Life Makes Love Hard, But So Does Death ---•--- Prologue ---•--- I felt the ground around me shake as another mine went off nearby. The explosions seemed to be getting louder. Perhaps I had gone the wrong way? It was too late to head back now. As I sprinted in what I hoped was the right direction, I felt the earth underneath me rumble again. I hesitated just for a moment. It was enough. The ground erupted from beneath my feet and my whole world span out of control. Finally, I hit the ground with a painful thud, and as I lay wounded in the dirt, I just managed to catch a glimpse of the bright blue sky before everything went black.