14 years ago
The woman looked lovingly at her child, her dark hair cascaded down her shoulders covering everything except the child's lovely face. She smiled at the man, her first affair with a human.
"I have to go" she said, kissing the child on the forehead she gave the newborn to the father, and kissed him on the lips, for the last time. She waved goodbye, shedding a tear as she watched the newborn stare at her interested. The woman simply disappeared with a flick of her hand, the baby immediately started crying, knowing there was something wrong. The new father held the child tightly, rocking her back and forth.
"Shhh, it'll be ok, Maika," he whispered the name they chose together, though he was heartbroken he didn't want to neglect the child. The image of her mother burned into his brain. He wanted to mourn the loss of the woman he loved but he couldn't, he promised to get married with another woman and forget this ever happened. The time would come, and the child would change everything, for better or worse.