Chapter 1

Hello everyone, I'm new to all of this so forgive me if I stumble upon thinks on the way.

I always imagined stories in my head since I was little and in need of bedtime stories and knew all the old once so I have all kind of stories just bouncing in my head and from time to time I will most likely start rewriting the whole thing ... Sorry in advance for all the trouble I'm going to cause ;)

Well, well now that the introduction is complete I think I should let you start with reading my first written story of all times :)

"CYNTHIA"

The shout rang through the house, and in the corner of a closet a small girl, not even 5 years old, wrapped herself in a large overcoat. The pelt ticked her nose and she had to gather all of her willpower to resits a sneeze that made is way up.

She was frightened to to be found by this monster that called herself her mother.

And of course she didn't want to be found by her two big sisters Carol and Callie .

Everyday they would ridicule her and her appearance. Make her feel like she was dirt on their shoes and they did nothing better in their free time than to remind her of that fact and they had very much time on their hands.

Being the youngest one would thing that they should protect her or dote on her but even her father looked at her with an expression of disgust.

Just what did I do wrong? Please, God if you can hear me explain it so that I can try my best to redeem myself .

The little girl thought because she knew exactly what was going to happen once they found her.

Earlier that evening Cynthia, or as she would call herself Tia since she hated her name, ran away from her usual punishment for dropping a plate after her mother made her clean the dining room.

She knew that her sisters would compete as to whom could could decide her punishment and the one with the most creative torture would win, of course they had to do that so that they could later lead the great Stolarz Clan.

Oh sorry did I forget to tell you ?

The little unfortunate girl was born into one of the most powerful clan in the underworld that controlled large areas in their city.

The curred head was Tia's father Livius Stolarz and with his wife Morana he reigned for over 20 years already.

Of course the clan structure resembled a monarchy so the next head would obviously be one of his children. So since they were young it was tradition to raise all children equally and decide on one of them when the current head would step down.

But back to Tia ...

" Aa-ah ...I finally found you."

At hearing this Tia tried to wrap the coat around her like a protection shield and started to silently cry and again call for the help of God. Suddenly the door was thrown open and before her stood Callie. She was only three years older, but with her 8 years she already won most of the competitions between the two sisters. Carol with her 12 years stood sullen behind her, but the spark in her eyes couldn't be interpreted as anything but joyful that they found their little sister and could finally torture them.

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Both of them looked like miniature editions of her mother except that Carol had her fathers green eyes and Callie had his brown hair.

After a while came her mother through the door in all her glory. Blond hair like spun gold fell in little waves behind her back until it reached the middle of it, and her piercing blue eyes looked like a sunny summer sky, except when they looked at Tia.

Now her cold eyes landed on the small girl who shook frightened and all she could see was the black hair on top of her head that reminded her so much of the person that betrayed her, and all she could do was smile at the girl promising never ending pain and no escape from it.

No one betrayed Morana Stolarz without consequence and this little girl had to pay for it even if it was not her fault but her husbands.

"Callie you won this time so teach the little rat how to behave, ok sweetheart?"

"Of course mother I won't fail you !"

With that being said Morana left the room in a good mood just as Tia's cry of pain from her yanked hair could be heard.

Please God,please ... Make them stop!

Was the only thing Tia could think while being " teached " by her sister.

Maybe you already realized it but Cynthia is not really related to the Stolarz family and still she lives with them ... Why ?

Because Tia's real mother was Stefania Drake, Moranas older sister and the one that betrayed Morana by sleeping with Livius. She died in childbirth but since Morana couldn't forgive her she blamed all of her sisters crimes on Tia and couldn't even stand to see the girl laugh.

After a few years Tia changed into a person that could not show her feelings anymore.

She was called ice-woman or robot at times, but for her this was just normal. After being "teached" for 17 years by her family she couldn't even imagine how to be emotional since every time she showed an emotion they would "teach" her how to behave.

She didn't have any friend , a boyfriend was out of question in her family situation, or someone close by that could help her and she also stopped believing in God.

Even if you pray to him he doesn't help you.

She found out about her mother when she was 10 while her Mother had drunk herself into an almost comatose state and started hurling the truth around her. SO she understood her mothers hatred, and of course her older sisters where thought by her how to behave, but still she couldn't understand why her father was so cold to her. Did he also blame her or couldn't he forget her mom ?

So when she started her university she didn't think anything would change but she also didn't think that she would meet the love of her life.