Evangeline.

Nothing in the world truly matters...

Evangeline had come up with this phrase a long time ago...

Nothing except...

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Night time...

"In and out of the shadows, never to be revealed, never to be seen... That is the life fated for those born into the family. " 

The once huge and imposing figure of a man now lay dying in his bed as he spoke in a raspy voice. 

"What is our purpose, Father? Why do we wield blades in a world with no criminals? Why do we train to take lives in a world filled with peace?" A young girl with a head full of white hair and gem-like eyes asked the dying man as he slowly but surely crossed over to the pearly gates. 

"Eva, this world is not as it seems. Behind every curtain is a door to rooms filled with endless mystery, things one might even be inclined to call nightmares. But do not be scared even if you are alone." Her father said to her even as his eyes glazed over.