Chapter One: Thalia

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"Dear Thalia.

I have every reason to believe I am going to die soon. Forgive my harshness; for I have found no easy way to filtrate my thoughts.
In the darkness of the night and the coldness of my blankets I see the ghost of our past as a cold white blazing light, blinding and distorting the truth. I see monsters creeping up to me, crawling toward my unmoving body. I see myself followed by a hooded figure. Below the shade is an attractive face with enticing traits, but before the man is a barrier created by my xenophobia. I run faster every night. Yet my legs are paralyzed.
Dear Thalia, I have every reason to believe someone's plotting my murder. And through the fear of leaving without having said everything, I write these words to you."

Another incomplete letter that I toss above a pile of countless others.
Paranoia has its place in a world like ours. You would think that living in the twenty first century in one of the most lively places would make a difference. It doesn't.
In fact it doesn't make any sense.

I gave up on my faith shortly after my sister passed away. She was all I had. I once believed in a God that would answer me, in guardian angels that would actually protect me -and the ones that I loved- from any harm. I closed that door a long time ago.
I took the first step straying away from the light for now there is nothing left to hold me back.

My name is Thalia Bourbon, and I will not rest before I either validate or refute my sister's theory.

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