Empress of Fire

Are monsters born or made? Some think monsters are the gods' punishment upon the world for their wrongdoing. Others think it was circumstance that created the monster. The cynical believe some are just born broken beings who could maim and murder without conscience. They were all wrong. I wasn't an accident, a victim of circumstance, or a punishment from the gods. Fools rationalized and tried to find deep meaning where there was none. The truth was, I made a choice. — Description from novelcodex.org