Prologue:

My Beautiful Life.

A cold silence ripped through the air.

The kind that would send the toughest men crazy.

The only sound that was being made was of a little baby, crying for its momma.

But the silence didn't bother me anymore, I was used to it.

Besides… The warmth of my husbands body lying next to me and the joyous task of being a mother was good enough for me.

It shattered that icy wall there once was.

The dark narrow corridors of the Shadowlaw HQ didn't seem all that bad.

Not now at least… Not now I am happy.

The night breeze started to blow again, making the drapes drift in an eerie manner.

I turned over to face them, staring them out for no reason.

The dark used to scare me, one little creak of the floor boards would set me off hiding under my sheets.

But, nowadays I feel very safe. Nothing scares me anymore.

A chilling wind gusted through the windows. It was quite a warm day that day too, but it had dropped quite cold.

I pulled the covers up over my body. I could feel all the Goosebumps suddenly just appearing as I shivered.

An arm suddenly wrapped itself around me, securing me in a tight, warm, loving hold.

He raised his head and rested it on mine.

He whispered to me in his husky voice, the same words he had been whispering to me since we had got married, even before then.

"I love you."

Those words comforted me every time I heard them.

Everyone likes to be told that they are loved by their one and only… I guess it makes you feel secure, lets you know that they aren't just going to disappear.

He sat upright and ran his hand down my back.

"Don't worry. I'll go see what she wants."

He was referring to Axel. That tiny miracle in the room next door. That helpless baby girl. Our child…

He got up and entered the nursery.

I could hear every word that was said in that room. The walls were so thin and the plaster was beginning to chip off some of them.

The helpless voice of Axel had suddenly stopped, that constant wail ended and all that could be heard were tired, sleepy giggles.

"Shhh, Shhh. Everything is ok now, princess. Are you hungry? Are you? Aww."

His voice, a deep, rumbling voice, was but a mere whisper. It melted my heart as I heard him talk as softly as an angel to our daughter.

That cold, heartless image he once had had vanished as far as I was concerned.

I gazed over to the cupboard next to me as I listened to him singing to Axel. Noticing something that belonged to him, I grabbed it and held it tightly.

It was his hat. He always liked his hat, he rarely wore it nowadays.

I guess one of the reasons is that Axel liked to throw it across the room.

I brought it from my tight hold and stared at it. It was a fine hat, with the proper uniform it would make a man look a million dollars.

But, he didn't need a nice hat and a flashy uniform to look a million dollars in my eyes, for he had always been handsome to me…

Yes… He was perfect. My husband. M Bison.

"Yawwwwn, morning baby. Baby?"

I turned over only to find that he wasn't there.

Even though I knew he wouldn't have gone far and that he would be perfectly safe, fear gripped me.

I tore the sheets from off of my legs and hastily grabbed my dressing gown.

I raced out of the bedroom and headed to the room next door.

I was stopped dead in my tracks.

It was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen.

"This little peasant went to market, this little peasant stayed home, this little peasant had food to eat and this little peasant had none… Oh, Hi dear."

I walked in the room with a besotted smile across my face. It almost brought a tear to my eyes and I had to swallow the lump in my throat and regain my composure before I could answer him.

"H-hello, uhm, sweetie.. Uhm."

His lips curled into a smile, the kind of smile that sends shivers racing laps up and down your spine.

"I was just helping Axel find her fingers and toes."

I briefly looked at Axel, who was drooling and fiddling with Bison's clothing, then looked back at him.

"Isn't she wonderful?" I stared back at her. Her hair was jet black and spiky, her eyes were emerald green and her skin was like silk.

"Yes… she is", he replied looking down at her with soft, warm eyes.

Axel reached out a hand and grabbed hold of his nose.

"Gnnngh, gwat is dat fore?", he asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Axel found it all incredibly amusing and giggled loudly.

It was quite funny, I mean, he sounded hilarious.

"Hahaha…"

I stopped and stared at the sight before my eyes. I tried to remember how it all started, how I came to be so happy… And so I remember…