They say that in the moments before your death, your life plays out before your eyes. They say that during death you see a light at the end of a tunnel, or you meet with a loved one that has passed on. But for Evelyn Kaiser, she had found that this was not the case. The moments before death were full of pain and regret.

She had left work in the evening to head to the local library to study. But the long project had caused her to lose track of time. Without a driver’s license and change on her person, she had been left with one option. The night stroll had started off pleasant. The streets had not been empty – in fact they were littered with groups looking for a party or some other form of amusement. The stars of the sky were just barely visible beyond the lights of the city, the moon only a fragment of the light which led her way. There was no sense of eminent danger, though in retrospective there probably should have been.

But it all happened so quickly. Shock had been her damnation – silencing her tongue as she was dragged into the alleyway. Teeth and claws tore into her flesh, her blood painting the walls. And then finally, a cloak of black fell over her. 

But such solace did not last long. Pain - excruciating pain - called for her to return to the world that she knew. And above all, she could feel it. Evelyn could feel her body repairing itself ever so slowly. Her insides twisted and turned as they formed anew. A whimper escaped her lips, ever so quiet as she cursed the cruel hand of fate.