Where the air is almost unbreathable and the water is just as poisoned as our souls. I have arrived in a cold desolate location full of only guilt and sorrow.
For the season never change. The sky remains its signature gloomy shade of grey, as though it is a mere imitation of our wicked black hearts. There is no joy nor laughter here. If someone were to smile here, it defined as a sign of adaptation to such a place.
This is the Underworld.
Neither a place of the living or the death but a second chance for re-life.
Here my body is nothing but a sin. And my life a war. Only will redeeming my iniquity will the battle be won.
How--no, why am I here? I still cannot find the answer to that question. I always believed my wrongdoing would only lead me to a place much worst. But.........
Nevermind.
I assume you are wondering about who I may be. My name is Vivian Daine Alleramo. Or at least that is who I was. Here in the Underworld, it is almost as though I don't know who I am anymore...
Actually,
No one knows who they are anymore. Only what they once were.
| Mystery | Thriller | Supernatural |
(Started: June 19, 2017)
(Updates: Every 1-3 Weeks)
Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is.
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A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche?
*2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller*
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Cover designed by April Alforque