Chapter 1

The wailing of the small babe that lay in Luna's arms was not a cry of distress but more of a little wine telling the world that it was there. The newborn girl, with hair as black as night just like her father moved around slightly and then settled with a small sigh. Doc Jane had just left while the Black Dagger Brotherhood stood outside waiting on the news of the newborn princess.

"There you go" Luna said brushing the little one's head "That was the easy part." She cuddled the young to her arms as she lay in the grand bed of the mansion. Her husband, her mate, stood at the end of her bed with her two boys, barely over the age of three. Luna looked up to him and he looked at her with so much love.

"You did great leelan" Mayhem said going over to her and placing a kiss on her forehead. He brushed back the tangle of red hair that was now soaked with sweat. Issac and Hunter came over to their father looking at their new sister with such curious eyes. Red wavy hair just like Luna's covered the heads of both boys, but their eyes were pale green and yellow.

"Baby?" Issac said as he pointed to the now sleeping babe.

"Yes Issac" Luna said as Mayhem held his sons up so they could see the babe "This is your sister."

"What her name?" Hunter said as he snuggled against Mayhem.

"Aurora" Luna said smiling down at her little girl.

"Rora?" Issac said crunching his nose up.

"Yes" his mother said "It means dawn."

Issac patted the small baby gently "Rora is sister."

"That's right buddy" Mayhem said putting Hunter down and picking up Issac off the bed "Why don't you two get Grandpa and Grandma to come in?"

"OKAY!" both boys yelled as they raced for the door. Luna shook her head as they scrambled out the door shouting for Wrath and Beth to come in. Her father, The Great Wolf, couldn't make it tonight. He was taking the pack down south for the next few months as the winter season made hunting harder up north. Luna was glad her wolf pack was following her father since now she had a little pack of her own.

Luna looked down at her daughter once more when the little one suddenly stirred and opened her eyes.

"Mayhem!" Luna gasped as she saw the color of her daughters eyes.

Mayhem took the baby from his mate and saw what she was seeing. Red, his daughter's eyes were red as blood.

"Wolfen's eyes are always yellow, or gold" Luna said holding her hands to her face "Never red. Sympath's eyes are red!"

Mayhem looked down at his daughter speechless when suddenly he saw in her eyes something more.

"No" he said as he turned to her "They aren't just red, they are yellow and orange and white. Look Luna" he said holding the baby to her. Luna saw the eyes of her child, now wide and scared as she looked at her parents. Yes, he was telling the truth. Aurora's eyes were swirls of red with yellow and orange with white, like dancing flames that speckled and shimmered. Luna let out a sigh "I still don't understand."

"Maybe it's a gift" he said snuggling the baby closer "Maybe it's a blessing, maybe it's a curse, but only time will tell."

Suddenly the door opened and in came Mayhem's mother and father, Beth and Wrath. He had been king once, but ever since his injury in the Wolf War, he had given his kingdom of vampires over to Mayhem. Now they ruled side by side, with Luna as queen and his son's and now daughter princes and princess.

"Let's see my granddaughter!" his mother exclaimed as she looked at the babe...

Aurora gasped as she let go of Vishous's hands, letting the aftermath of the vision dissolve around her. She began wheezing as Vishous hurried to get her some water from the bathroom sink. As he came back he gently lifted the princess's head so the water dripped into her mouth. Eighteen years, he had helped the princess with this curse for eighteen fucking years, and every day it was getting worse.

"What was it this time?" Vishous said after her breathing became normal.

"I saw my birth" Aurora gently said as she sat up off the couch in Vishous's room. Vishous looked at the girl, almost 21 and the most beautiful creature the Brotherhood had ever seen. Her rosy lips and soft white skin glowed against her hair that waved and crescent like the night sky. But the eyes definitely threw you for a spin. They glowed like fire against all that hair, so bright you could see them in the dark.

"My parent's saw my eyes for the first time" Aurora said putting her gloves back on her soft hands. She always needed to wear gloves, always long sleeve shirts, she could never touch skin with another person, or her curse would consume her once more.

"That's unusual" Vishous said grabbing a notebook off the end table "You usually don't ever see yourself when the vision's happen."

"It was more focused on my mother" Aurora said brushing her dark bangs to the side. They were kept short so that she could keep them out of her eyes.

"I see" he said jotting it down "You felt her emotions?"

"Yes" Aurora said sitting there looking at her lap "She was afraid for me."

"Don't let it bother you right now, here in this time, true? Your mother loves you, and so does your father, everyone does. Don't doubt that for a second" he said making sure not to touch her. Vishous worried for the poor girl like he worried for his own daughter's. You could not touch Aurora, never hug her, never even give her a pat on the back. If you did, she would fly into a vision, see your secrets, re-live all of your horrible past.

Vishous winced as he thought about the first time it had happened with him. Aurora had only been ten at the time, when suddenly she had brushed past him. It only took a moment, but he heard the small gasp come out of her, and then her body fell to the floor. Vishous had been alone in the hallway, screaming for help as he saw the little girl, her eyes wide open having a vision about him in the training camp when he was little. She had cried for weeks after having nightmare's about it...

Aurora shuddered and felt another one coming on. These sessions with Vishous were always hard, but he truly understood what she was going through, at least to some extent.

"Vishous.." she said but the breathe was sucked out of her before she could finish it. Suddenly the room disappeared around her, the wallpaper and floor flaking off into utter darkness. "No please" she begged her mind "Not another one."

But the darkness came and Luna found herself huddled in a heap in the middle of a stone floor. She looked down at her hands that were now ungloved.

"Always ungloved" she thought "Never like I was before." She heard the rustling of chains and looked up into the darkness. The walls were stone like the floor, but a faint glimmer of light showed through the darkness. She moved up slowly, knowing that some visions moved too fast if you did. She walked towards the light, never really knowing what to expect from these types of visions. If she touched someone, or a certain object, the vision was about what happened to that person or an event that involved the object. She saw all of the Brotherhood and their pasts, witnessed the horrors they had gone through and the heartbreak and love. That was why they pitied her, because she held the burden they had held for years.

The rustling of chains grew louder as Aurora approached what looked like cell bars. The light poured through an opening in the ceiling only to reveal a lone figure chained to the wall.

"Him" she thought "It's always him."

The male, who looked about her age was built large like a Brother, his muscles well defined and rippling like any well bred male would look like. His hair was short in the back but fell in a messy wave against his face. He was beautiful and terrifying to Aurora all at the same time. Aurora watched his chest go up and down shallowly and she knew he was injured. These feelings, the gut knowing of what the person was feeling was all part of the vision package. She felt their pain, their suffering, she always had.

"Hello?" Aurora said quietly as her hands wrapped around the cell bars. But the male did not answer her, he never did. For years, ever since the visions started when she was little, she had grown with this male. She had seen him as a child crying in the corners of the mansion, knowing he wasn't really there. When she moved down a hallway he was at the other end looking at her. When she slept he was always in her dreams.

"Please" she said "Please answer me." The male looked up at her and those beautiful blue eyes stared at her through the messy waves of blonde hair. Such sadness, such longing...

"Who are you?" she whispered as her voice echoed against the cell. But he said nothing, only stared at her like he always did.

Aurora gently laid her forehead against the cool metal of the cell bar. "You'll never answer me right? I'll just always talk to you, never getting anything back. Never being able to help you."

The silence answered her. "Please" she whispered "Please tell me..."

Aurora came back to the present in a giant gush of air. Her eyes opened and closed with Vishous holding her tightly so that she wouldn't flail around the room.

"He was there" she whispered "He was there again. I can't help him...he won't answer me.."

"Who?" Vishous said looking down at her "Who was there Aurora?"

"I don't know" she said softly "I just don't know.."

Vishous let the princess go and stood to his feet "Let's call it a day Aurora, you've been through a lot."

Aurora slowly got up as Vishous showed her out of the room. He would have to go over his notes with Jane tonight to see how much longer she could take this without being under constant watch.

"Get some sleep princess" Vishous said watching her go down the grand hallway of the mansion. Aurora gave him a wave and shuffled down the hallway holding tightly to herself.

"Please" Vishous quietly prayed to the Scribe Virgin "Please help her."