CITY OF ANGELS AND DEMONS – Prologue – By Physalie00
My second fanfic. Check out On A Deep Blue Sea if you love Clace!
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot, the Cartena family and Phoebe.
PROLOGUE – 17 YEARS AGO
"Keep her safe! Please!"
Maria Cartena looked into the woman's green eyes. They were frantic and wide, and Jocelyn Fairchild kept glancing around her. The rain was pouring on Military Road, Sydney.
"She's safe with me, Jocelyn. If there's danger, I'll use the Portal in Amelia Carstairs' house. Why is she with me?" Maria asked, curious.
"She's one of Valentine's experiments. Tell no one of her heritage – bring her up as a mundane. But teach her martial arts – she's bound to meet demons someday. Don't erase her memory if she sees Downworlders – if the prophecy is correct, she'll find out during her adolescence. Thank you so much Maria, but I need to take the Portal back to Idris." And with that, the young red-haired beauty took off.
Maria brought the infant into her home. The little girl was wrapped in a blue cashmere blanket. She had golden ringlets framing her serene face. She was going to be beautiful one day. She yawned and opened her dark eyes. Weird, Maria thought. Her eyes were flecked with gold amongst the dark brown. She was obviously no relation to Jocelyn. There was a note attached around her neck. It read in Jocelyn's small font:
Name her something mundane. Bring her up as your own.
That was all. No other explanation. But Maria could deal with that. This was clearly a very special baby. Names… Well, she could pass for a goddess. Even for a baby she was gorgeous. Roman goddesses… Greek goddesses… Not Aphrodite or Venus – that's not inconspicuous. Greek titans…?
Phoebe.