The Unforgettable Fire, Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold

Many years ago,  The ultimate betrayal occurred against myself and my family.  One winter's night in December a tremendous winter storm was raging over The Black Kingdom.  Visibility was near zero making is difficult to see anything that was happening out in the elements.  My estate caught fire, the blaze was out of control in a flash.  I began searching for my children whom were all engaged in a game of hide and seek.  They were scattered throughout my large home.  Making finding them all extremely difficult.  My cousin Gage had allowed his daughter Alessa LeStat spend the night, due to a birthday party being held for my son Lyric.

I frantically searched for the children, none of them could be found.  They had just up and disappeared.  I could not find a single one of them.  I did not know where they had gone.  I knew they would have never went outside alone.  Not in the weather that was occurring, I knew deep in my heart that something indeed was very wrong.  A mother knows these things. Where were my kids?  Where did they all go and why?  They had disappeared without a trace.  I could not find Gage's daughter neither.  She was nowhere to be found.  I became extremely distressed then I called Gage.  He had the right to know Alessa was missing.

The inferno raged out of control forcing me to flee from my home.  The children were not outside.  They were simply gone.  Gage arrived at my estate quickly.  We could barely see the house that was now completely engulfed in flames.  The blizzard made it impossible to see anything at all.  We could hear a horrible sound of a child screaming.  Gage and I had no way to enter my home at this point.  The fire was completely out of control.  Was the screaming of the lambs caused by one of my children or was it Gage's daughter.  There was no way for either one of us to know.  We watched helplessly trying so desperately to figure it all out.  There was literally no way to enter my home.

The screaming was ear shattering Gage and I both knew one of our kids was in that house, that the child was dying.  Gage tried to enter the home due to the screaming.  The rafters came down in front of him.  There was literally nothing he could do it was too late.  The child was dead. The screaming had now stopped, all we could hear now, was the howling of the ferocious wind from the storm.  We would not know which one of our children had passed until the blaze was extinguished.  It was agonizing for the both of us.  We stood there helplessly holding on to one another, Gage and I.  It was the most horrible feeling in the world not knowing whether your child had died or survived.

The question then resurfaced in my mind,  Where were the others?  Where had my children at?  Why  did my home catch fire.  Someone was responsible, I could feel it in my heart.  A mother knows things, I knew they were not inside the home when it collapsed.  Why had my home caught fire?  Who was responsible?  Where were my kids?  I could feel them inside of my being, however I could not tell where they had gone, or why they were gone.  I had never felt anything in my existence more heartbreaking than I felt upon this horrible night in the unforgettable fire.

Once my home was completely gone, the remains of Gage's daughter Alessa were found. The eldest of Gage's daughters had perished in the fire.  He and I both were dumbfounded who could have done this and why?  We were informed by the authorities the house caught fire due to arson.  Who would do such a thing to me?  As far as I knew I had no enemies of any kind.  Why Gage and I?  We had done nothing to anyone to warrant this kind of assault.  All I knew was my children were gone.  All of them, taken by a thief in the night.  How would we find out who had done such a horrible thing?  There was just no way to know, no way at all.