• Prologue

    The moon hung high in the midnight black sky with silent stars painted in the dark sky. It cast shadows all along the hills of Ireland. The air seemed to hang heavily around two female silhouettes, the air tense as their conversation commenced. One was tall with beautiful sky blue hair that fell in straight strands down her back and her skin was as pale as that beautiful pale orb in the sky. The other was a little shorter and had much darker hair that was cropped short and framed her face the ends curving around her jaw line.

    “Please, Rachael, you must understand why Aiden and I must give her up. There is a better chance of her staying hidden if she is with you more than if she was with us. I don’t want to give her up, but I have to..” Maeve whispered in a hushed tone.

    “I understand, Maeve, but there is still a chance of them or him finding her with me. I will do all I can to teach her our ways, and protect her from him, but it is not a guarantee against the prophecy. You should know that by now.” Rachael replied. She had been worried about this baby from the start. They had known when Maeve became pregnant that it was ‘the one’ and all of the Elves had started to worry.

    Maeve’s ice blue eyes averted to the grassy ground for a moment as she let Rachael’s words sink in. That is why Aiden and she had taken precautionary measures. “That is why we created ‘The Trinity’ with the demons, witches and elves. They all swore an allegiance to protect the world and kill her if it came down to it. First and foremost they are supposed to protect her from Arioch, but if she falls in love with him then they have been ordered to stop her. I wish we hadn’t have had to made that pact, but it is necessary to protect the world.” Maeve looked down at the bundle in her arms and cuddled the tiny infant that was curled up into a warm blanket, fast asleep and oblivious to the adult’s conversation. “I don’t want Kiera to die, but I am left with no other choice.”

    Maeve had to fight back the tears that were starting to well in her eyes at the thought of her own daughter dying at her orders. She and Aiden had fought many nights over this topic and she had cried every time until she had finally given up and agreed. They had tried to prevent Maeve from becoming pregnant, but fate had other plans and that was something that was out of their control. Despite the prophecy, she had been happy when she discovered that she was pregnant and the thought of having to give her child up had broken her heart. She knew that it was for her safety as well as the worlds, but that didn’t ease the pain in her heart. Aiden had managed to keep his cool more so than she had, but whenever she looked into his emerald eyes, she saw her own sadness mirrored in his eyes. He was just as torn apart as she was at this decision. She looked down at Kiera, and softly stroked back a few white strands of her hair that had fallen in her face. It was hard to believe that this tiny innocent infant could be responsible for the end of the world as they knew it. A single tear shimmered in the pale light of the moon and trailed down her smooth cheek to hang in a small droplet on her chin. From this moment on she would pray to the heavens above that they protect her daughter from the tragic fate that awaited her. She leaned down to kiss Kiera’s head softly, holding her close for a long while.
    Rachael just watched the two feeling her own heart break for her best friend and her daughter. Kiera would never know her own parents and Rachael knew that this might cause a problem in Kiera’s life. She, personally, didn’t know what it would be like not to know her parents, so it was going to be difficult to help Kiera through it. Rachael wondered if Kiera would ever see her parents again.