Dominion (Guardian Angels) - By Melody Manful
PROLOGUE
I should have called the police the moment I woke up, but what was I going to say? “Hello? 911? Help! I think I’m going to die because I had a dream that I died.” Yeah, even in my head I sounded ridiculous.
What happened to me was horrifying, but no one read about it in the newspapers because it never happened.
“It was only a dream.” That was what everyone kept telling me. But everyone was wrong. I died that night. I was murdered in a firestorm.
One single, white lie wasn’t supposed to bring with it a lifetime of obstacles. I lied. I said yes when I was supposed to say no.
I committed a crime. I should have been handcuffed, sentenced to life in prison, executed even. Anything would have been better than the punishment I served because of that little white lie.
“You’re such a terrible liar, Abigail.” This was what everyone I knew said whenever I tried to tell a lie, but then again, everyone I knew then knew nothing. I wasn’t crazy. No, honestly, before I found myself in wacko-land, I was a walking ray of sunshine. Everything in my over-idolized life was perfect.
Until he came.
First, I thought, Finally, someone to chase away the monsters underneath my bed. But as it turned out, he didn’t come to chase them away. He was the monster.
He was also my guardian angel.