In a faraway, faraway kingdom, a beautiful girl lived—one that her evil brother sold for one night to a terrible king. Do you already feel sorry for her? In vain. Such monsters as I am are hard to find. And besides, my brother is the best; the king isn’t that terrible, and only one man called the beautiful a beauty—he is the one who has been obsessed with her since childhood.
But this is my story, so it will be told in the order and with the words that I choose. Only, when you open it, keep in mind: in my times, “happily ever after” was gnawed at by fate, “for a long time” you didn’t live, and love was often more terrifying than hate.