-one- introduction. (continued) Sorry if it's bad. This was on my iPhone and I don't have time to go over it so don't tell me to proof read. Now I'm a runaway with my mortal brothers, friends, and sister. And let me tell you, I would trade my immortal life with a mortal's life with out a second thought anyway. All the blood and death I've seen... It's just too much. If you don't want to hear about death, blood, and running from your one and only home, then just stop. Stop reading and never read again, because that's all my life is now. So if you're still reading I guess I'll just start from the beginning. Me. My family. My friends. I am Silent Gates. I was born on May fifth, 2030. I have long curly black hair and big, bright, emerald green eyes. People have said that I'm the goddess Aphrodite, sent down from the Land of the Gods. And I thought gods and goddesses were myths until just recently. I live in a little village called Winterbrook. Winterbrook is in the former state of Florida. I know, it's ironic. There aren't any states anymore. My father, Lucan, used to tell me stories about the states. He always said that each state had it's own beautiful, majestic name. But then the Prime Minster, Calona, took them all away. Now everything is just forest and villages. My mother, Anna, was the last immortal. Anna is one of those mothers that... I don't know, hate kids but still has them. She's a drunk and a druggie. She spends all our money of booze and a drug her friends made from booze called Lazz. it's basically a new version of the drug cocaine. I remember when my mother was nice. Then it all ended when my father died. A corn harvester was what killed him. Sucked him right up and shred him like he was cotton. I was only two and my fell, heart broken she was, and she fell hard. My oldest "brother" is Bram. He's 19. My younger "brother" is Luca. He's 15. My youngest sibling is Adara. Shes now three. My "brothers" aren't my real brothers. Each immortal is different. Anna couldn't have a successful healthy baby until me. So when she tried having a baby, the baby always died at some point. The first baby was Edmund. The mother of the child in the next room died and there was no father. Edmund had died so they just gave the baby that was next door to Anna. She named that baby Bram. Luca was left at the door step when Sister Margret, owner of the orphanage, found out Anna had a miscarriage the second time she tried to have a child. My best friend is Dawn. She's 17 and I am completely and irrevocably in love with her brother Felix. He's 19. I can't really help that I love him. It's how I was made. To love someone I barely knew, but what can I say? I'm immortal! Now it's time for the real story to start.