It is the night of the ball and Cairine is getting ready, her mother confronts her about marriage. Knowing that Cairine hates arranged marriages this won't go well.
"You know Cairine today is your eighteenth birthday"
"I'm aware of that mother"
"Well don't you think that"
Angered by what her mother is about to say Cairine cuts her mother off before she can finish her sentence.
"Mother I have told you I DO NOT want to be enthralled into an arranged marriage"
"Why ever not dear?"
"I don't want to marry someone I don't know or love"
"But dear"
"Just because you and father met through an arranged marriage doesn't mean that you should put me in one"
A servant walks in telling them that guests are starting to arrive, Aileen leaves to greet her guests and asks her to help Cairine finish getting ready. Time has passed and it is time to for Cian to make an announcement. Since Liam and Cairine are now eighteen they will be officially entering royal society and will also be making key decisions for the safety of their people.
"Announcing Princess Cairine and Prince Liam"
"My honored guests please join me in celebrating not only their eighteenth birthday but they will also be helping in the fight against Naraku"
"Naraku has messed with us for the last time. We will no longer tolerate the murder of our people"
"Naraku will pay!"
While everyone is cheering a sudden dark aura looms over the castle. It is a faint but vaguely familiar scent of miasma. This can only mean one thing, Naraku. The soldiers run out but after slicing through him they find out that it was a mere demon puppet.
"That jerk!"
"Why would Naraku come here"
"He wants to absorb Cairine's powers since faeries have never been seen around here so they are rare"
"She is stronger than she looks trust me. You should see her when she is fuming mad"
"LIAM! I heard that. You better run if you know what's good for ya"
Cairine and Liam start running around the castle but eventually give up and collapse on the ground laughing hysterically.
Naraku is after Cairine? But is there another underlying reason as to why he is after her? Find out next time in chapter 4 of Can a Fairy love a Demon?