The first time Amara Petrova met Basileios Salvatore was when she first joined the Travelers at the tender age of fifteen. He was the leader of the Travelers, and the most handsome man Amara had ever seen. With his icey blue eyes and raven black hair, she fell for him almost instantly.
He charmed his way into her heart and bed, promising her he would wed her and make her his partner in all things; including leading the Travelers. It all felt like a sweet and blissful dream. But it was just that. A dream. When Basileios learned she was pregnant, he told her the truth. He was not who he said he was. He was not a Traveler, he was a part of a secret coven working to take down the Travelers by befriending and infiltrating them, so they could learn their secrets.
Amara was utterly heartbroken. What was she going to do? She was pregnant with Basileios's baby, and when the Travelers learned the truth about him, they would surely kill her and their child as well.
He knew she was frightened, so he sent her away. For the rest of her pregnancy, she stayed in a remote part of the woods with his mother, Alexandra.
Five full moons later, she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy she named, Akakios. He was everything a mother could ever want in a baby, he was healthy, cheerful, and rarely ever cried. Her happiness was short lived, because when she returned to the Travelers camp she learned that they had found out about Basilieos. They had tortured him for days, before finally they poured poison? Shortly after that they also killed his mother.
Amara knew they would eventually figure out that Akakios was Basilieos's son and kill them both. So she sent him away with her companion, Agape, and made the Travelers think he had gotten sick and died. For years she mourned for Basilieos, and their son that they had been robbed of the chance of raising. She even mourned Alexandra.
She slowly moved up the ranks once more, going from being almost nothing in the Traveler's social circle, to being a maid to Quetsiyah, a very powerful Traveler. Soon after she meet,Silas, Quetsiyah's fiancé and Basileios's distance cousin. Over time, she came to believe she could love again, even if she did not love Silas as much as she loved Basilieos. When Silas confessed his love for her, she jumped at the chance to be happy, not thinking of the consequences.
The day Silas told her of his plan to make them immortal, Amara was weary. She had started to realize that this could blow up in their faces. He managed to convince her overtime that this was a good idea. Silas planned everything, and Amara just listened.
The night before everything was supposed to happen, she had a dream. Basilieos came to her. He told her that going through with this would have horrible consequences. She ignored him. She couldn't back out now. All through the night, dream Basilieos tried to convince her, until finally he said, "If you do this, you'll never see me or our son again." That horrified her. She had never thought of that. That her immortality would keep her from seeing her loved ones that had passed on. When he saw her reaction, he placed a hand on her check. The dream version of her shivered at the contact. It almost felt as though he was really there. He placed a soft kiss on her lips and simply disappeared.
When she woke up she knew what she had to do. She had to get out of this. Stop Silas from backstabbing Qetsiyah. She snuck out of her tent and into his. She poked at him until he woke up. "Amara, what are you doing here?"
"Silas, we can't go through with this."
"What? Why not?"
"Qetsiyah will be furious when she finds out our plan."
"So,? We'll be immortal."
"Just because we're immortal doesn't mean she can't still hurt us. If she remains mortal, she will still have her powers."
"Amara, we will get through this. Don't worry." She sighed, but nodded and left the tent. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad, Qetsiyah would eventually die anyways.
Later that night, she realized how wrong she was. Qetsiyah stormed into her tent and attacked her. Just as Amara thought she was going to die, Qetsiyah stopped. "I originally planned to rip your heart out, but now I have other plans." She then lifted her hand and Amara instantly passed out from the pain.
It took her awhile to figure out what her former master had done to her. It was so confusing. All the voices coming at her constantly. The hands (or lack there of) grabbing at her. She could barely think straight most of the time, but when she did, she waited. For Basilieos or Akakios to come to her. They were both supernatural, which meant they had to be on the Other Side, but they never came. A great deal of years passed before the words of dream Basilieos rang in her ears, "If you do this, you'll never see me or our son again." That's when she finally snapped.
Afterwards, all she could feel was pain. She had lost all hope and excepted her fate. Apart of her just wanted it to end. And when she found out Silas had the cure in his veins, all she could think of was finally being free. So she stabbed him in the neck and sucked it out of him, not caring if it killed him or not. As she frantically tried to leave wherever she was, she saw him. Basilieos. But how could it be? He was dead. So she asked half frightened and hopeful, "Who are you?" And when he said,
"Who are you?" Her heart shattered at his words.
When her chance came to die, she took it. Thinking only of the family that had been torn away from her. Whether or not she would see Silas again, never crossed her mind. All she saw was the face staring back at face that was the same as the only man she had ever truly loved.