Prologue

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September 3, 1846

A black rose and a marked book were in his grasp.

Wilson arrived at Willesden High, with a huge grin on his face. This was the purpose he had to fulfill. This was the year he had been looking forward to since the day he was born. This was the tradition that had been passed down from generation to generation in his cursed family. His father in 1646 and 1746. His grandfather in 1446 and 1546. And now him. His dates are September 3, 1846, and September 3, 1946.

His father gave him those dates. Wilson was born on September 3, 1746, because his father had fulfilled his final duty. If Wilson did the same, this year and a hundred years later, he too would be rewarded with a son to live on for the next 200 years and pass the legacy.

It was the only life he had ever known.

The young man that appeared to be 20 years old, was actually a hundred. He walked into the gray school building and entered his ghost-quiet classroom, in which he would be teaching students for a hundred more years. Except this year it would be different. This year, he would be completing the first half of his life long mission.

To be continued...

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