Brood XIX

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Special Thanks to Gene O'Neill, Gord Rollo, Tom Moran, Jeff Strand, Brian Keene, my family, and all of my loyal readers, without whom none of this would be possible.

BROOD XIX

If you take everything that I love

And you leave me here,

Leave me alive...

If you take everything that I love

And I'm standing here

Waiting to die...

I hear you call

And I promise to you

One day, some day

The pain will go

---Overkill, "Promises"

Jefferson, Texas

Two Years Ago

There were moments made for memory, when the universe aligned just right and granted the briefest glimpse into the benevolent heart it hid so well under the guise of oppression and pain. The perfect moment when one simply stopped doing whatever had seemed so important only seconds earlier in order to take the kind of mental snapshot that would rise unbidden through the years, bringing with it the wistful smile we save only for ourselves.

For Vanessa Snow, this was such a moment.

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