Chapter 1 The Past
They were never really supposed to meet, A beautiful delicate Elven women and an incubus. You could say that they were never meant to find love in each other either but it had happened anyway. I would like to tell you this story is a happy ending love story where the man gets his dream girl in the end. However I am sorry this is not that type of story. Our two beings become a pair not even the angels in the sky saw coming. But in order to know them we must start a year before their fates intertwined…The day our beautiful Elf lost everything.
Our story starts in a small town in the light forest called Nevaria. A small city which use to be beautiful and happy, that was before the new queen killed the old one and turned the beautiful town into a place not even demons wanted to live in. The Queen was the most cruel and hated Queen in the entire land. She got the name The queen of hearts because of the many hundreds of hearts she but to an end. It was in Nevaria where Ahima Loran and Naaraphin Loran started a rebel group to over throw the queen and put Ahima on the thrown. However the Queen had spies in every little shadow in the city and she was told of the plans to slay her. For many years the Queen had trusted Naaraphin but when she heard of his betrayal the Queen arrested him and set a date for his execution. Our elf lady Ahima had been under protection by the loyal citizens of Nevaria while the queen set out a search for her head. After all the two had grown up together and ever since their teenage years they both fell in love with Naaraphin, however Naaraphin only loved Ahima. The Queen despised her forever. The Queen knew the civilians secretly wished for Ahima to have the thrown. It was the night her husband was sentenced she planned on sneaking into the dungeons of the castle to free him and run away together.
"Ahima… This is far to dangerous… Believe me.." Her brother in law, Vala hissed and grabbed the Elf's delicate wrist. Ahima turned her head quickly to look to Vala, Pain was clear in her ice blue eyes. Her unnatural grey skin was smooth and flawless but also a horrible mistake. Ahima was a drow. An elf who was only half elf and half demon. In this case Ahima's father was an incubus who had seduced her mother to lay with him so he could have a son… instead he had a daughter. She was strong like her father but her demon side never showed for she always did her best to keep herself composed in danger.
"Vala, I am not asking permission to leave… I need to free him" She whispered and her pure white hair fell over her shoulders and on her right eye was a beautiful design in black like it was eyeliner…No, elves were born with a unique mark on their face. Coming out of Ahima's right eyes the far corner was a decorated wine which crawled out onto her cheek bone and curled back up to form a delicate 'U' shape.
" Naara would never want you to do this Ahima… he wants you hidden in safety.." Vala began and gently rubbed his forehead before he turned back to her as she began to walk out the front door of their weapon shop. " You know he will feel your pain if you get hurt!" He said and Ahima stopped in her tracks. The warrior's skin was a warm tan color and his brown hair showed his youth. Elves were kown to live for over 300 years. Ahima was only a hundred and eight three years old but other than her white hair she didn't look older than eighteen.
"But I can't feel his! I can't feel his because for some reason I didn't imprint back… what if I'm just delayed and soon we will be fully imprinted? Vala I-I won't know if he's dead!" She hissed and pulled away from Vala's reach.
"Please be careful Sister, Nevaria needs their true Queen.." Vala sighed, wishing he could tell her the truth about her 'loyal' husband.
" I will return home with Naara, don't worry" Ahima's said in her soft loving voice and left the store and disappeared into the dark night.
When she reappeared she was already going into the dungeons and sneaking past the guards, Waiting for them to leave to change shifts, she collided into Naaraphin's cell door and reached her hands out. Feeling her husband's hands touch hers and stumble closer to cup her face.
"No… Ahima… what are you doing here?" Naaraphin whimpered out and his green eyes stared into Ahima's with a dying pain.
"I've come to get you out my love… please…come with me, we can escape this place and try to start a family again" Ahima cried gently and ran her fingers over the gashes and bruises on Naaraphin's face before she too let out a whimper.
"No.. you can't be here Ahima….It's a trap…please…go before she hears you are here…"
"No!" Ahima growled and Naaraphin hissed and covered her mouth.
"Leave me Darling please… the queen is using me to get you…"
"Your coming with me Naara…" Ahima said with determination and held out the keys she had stolen from one of the guards and unlocked Naaraphin's cell door. The elven women wrapped his arm around her shoulder to help him stand and they both disappeared into the night once again.
Ahima took in a slow breath once she and Naaraphin had gotten out of the castle. The women pressed her lips to her husband's cheek and helped him continue walking, they planned on escaping out into the forest and start a new life out in the light forest. However once they got out of the city things took a turn for the horrible.
" Stop stop stop….." Naaraphin grunted a few times and Ahima let him sit down by the stream to catch his breath.
" Honey.. we need to keep going… the queen knows.." Ahima breathed heavily and looked around. When a stick cracked in the bushes the elf pulled out her bow and notched on an arrow and pointed it out towards the sound. Naaraphin let out a low hiss and protectively moved over to Ahima with his sword raised. "Lay down Naaraphin…" Ahima breathed before her ears coaght the sound of an arrow shooting towards them.
"Get down!" Naaraphin shouted and tackled his wife onto the ground with a cry. The weight of him ontop of her made Ahima gasp out for breath and slowly push her husband off to her side.
"Thank you…" She whispered and turned her eyes back to the bushes, she couldn't hear the assassin anymore and then realized they were alone again. Slowly Ahima took in a slow breath and turned her head to look back to Naaraphin. The moonlight hit the arrow shaft sticking out of his chest and made Ahima gasp with shock. "Naara?" She whimpered and moved over to his side once again.
The elf's small delicate hands moved to cup her husband's face as he took in slow shaky breaths and his pain stricken green eyes blinked several times and then looked to her with a weak smile. His large hand moved to take her's that rested on his cheek and his lips pressed to her palm.
"D-don't say goodbye to me Naara… your going to be fine.." Ahima gasped as tears built in her eyes the women shook her head and looked around. The wind brought with it Vala's scent… he was coming.. "Vala!" She screamed as she tugged out the arrow and carefully placed her cool hands around the wound. "Stay awake for me Naara… I can't heal you if your dead…. Think of our future please.. for me.." She wheezed and her cold palms began to grow warm and slowly she began to heal her husband. The elf however shook his head and grabbed her wrist.
"Its poisoned…" He whispered and his green eyes looked up to her with a slight blindness around the edges.
"I..no Naara.. im not going to allow you to die on me…" She shook her head but the man laughed tiredly and his body began to tremble with the searing pain of the poison running through his system.
"I'm not taking you down with me Ahima…" Naaraphin gasped and his eyes began to close slowly. Ahima's constant crying had brought Vala down to her side and he slowly pulled her away.
"Ahima we need to get out of here now!" The elf growled as he pulled her away from her husband who had gone completely still on the ground covered in blood. He was forced to cover ahima's mouth as she began screaming in agony, pleading for him to help Naaraphin but the women didn't know that the brother's didn't trust each other anymore. "You need to run Ahima! The queen has sent more assassins out to find you… go to the scar… I will meet you there tomorrow.." He breathed and pushed her forward and helped her onto a black horse. Ahima looked over her shoulder to Naaraphin's still body before Vala slapped the rear of the horse and she disappeared for almost a year.