Tânia Dias

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“A Leap of Trust” by Tânia Dias

Submitted to Contest #101

Chapter 1 Reyna had been taught to count when she was nervous. One, two, three, four. Pull your anxiety to your lungs. Four, three, two, one. Let it out with your breath. Keep your posture. Chin up. Shoulders back. Hands relaxed and in front of the body. Unless a gentleman extends his arm. She had memorized all the rules by which a Princess of the Realm should behave herself. And had forced herself to behave accordingly on all occasions. Today, though, Reyna could feel the sweat gathering low on her spine, the tight constriction of her...

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Started writing from a very young age, slave to an extremely creative mind, with only 16 years she took her backpack and launched herself into the adventure of a lifetime with the characters that had lived with her for years. Now with 22 years, and studying Biology, she’s hardly found on the streets. She’s either on her lab coat, furrowing at an agarose gel while repeatedly asking herself why fall in love with something so hard. Or she’s travelling, sometimes with dragons, others with super-heroes, but always having adventures. Torn between the lab and the pages of a book, she’s still undecided about what she’d rather do: Save the world (with science) or destroy it (with literature).