhzPQKXhu
The night sky was such a welcome sight, appearing like magic at each sunset, promising to return as she faded in dawn's first light. There were times in the daytime, under skies of blue, Silla would think of those faraway stars and how they'd return after the shadows blended into the dark. Stars lighting the sky like snow-flakes in the night.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA6ItCyj27oS
The soft city lights glowed throughout the upper and outer ring. Though even the bright lights below didn't impede the phosphorus moonlight that spilled in.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA2qLPJHV9ib
Behind all the inner wall, a majestic view of the skyline appeared with startling beauty. There wasn't a cloud in the star-speckled sky. Rows of towering skyscrapers stretched above her, their windows alight from within. A half-moon hovered at the fringes of the luminous cityscape, where the red blinking lights of distance towers twinkling.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAlOMH5TIih5
The cityscape was unbelievably urban. There were no trees or city planted blooms, just monoliths of concrete soaring out of the sidewalk in an exact grid pattern. At night it was beautiful in its own way, so many lights.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAqCN9IEj8a4
The city spread below her, and the world suddenly felt so wide and free that she wanted to jump. Lights glittered everywhere just liked stars dropping to the earth, huge and small buildings collided in a mixture of shadow and geometry, tiny holocrafts rushing along tangled lines of streets creating twisting threads of light - they all intertwined together in a magnificent mess of a dream.
113Please respect copyright.PENANANgllZS4H6E
A breathtaking, marvellous, almost frightened cyber dream that made her feel like some fake, unlucky living thing.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA17BoqdoDHB
The city was scrubbed every nightfall by machines, wilting plants replaced and litter removed from the streets in the upper ring.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAOwe8BxZZ9p
In that way the upper ring cityscape stayed new, like an architects plan, only with the citizens really living inside. There were hyperelectric trams, holocraft buses and the levitating monorail - hardly any personal vehicles at all.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAOg0puWf5ja
There were days Silla would look cloud-ward just to see if she could catch a glimpse of the architect in the upper ring over the inner wall. Then she'd feel foolish and stifle a grin.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAalcB4ArQ8m
It was the kind of place where in the moonlight under a shimmer of moon-reflecting aircraft above. Declan's and Silla's favorite spot allowed them to see as far as the ancient walls stood.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAwcDBgKLnYZ
A year had passed; Declan was now fifteen and Silla had just turned twelve.
113Please respect copyright.PENANATp2xXk3z3F
Looking back on it she realized how much everything had changed since then. She was no longer the nervous, low self esteemed, stuttering girl. Silla's body had started changing too; in ways she wasn't too happy about, of course a bonus was that she had grown taller.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAzL6qLxfGtC
Though what had transfixed her the most was Declan.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAlz6o42WsRj
He was much taller. His face had become more defined and he had lost his baby face. His green eyes got darker and his hair was now longer.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAOKA4aiO9i8
He was just as handsome as ever; she would never say that to his face, though.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAngQNfn6qON
Ever since the running away, incident a year ago, Declan and Silla had become inseparable... Well, it was more of him clinging to her, but he secretly knew that she liked his company.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA2eLL2JZIxE
She had figured since then that the reason he took her from the warehouse in the first place was because he was lonely. Seeing as he was kind of a misanthrope and didn't like many people; he didn't have any friends.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAiCJWvG6Nnt
Declan had never done anything bad per say. He was simply reserved. He was quiet and closed off. Long ago there was a saying 'some people just want to watch the world burn'; sadly this fit him to a T.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA9wehi4L8eH
But Silla knew that beyond his devious mind deep down Declan cared and could be kind.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAVVP5HFpW3L
He truly meant well...
113Please respect copyright.PENANAgZQ4HSbqaI
Probably.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAxxpxQEubDC
Sure he did bad things, but he wasn't inherently evil. He was kind to her even though he could be a bit of a nut case at times. There was no reason to fear him, right?
113Please respect copyright.PENANAX2yABX4S92
Just as she was in mid thought she, felt something discreetly scoot closer to her and lean into her shoulder; affectionately brushing her hair out of her face. Wait... Not a something, a someone.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA9RWTRAgo62
Though Disappointing and unsettling Declan had no grounds on personal space. He took too close for comfort to a whole different level. She had just assumed that he didn't know any better because he hadn't been around other people for a long time.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAzHSV6oYg3z
She was convinced that with the language barrier he had a hard time understanding her sometimes. That was what he had told her; he wouldn't lie to her about something like that.
113Please respect copyright.PENANASW7lDY0J0w
His incessant staring made it hard to do anything; it was like having someone constantly breathing down your neck. Practically all he did was make moon eyes at her. All she could do was ignore it. What else was she supposed do?
113Please respect copyright.PENANASQRV0IupMM
Maybe he just didn't notice what he was doing?
113Please respect copyright.PENANAqbAZJzmdSm
Naively that was what she had thought at first.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAY9bYDXbRXK
Until the touches had started happening more frequently; slowly moving closer to certain places and if left unmanaged...
113Please respect copyright.PENANAn5J9dagC49
Thankfully never going too far and upsetting her too much.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAzrb9QBvpxI
Most girls would have swooned at his behavior. But to her it was plain annoying. She'd figured that he was just a hormonal teenage boy who would throw his affections at anything with legs. It was the only possible explanation for his strange behavior.
113Please respect copyright.PENANArJshaQO9QU
Scooting away from him she sighed and went towards the exit and opened the door. Before she could step out the door was suddenly slammed shut by a hand. Behind her was Declan trapping her between him and the closed door.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAqP0izHMYPX
"What is it now?" She asked him confused. Though weirdly he looked pissed. Ugh... He was being more persistent than usual.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAwhnYRXZdGO
"Stop ignoring me," he nagged this time getting a bit aggravated and grumpy. Whenever he would try to finesse her, she would instantly start to ignore him and he would almost instantly pout like a small child for a few days before going back at it again.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA0eiB6OfvVx
He was strong willed she would give him that; what would it take to break his spirit?
113Please respect copyright.PENANA7EzpigTtDA
"Whatever are you talking about?" She asked him dryly which only added fuel to the fire. In response Del frowned pitifully and let out a sigh. He would have a sulking session for a few days.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAUiUUDJ2pCv
Every time he touched the young girl; he felt a jolt as if he had been electrocuted. If only she knew how much he controlled his desire to touch the petite structure of her body to which he considers his intoxicating drug.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAivBlt9eF6t
The fact that he was starting to become a man didn't help at all either.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAxzkWm45yqq
Despite that physical contact, he never saw her even give him a glimpse, and it made him wild deep inside.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAnieDMgK9gf
"Come on let's head back home it's getting late." Silla said as she ruffled his hair and he guided her off of the rooftop.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAJge9eTioDD
A while ago Declan and she had stumbled onto a large abandoned hover craft on the outskirts of the inner wall of the city by luck. They ended up turning in into their own little hideout. Declan even managed to pick up some used furniture from junkyards and shoplifted from markets to make it more homey. The craft no longer Levitated on the ground or moved but it was comfy and they managed to patch up any holes in it.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAMzCbiqTUtn
Upon arrival, they quickly ran inside with excitement and jumped onto the large fold out couch; a makeshift bed. Bouncing up and down in child like joy until they became tired. Within the blink of an eye, Silla was suddenly pulled down onto the bed foam.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAL4yjbzNnNh
Staring into bright green eyes. He had an evil smirk on his face as he moved closer to her. "Oh, you're gonna get it now." He rasped out. She quickly backed up into the headboard and put her hands up in surrender.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA6HRVcWZxWi
"Del, please don't do this. Please, I'm begging you!" She scrabbled away as he slowly crawled towards her.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAmZOI2O3IYr
"Too late." He smiled. Finally, he was above her small frame, looking down at her fearful position.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAQLFnc3mecy
He raised his hands and started his attack. "Del, no! Please don't tickle me!" She laughed as she tried swatting his hands away, but just could keep him from tickling herself.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAaucXROmLZp
"You brought z'is upon yourself, Sil." Del continued his tickle attack for a while longer before he stopped.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAd2xgD4gYAT
When he was done, she was red in the face and still laughing. Silla struggled to stop giggling as she tried to catch her breath.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA9b6coUrOnD
"Ugh, you're so mean!" She playfully pushed him.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA8ylhU901I1
"Yeah, I know." He told her smirking evilly.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8pXzxVY1Q
Eventually settling down for the night, they snuggled into each other and closed their eyes going into sweet deep sleep.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAF0iQnkfc6D
The next morning Sill swung her legs back and forth off the side of a tall building as she looked at the rusty jumbled buildings below her.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAgbqcyoRkeS
Next to her sat Del looking into the clear blue sky. Everything seemed so peaceful. I raced across building tops as her hair whipped in the wind. She made zigzags and slid down roof panels in hopes that Del wouldn't catch her.
113Please respect copyright.PENANADD3Yj0xWWa
They had decided to race each other like they did every morning.
113Please respect copyright.PENANASU6CHGBp65
Just as she made eye contact with Denni's bars bright neon sign, she was suddenly lifted up into the air and spun around.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAZJ0HIUcaxi
"Aww you caught me," She laughed while Del held me up in the air like a rag doll.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAnfYvxROYFj
Entering the rowdy bar they were greeted by loudly playing music and bright multi-colored lights.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAC3gYniP1j7
She and Declan sat in a booth as they watched the clock tick by. She had no idea how he was able to get money for food or anything else in general as he would never tell her what he did to get it. Though deep down a part of her didn't want to know.
113Please respect copyright.PENANACDgNF5zihR
A lotta times she wanted to ask Declan about his past but she could never bring herself to. Silla herself had never even mentioned anything about herself either.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA4USSIHgnac
She was curious and wanted to know what life was like in the upper ring. It was like a whole another world to her.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAXu1sxmdMxZ
Many people in the lower ring would kill to even get a glimpse. The only way to be accepted in is if you are a slave of someone from there, were born there, marriage, and or served someone as an employee.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAfI4A4Td3FY
Many dreamed of just being a slave in the upper ring. It was considered an honor. It was also a spot highly aimed for by women; as most of them had the possibility of marriage.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAigUQ8enYn9
Many slave owners often married their slaves. Personally, Silla thought slavery was disgusting and would never partake in such a think. But Declan and herself were an exception; they were friends. It was only in name.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAV25yaPlJEF
He wasn't her master! She didn't worship the ground he walked on or serve him in any way; more like it was the other way around.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAWBXkW1jrQj
Declan himself was whipped.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAQVwRBftFkg
"Hey, Umm I have something for you..." Declan suddenly muttered rather nervously as he reached for something in his pocket.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAuBmRzJfgUo
He gently pulled out a beautiful silver necklace with a unique pendant. It had a green jewel elegantly shaped as a serpent on the end. "Wow. It's so beautiful," she told him as he blushed.
113Please respect copyright.PENANABW2oQYRgdL
"It came with it," her spoke setting a small vintage box on the table. It too was beautiful. It had a deep wood and little silver snake engravings on it. Green gems adorned it for the most part. It was a small yet round almost like an egg but not quite. Music boxes were extremely rare; the kind of artifact you would find in the early twentieth century.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAtRcvLbGdlD
"How do you open it?" Silla asked him curiously. She wanted to hear it play.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAs8VmpC7d7n
"The necklace is the key. Stick the body of the snake in the lock and turn it," he instructed her.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA3YClk0Ue1e
Doing so she saw the lock start to turn by itself and the box slowly opened like a blooming flower would.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAgF78YkCUN8
On the inside were too tiny glass figures. One a boy and one a girl slowly turning in a circle as if they were dancing themselves. The gems inside give them both a tiny light show as the light hit the glass and gems.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAYyitmh7eWl
Not long after the figures started turning music also came out in sweet vibrations. The music soared through the air like an eagle on an up-draft, taking with it the very souls of anyone who listened.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAeHPgOkdt7K
It was unlike any sound or type of music she had ever heard.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAtEeeHO6YbM
The gentle lullaby ascended, in a magical flight to the heavens, a breathtaking melody that enraptured pure human emotion. Then after the crescendo they dived back down like ocean waves until all that was left was the silence there was at the beginning. It was a shared journey that held them spellbound in rapt silence.
113Please respect copyright.PENANA5PTBLVpoQV
To her dismay, however, an unexpected cracking of glass was heard. The glass from the window by their booth shattered into a million pieces, reflecting light in every possible direction as a silver glare rushed past her, hitting Del in the side of his arm.
113Please respect copyright.PENANAaFLqgTPFXU
113Please respect copyright.PENANAUPoG5kfQy2
113Please respect copyright.PENANASfys4ywwZu
113Please respect copyright.PENANABOgVpaSc40
113Please respect copyright.PENANAjUU48Lzm6B
113Please respect copyright.PENANAc3B9qKw97h
113Please respect copyright.PENANAO9yBCAYed2
113Please respect copyright.PENANAorUrEc2fWu
113Please respect copyright.PENANA9fzxdKpGRg
113Please respect copyright.PENANACi3kCZAHvZ
113Please respect copyright.PENANAh82yYo4GSg
113Please respect copyright.PENANA05mAIzDAts
113Please respect copyright.PENANA08GGRpjgJo
113Please respect copyright.PENANARTqcmzAsB4
113Please respect copyright.PENANADEeeg8CdV0
113Please respect copyright.PENANAMiu06AScBO
113Please respect copyright.PENANAEmcUHOveb2
113Please respect copyright.PENANAOJhMQvrCii
113Please respect copyright.PENANABAOBvSVPBI
113Please respect copyright.PENANA09twnZggNL
113Please respect copyright.PENANADIgKRgjCn1
113Please respect copyright.PENANAWdrXCR7btm
113Please respect copyright.PENANATxU299ilrh
113Please respect copyright.PENANAQJvoN1RYm9
113Please respect copyright.PENANA5sufMbhH6N
113Please respect copyright.PENANAm9IcRBpuGI
113Please respect copyright.PENANALZaMXxyq1H
113Please respect copyright.PENANAU2Wu98pDfM
113Please respect copyright.PENANAHZXTAAFQC2
113Please respect copyright.PENANAbYEMQBmSpi
113Please respect copyright.PENANAdG7qFZRscM
113Please respect copyright.PENANAUX0cS9bStZ
113Please respect copyright.PENANAH11UWMiu1t
113Please respect copyright.PENANAoY6XIDFWNO
113Please respect copyright.PENANApGvZcTQ02F
113Please respect copyright.PENANA116krA2dBp
113Please respect copyright.PENANAFVAp0ptO4Y
113Please respect copyright.PENANAEyyz1ojAO6
113Please respect copyright.PENANAanOaEcuhcj
113Please respect copyright.PENANAuJrzW2ypyt
113Please respect copyright.PENANANAMEozlFv4
113Please respect copyright.PENANAyMIjbkHdJP
113Please respect copyright.PENANAWanKrFJWK3
113Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ej1nkvqon
113Please respect copyright.PENANAqTAd6AdeyY
113Please respect copyright.PENANARYukhIIAst
113Please respect copyright.PENANA4zOx5sc1s3
113Please respect copyright.PENANACtqObMXLLn
113Please respect copyright.PENANAFRBDzWsP2j
113Please respect copyright.PENANACuceTEmMgS
113Please respect copyright.PENANAMU4ymllNyx
113Please respect copyright.PENANAOihRPbeTnz
113Please respect copyright.PENANAPJM8COpSN1
113Please respect copyright.PENANADFob81IYWa
113Please respect copyright.PENANARumtWK67kI
113Please respect copyright.PENANAKrplCVjvdL
113Please respect copyright.PENANAFiLxJSJGnA
113Please respect copyright.PENANArvBiBaEvhn
113Please respect copyright.PENANACqgsYFwIpo
113Please respect copyright.PENANAnhjNkoYtsm
113Please respect copyright.PENANABQr7BKJSUn
113Please respect copyright.PENANAGoB0e4kAEV
113Please respect copyright.PENANANhu9aBssQP
113Please respect copyright.PENANArc3Yoiu5P3
113Please respect copyright.PENANAzp2XzeTtoC
113Please respect copyright.PENANA8mmotH7N2p
113Please respect copyright.PENANAEEkGyxcfIA
113Please respect copyright.PENANAHxLv9tTo63
113Please respect copyright.PENANAm3yA1e1Ltu
113Please respect copyright.PENANATsT8XBlgVH
113Please respect copyright.PENANAekkuNCNyzb
113Please respect copyright.PENANA4uYoARxCcI
113Please respect copyright.PENANAO0sAj7MH48
113Please respect copyright.PENANADPmwPwjMCa
113Please respect copyright.PENANADOiNTPQ4Tc
113Please respect copyright.PENANA8y2mdmW6un
113Please respect copyright.PENANAFOn9hdPZUM
113Please respect copyright.PENANAeEiVPMcvA1
113Please respect copyright.PENANAIv2S18Ne5m
113Please respect copyright.PENANAsQOdd0ArMh
113Please respect copyright.PENANAwKQyRgXr0p
113Please respect copyright.PENANA18TbGZs3qu
113Please respect copyright.PENANAATwZx02qxw
113Please respect copyright.PENANArIr5qmmkL4
113Please respect copyright.PENANAJgpQPcausf
113Please respect copyright.PENANA6mwHfBG6pP
113Please respect copyright.PENANAyJA9Fuhn6Z
113Please respect copyright.PENANAFEa7imyojG
113Please respect copyright.PENANATr5mzdEL0O
113Please respect copyright.PENANA2rXwBIOhAH
113Please respect copyright.PENANArDIlnupBSw
113Please respect copyright.PENANAJJuK7n47x7
113Please respect copyright.PENANAQPIkBZQJnl
113Please respect copyright.PENANAMJao7Zu3G1
113Please respect copyright.PENANAs9GzHtgR0x
113Please respect copyright.PENANA6q6MIpMWiE
113Please respect copyright.PENANAyvEgQmP7hc
113Please respect copyright.PENANA6fOKe6uWJo
113Please respect copyright.PENANASVfus9KQZY
113Please respect copyright.PENANAvnxmfIOQ2M
113Please respect copyright.PENANA1vxIJMLnb8
113Please respect copyright.PENANAewbLiRkZOv
113Please respect copyright.PENANA2YBU567KpL
113Please respect copyright.PENANA7HOJfpD1Iu
113Please respect copyright.PENANAXb4QghNztg
113Please respect copyright.PENANAFTeJyPRIav
113Please respect copyright.PENANA23vfgGRUw1
113Please respect copyright.PENANAz8cKaZ5G4N
113Please respect copyright.PENANAPQjPfxVWVP
113Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ022zOHjN
113Please respect copyright.PENANAWgJKZfxG3q
113Please respect copyright.PENANAM7rFP2iqv5
113Please respect copyright.PENANAz4rEOXNxEz
113Please respect copyright.PENANAsuAVBIl63h
113Please respect copyright.PENANAUNbreMKlHi
113Please respect copyright.PENANAfNqBhec2Q4
113Please respect copyright.PENANAjGBZMSESbz
113Please respect copyright.PENANADucy51nbAT
113Please respect copyright.PENANAVjP7S2FbK0
113Please respect copyright.PENANAN8ez1O11zC
113Please respect copyright.PENANArDlJ1tbOwa
113Please respect copyright.PENANAXy5BcVjbKV
113Please respect copyright.PENANAlNqtTv9TYg
113Please respect copyright.PENANAliCUKQ3v88
113Please respect copyright.PENANAIi8cCVynkC
113Please respect copyright.PENANA2d5pUV2eHZ
113Please respect copyright.PENANAqmiY2RwV94
113Please respect copyright.PENANAHXsnuBdwCU
113Please respect copyright.PENANAiA9P7JIe7w
113Please respect copyright.PENANA0NMsOzYssC
113Please respect copyright.PENANA7go5B4st4X
113Please respect copyright.PENANAZbGWcId2HS
113Please respect copyright.PENANAtwCSMWR6cS
113Please respect copyright.PENANAgavsdmlnUb
113Please respect copyright.PENANAc2fyBUGvGz
113Please respect copyright.PENANA3fYZIAoXVl
113Please respect copyright.PENANAovigCjlnct
113Please respect copyright.PENANA8QUsSWoaTo
113Please respect copyright.PENANAk9JA8YCbRB
113Please respect copyright.PENANAuiSEuQQ3MJ
113Please respect copyright.PENANAQGT4CpXNSr
113Please respect copyright.PENANA54bL7MjFS1
113Please respect copyright.PENANATQzuoJXK3C
113Please respect copyright.PENANAwoKxo4P2u7
113Please respect copyright.PENANAKH4nL1Tnjq
113Please respect copyright.PENANAfcjIM5I2pz
113Please respect copyright.PENANAlmTJ1req9w
113Please respect copyright.PENANAi8Yl4z7bd0
113Please respect copyright.PENANAGYJp6xtV7A
113Please respect copyright.PENANA0cstWJHRqX
113Please respect copyright.PENANAMsNxIJp9Q6
113Please respect copyright.PENANAmVmxyBA2bl
113Please respect copyright.PENANADDAkiGDvFT
113Please respect copyright.PENANAW91j8tga1H
113Please respect copyright.PENANAnawZtfSfXD
113Please respect copyright.PENANA5cuIoSbIm0
113Please respect copyright.PENANAm6ErHVdA9J
113Please respect copyright.PENANA6vKHjO6ScD
113Please respect copyright.PENANATZZWwslwhs
113Please respect copyright.PENANAYajQMVfSYT
113Please respect copyright.PENANAP8fwL2m918
113Please respect copyright.PENANAPvRqbXe46h
113Please respect copyright.PENANAznJn5ewGGa
113Please respect copyright.PENANAtio3Eo4T6j
113Please respect copyright.PENANAn9xz5xws6w
113Please respect copyright.PENANAX5QISqVslH
113Please respect copyright.PENANAGupkHR2Wl1
113Please respect copyright.PENANAovAPGh1M8H
113Please respect copyright.PENANAQOrgU8xjGb
𝒯𝑜𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝓊𝑒𝒹...
ns3.15.14.230da2