Prologue

Welcome to Earth

The grounds were wet and cold with the morning dew. The air cold and crisp. The sun barely sneaking over the horizon. On the bed of grass laid a naked form, large white wings encircled the body, shielding it from the world around. Long curly black locks fanned out above the head. The body seemed still, lifeless. An old man had seen the entrance of this being. The blinding beam of light that slammed down into the earth, revealing the fallen. The lost. The Angel.

Sebastian slowly approached the form. Both in awe and in fear. Smoke rose from its body. A few steps further gave him a better look at the being. A woman. Whose beauty was something that only the Lord could create. Sebastian got close enough to touch the wings that protected her. They were soft. Softer than silk. They filled him with an unexplainable warmth. A feeling of peace in a world ravaged by wars and kingdoms. Truely, he felt God's love. But why was this magnanimous creature laying before him?

The woman stirred. Drawing a long breathe as her long lashes revealed the lightest green eyes he'd had ever seen. A green that would invoke envy amongst all the other greens. Her lips pink and plump, biting back the hysterical laughter that was no doubt filling her body.

"Are ye alright lass?" Sebastian asked, unsure if he should bow and pray or if he should help her to her feet.

"Where am I?" her soft voice asked as she pushed herself from the ground, unconcerned with shielding her body, her wings fully expanded to show their greatness.

"Yer in Ireland. The year of our Lord 1011," Sebastian said as he stared at her body. He mentally shook himself to avert his eyes. Not only was he a married man but it was very clear that she was an angel of God and should be respected, not eyed. Quickly, he removed his long coat and handed it to her. "Here, this should keep ye warm."

The being looked at the offered clothing and the old man staring at the ground. After a moment she took the garment and wrapped it around her body. She looked around at her surrounds and laughed. "So this is Earth?" she asked as she approached the man.

"Um..yes, milady," Sebastian said as he kept his eyes diverted. "If ye don't mind my asking, why is an angel here?"

"Freedom, human. I seek freedom and the Father of All granted it to me," she said as she placed a hand under his chin, forcing him to look at her. "What is your name?"

"Sebastian, milady," he said as he looked her deep in her green eyes.

"May the Father of All bless you and your household, kind Sebastian," she said as she turned from him and started to walk towards the sounds of the sea.

"Wait!" he called after her. "What is yer name?"

"Lailah," she said before her wings expanded again and she took off into the sky.