Preface

The guard threw the offender to his knees in front of Aro. The vampire whimpered fearfully and tried to back away but two guards came forward and caught his arms. Aro leaned forward slowly.

"My, my Rafael haven't you been busy?"

"M-mm-my l-lord I-I-I lost c-control."

"Perfectly understandable old boy perfectly understandable."

"Do y-you forgive me m-my l-lord?"

"Of course I forgive you old boy, but there is the matter of those deaths and the bystanders you left alive, very messy Rafael, very messy so I'm still going to have to kill you."

"P-p-p-please m-mm-my l-l-lord I-I-I-I b-beg o-of you, please."

The vampire's blood red eyes widened fearfully and he began to struggle wildly with the guards. Aro smiled.

"End him," he called indifferently.

The guards dispatched the blood lusty vampire and dragged his body out of the room for burning. A guard stepped forward.

"Master there is more."

"Why did you not show whatever it is to me before?"

"Master we did not think it prudent to bring her before you with the blood crazed nomad here as well."

"Why not?"

The guard was saved from having to answer as the doors opened. Eleazar walked in first, he was gently cradling an unconcious human child of three in his arms. The look of wonder on his face spoke more than words could.

"You have found another Gifted one I take it Eleazar?"

"Indeed Master, she is very strong, she can already access her powers as a human, who knows what she would be capable of when she is turned."

"We cannot turn her yet or she will become an immortal child, Eleazar what is her Gift?"

"She is telekinetic, Master, she shapes it as she wills, be it a wall or hands or even an invisible knife blade."

"How did you discover her, and how do you know the extent of her talents?"

The blood crazed nomad crept into their house and murdered her parents. She created a telekinetic wall between the nomad and herself. Later as we apprehended the nomad and came for her she threw what I can only describe as invisible knife blades at us."

A guard grimaced, rubbing at a new scar on his wrist. Another rotated his shoulder carefully. Aro took note of this while listening to Eleazar.

"Then she tried throwing things at us. By the time we got to her wall she was pretty much exhausted and when we pushed the barrier she collapsed and the barrier went with her."

"Remarkable. Such skill in one so young, perhaps she will amaze us all."

The three year old stirred in Eleazar's arms. As she raised her head Aro extended his arm slowly and offered his hand.

"Greetings young one, we have much to discuss."