00. Epigraph

Sometimes, all you have to do is kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person.

At least, that's what I used to believe myself. Happy endings, love, etc.

But, I wasn't so out of it when I thought that, as I now believe in myself and loved what I am now, a complete new person. The only fault was that I didn't die inside. I just died. Period.

The authorities said that it was an animal attack, but I know better. And I know because as my body came back to life, my memories came back too.

And he will pay for what he did. I will take away everything he holds near, everything he loves, as he did to me. After all, payback's a bitch.

And I am the bitch.