Prologue

"How is school?"

"It's boring, all the questions are easy and I'm always the 1st"

"What did dad say when he saw your grades card?"

Maura pouted "he said 'good maybe you have a chance of being as great as your brother' he always say that!" she crossed her arms in anger

He laughed at her pouted face and her mimic of their father. Looking at the sky from their backyard he spoke again this time serious but calm voice "do you hate me Maura?"

"What? no …I" maybe I do …. About Henry, but no I can never hate him Maura shook her head as if to clear it out of these thoughts

"Maura, we are siblings. That means we share a special bond, we are all that each other has. Even if you do hate me, even if I became nothing more than an obstacle for you to over come. I'll always be here, that's what big brothers are for" Henry turned with a worm smile on his face to face his little sister.

"Foolish little sis….. If you wish to kill me: hate me, despise me. Run and run and cling to life and one day come find me with matching skills … and kill me"

"Why Henry, why did you do that?" tears were streaming down her face as he tried hard not to faint

"I've only played the role of the brother you have always dreamed of to measure your vessel" his voice was as cold as ice and his eyes were dead as he glared at her trembling small form. "You're not even worth killing"