Runaways

By RT Paul

This short story is a prequel to the novel “The Taken” which will be available September 2012.

George and Margie have betrayed their own kind in order to express their love for one another freely.
They have run away from the only life and people they have ever known in order to be together; escaping a life of dictatorship and apathy.
There are dark forces that will stop at nothing to make sure their love dies a brutal and painful death.
Follow George and Margie through this short story to see what they are willing to surrender for their love of one another, even if that freedom to love lasts for only a brief period of time. Will they triumphantly battle malevolent forces or will they ultimately sacrifice it all in the name of love?

• Language: English
• Publisher: RT Paul
• Release date: Jun 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476138626

RT Paul

Scorpio R.T. Paul is a new and upcoming author of urban fantasy books for both adults and teens. Originally from a small town on the Oregon Coast, she now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, two children, a vicious hamster and a mentally challenged chihuahua where she works on her books full-time. At the tender age of 13 she knew she was destined to become a writer and started her first book. In a fit of frustration and writers’ block, she decided it wasn’t good enough and burnt it so that no one could ever witness her “failure”. Later in life, she considered a few different career paths. After years in banking, she received a bachelor of science degree in Business Administration, studied Project Management while working for the world’s largest computer chip company and considered becoming a patent attorney at one point in her career. After years of dreaming up stories in her head and playing them out to her satisfaction; she decided writing really was her true passion. She finally started documenting her stories after the birth of her second child. Signing up for a community writing class changed the path she was on and took what were once ‘ideas’ she had put on paper and guarded fiercely from prying eyes, to actual full blown stories with live characters. You can catch RT having conversations with her characters when she is alone in a room with them. An enthusiast all of genres, R.T. Paul has always had a particular fascination with the classics as well as science fiction, mystery and fantasy. Urban Fantasy was introduced to her in 2005 and she hasn’t looked back. When she isn’t reading or writing, she enjoys playing with her small children, traveling, trying new cocktails with her gang of girlfriends, and shopping.

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Chapter 1

Las Vegas, Nevada

May 1964

George and Margie

Do you think this is the right thing to do? The young woman looks at her handsome companion adoringly yet with fear in her misty eyes.

How can we ever doubt it? The young man grasps her hands firmly and desperately pulls her into his arms and kisses her passionately. He then pulls back abruptly and gently cups her face between his hands. We have lived under their thumb our entire lives, being told what to do, what to wear and how to feel. They told me not to love you and that was when I knew! He looks deep into her beautiful green eyes and growls. "I knew with all my