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and the babe so long as you do as you are told. We’ve set up this place to be safe and ready for you, with people there to help you once you have given birth.”
    It took them nearly an hour to get her settled in her new home. Anthony wanted to shift, show her how well they could protect as they said they would and be done with it all. But he knew that while she believed what they were, she would be terrified to see him. As they walked along to a safe place to shift, he spoke to his lady. Yes, they had done what they had come to do, but there were still going to be repercussions for young Mary Wayne.
    “You have not told her the whole of her life. Nor have you told her she must love both her children equally. She will not, and you know this.” Eve said that it would do her no good to do so. “Yes, but you know as well as I that she will misunderstand what we have put before her.”
    “Yes. And that will be good for the child too. The second child will survive, not by her mother’s hand, but because she will be left to her own devices. She will learn and survive as a strong woman. There are others there that will make sure that she gets what she needs to live and be what we need her to be. What all of us need for her to be.” Anthony knew this as well . “I have managed to help the children, not once as we had planned, but with both the magical powers they will need. Especially the second born. Her immortality is set now; they both, provided that they are born, will live for a great many years.”
    “They will live then? Despite their mother’s inability to see the clear picture?” She said they would. “My love, my life, I don’t know if I can do this. To think.... I cannot lose you like this. We have so much to give. And our children, we shan’t see them grow and become the men we hope for them to be.”
    “I know this too. And it grieves me so that I will never touch their skin, see them smile. We must do this, Anthony. You know this as well as I. Because if we don’t do this, then all will be lost. As will our children.” He nodded, his heart heavy with what they knew was coming. “Anthony, our children, do you think them to be great men? Men that will think of us when this all comes to pass?”
    “They will love us no matter what we have done for them. This, this will ensure that our line does not end, but more importantly, that a great many lives will go on as well.” She nodded and reached for his hand. Taking hers, he put his hand over her heart and told her that he loved her.
    “And I you. And will beyond our deaths. You have been the reason for my heart beating, my blood pounding in my body since I first touched you.” He wanted to stop now, take her into his arms and hold her. But he could not. Things were in motion now, things that they could see coming, and if they did not act now, everything and everyone would be lost.

 
    Chapter 1
     
    Kiaran sat very still. His body hurt; there wasn’t a part of him that he thought had not been touched by the magic and power that he’d received from the witch. Erin, he knew, was dead. He looked at Asher when he joined him at the table; he too was feeling the effects of the power.
    “Essie, she is all right?” Asher nodded, but said nothing to him. “I had no choice, Asher. I could feel her fear, taste it on my tongue. It was take it or no one would ever know who killed her. And in honesty, it wasn’t that much magic, but the way that we received it is what hurt us so. I think I have the memories, but we all shared in the pain of receiving it.”
    “I know that. And I am also aware that you had no time to warn us. The magic, I can taste something on it that we have encountered before. She wasn’t just a witch either. I felt wolf there as well.” Kiaran nodded. His parents were the magic that Asher tasted, along with the wolf. He told him what he’d figured out and Asher didn’t seem the least bit surprised by it. “Do you suppose that she was