PROLOGUE
My name is Tea and I am going to die tonight.
I am lying on a beautiful bed and looking out of the window at the sunset. This is probably the last memory I will have from my life, but it's ok. Just by looking at these beautiful colors, my soul feels rested and calm.
I am an old woman, an old legend. Poets write about me, normal people dream about me. It is said that I am the most fortunate person on earth. Graced by Gods. Maybe they are right. But what they don't know is that I am also most certainly cursed. I led a life of luxury and never had any limits in fulfilling my desires; but one. The thing that I wanted the most and was always somehow robbed from me. The thing that no human should lack in their life. I was never allowed to live in peace with the one I loved.
But you are The Woman! People say you...
Yes, I was quiet fortunate. I had the love of three of the most powerful men in my era, but never was I allowed living in peace with my beloved.
Can you...
I know why you are here, child. You want to hear my life story. Fear not, for I shall tell you, but on one condition. You have to promise to keep it a secret. The revelation that I led a miserable life will do no one any good. People need their fair share of tales and legends and I am a legend for them. I cannot take this satisfaction from them.
Come closer and sit by my side, for I cannot raise my voice above a whisper but I want you to hear my story and understand it. I want to leave this world knowing my life was at least somehow beneficial.
But...
Now now child, hush and listen carefully. I have not much time left. I can already feel the angels of death coming for me. I know that once finished, I will leave this earthly world and go to the underworld.
No! You cannot die!! What about...
I accept death with open arms, my dear, for it shall reunite me with my long lost love and free me from this torture.
Now, let's begin the tale of my life.
Once upon a time...