The Hidden

Prologue - [The Fall of Avaryn]

  She sat herself up quickly, waking her pup up too. And though her pup barked at Avaryn, she was not surprised to see him.

  She smiled at him, still slightly drunk with sleep. “What are you doing here?” She asked as she stretched.

  Avaryn smiled as he walked over to her bed. “There is something I must tell you, Meenu.”

  Meenu rubbed her eyes. “And what’s that?”

  He sat down on her bed, in front of her. “I have to go somewhere, for a long time.”

  Meenu was wide-awake now, staring at him with her black eyes, and she frowned. “Again?”

  His expression softened, the evil and despair in his eyes fading. “Meenu, I will be gone… but I won’t truly be gone.”

  Her frown deepened as she ran her fingers through her pups fur, helping him relax and return to sleep. “You say that all the time but it never changes anything. I miss you no matter what.”

  Avaryn chuckled and placed his forehead against hers, something he did all the time with her. “You must remember something, Meenu…”

  “What?” Meenu asked, hoping that her whiny tone would make him stay.

  “I will protect you forever.” He said. “I promise. And you must burn that into your heart. Never forget it.”

  The twelve year old girl pulled away and looked at the man she was to one day marry. “I know that.” She said, her cheeks reddening slightly. “Mama said that that is the duty of a husband.”

  Avaryn smiled. He wanted to kiss her lips but he held himself back. He didn’t want to do something like that to her when she didn’t really understand the meaning of it. So instead, he ran is fingers through the thick brown curls that she got from her mother.

  And with his other hand, he grabbed something that was sticking out of his belt.

  Meenu gasped as he pulled out a beautiful rose that was as red as blood. As red as his eyes.

  He handed it to her with a kind smile. “Keep this safe for me?”

  “It’s beautiful!” She said, taking it from him.

  “It will never die.” He said.

  She looked at him. “That’s impossible.”

  “It’s a special rose.” Avaryn said. “So long as I love you, it will never whither.”

  Meenu’s blushed, which made Avaryn smile.

  “You are special to me, and that will never change.”

  She looked down at the rose and back at him. “Why do you speak like you are leaving forever?”

  “I will be gone… but I won’t truly be gone.” He said again.

  Meenu frowned, but held the rose close to her heart. “You promise to return, right?”

  Avaryn gave her a comforting smile as he pulled something else out of his pouch. “Try this.” He said. “It is nectar from a special tree up north. The sweetest nectar you will ever taste. And my last gift to you before I leave.”

  Meenu, who was suddenly excited by the thought of something sweet, took the small glass bottle from him.

  She didn’t doubt what he said to her at all. When he told her it was the sweetest nectar she would ever taste, she believed it

  But as she tasted the sweet nectar with her tongue, she instantly felt her eyes close.

  She fell forward into Avaryn’s arms and little did she know that she would never remember a word they had spoken.

  She wouldn’t even remember him.

  Avaryn tucked her back into the bed, his heart heavy with sadness.

  He hadn’t realized how much he had lost that night until he kissed Meenu’s forehead and whispered his goodbyes.

  First his father, then the people he considered his family and now his love.

  He stepped back and watched her for a moment, watched as she slept in peace and watched as her mind worked to erase all the memories she had made with him clean from her mind.

  This was for the best. He told himself.

  Because now he was a criminal.

  A murderer.

  A godless killer.

  A demon.

  And after he left her that night… that was all he heard people call him.

  He became the vilest, most feared being that existed in the shadows. He became the most wanted criminal in countries all over the land.

  That was what he became.

  That was all he knew himself to be.

  And that was how Avaryn of Lumynos lost his humanity.

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