Sullivan Vesper Note : The next chapters will address delicate issues that may elicit strong emotions, such as s****l harassment, violence, and death. Please proceed with caution and at your own risk I was eight when I learned that the world was cruel like this. No one has ever told me that people can be evil just to have things that they want. In front of me and Andrea, my cousin's parents are beheaded while we're begging for them to spare us. "Mommy! Daddy, please! No! Please! Please, h'wag!" Andrea tried to stop them, but the head of his mother had already rolled on the floor while her eyes were still open. I froze, and the strength I had vanished as soon as I met Tita Lia's cold eyes. I wasn't expecting him to do this like a show that they want us to watch, but that day, I realise

