bChapter One
The Return/b
i(A.N. I do not own any of these characters, they belong to Cate Tiernan/Penguin Putnam, I'm a great fan of Cate's work and would never take her characters and sell the book, so on and so forth.)/i
"Love," Hunter Niall said quietly, trying to wake his wife from her deep sleep.
"Mommy," Miora squealed, "happy birthday mommy!"
Morgan Roirdan, formerly known as Morgan Rowlands, rolled over to face her husband and 6 year old daughter. Her long dark hair was spread across her pillow, she attempted to open her eyes, but it didn't last for long. Though for the moment her hazel eyes were open, Hunter knew his wife was still tired from her coven's circle the night before.
"Good morning, love," he said with his deep English accent, "happy birthday."
"Mommy, mommy!" Miora squealed, "happy birthday, daddy and I got these for you." Miora shoved a dozen red roses in Morgan's face.
Morgan grunted, and opened her eyes, "why thank you Miora, Hunter, this was so sweet of you," she said trying to sound pleased, it was hard seeing as how she still wanted her sleep. Being a high priestess still has it's downside, "what time is it?" she moaned.
"Ten-thirty," Hunter replied, I thought you might want to sleep in, but Miora insisted on waking you."
Morgan grunted, "ten-thirty ?! It's too early to be up, I think a diet coke is in order.
Miora and Hunter both made, since they both despise the stuff, "love, you really have to stop drinking that craaa… I mean stuff. It will rot your teeth and stomach. Thought it is comforting to know your age hasn't brought any changes to your eating habits."
"Oh stop it," Morgan laughed," Miora, honey, you may go downstairs and watch some TV if you would like."
"Ok mommy!" Miora started off.
"Wait, wait," Morgan pulled Miora into a hug and kissed her forehead, "there you go."
Miora giggled and ran off.
Hunter made a face at Morgan, "and what do you want with me?" he asked seductively.
"Hmm," Morgan thought for a moment, "how about a birthday kiss?"
"Ok love." Hunter kissed Morgan quickly and passionately. "So how was the circle last night?"
"Great," Morgan exclaimed, "they even threw me a party afterwards."
"Hmm, I figured they would."
"It was you idea, wasn't it Hunter?"
"Maybe…" Hunter was interrupted by the doorbell and Miora squealing, "Auntie Mary is here!"
"Hunter, you go ahead down, I'm going to get dressed."
"Ok love," he kissed her on the cheek and left the room.
Morgan rolled out of bed, and literally dragged herself over to her closet, pausing for a moment to look at the November snow, which had fallen earlier that morning. She pulled on a purple long sleeve t-shirt, and a black skirt, quickly ran to the bathroom and made herself presentable and trotted downstairs to greet her sister and best friend, Robbie.
You see when Bree left to pursuer he modeling career in Europe, Robbie didn't want to go, so he spent his time moping around Widow's Vale hoping she'd come back. But instead, he noticed Mary K, Morgan's sister, who had become a very intelligent young woman. They fell in love, and the next thing you knew, they were married and Mary K was expecting their child.
"Morganita!" Robbie said, pulling Morgan into a hug.
"Good morning Robbie, Mary K. What brings you here?" she asked pulling her sister into a hug.
"Well what else Morgan, it's your birthday, plus we were in the area, we were just off to Red Kill to see my doctor about the baby."
Then out of nowhere a little voice piped up, "Auntie Mary, why is your tummy getting big?"
"Miora," hunter scolded.
"Oh, it's ok Hunter," Mary K laughed.
Robbie crouched on his knees so he could look Miora in the eyes, "it's because Auntie Mary is going to have a baby sweetie."
"A baby!" Miora said with excitement, "I hope it's a girl so we can play dollies!"
"Well we don't know yet, that's why I'm going to see the doctor today, to find out if the baby will be a girl or not."
"Yay! I hope it's a girl." Miora said right before she ran off into the den again where she was colouring a picture for her mom.
Morgan smiled at her sister and Robbie, "why don't you come in have a seat, and Hunter and I will put on a pot of tea."
"Oh, no thanks Morgan, we were just stopping by, my appointment is in a half hour. So we have to be leaving, but before we go, we brought you a present, and something for Miora." Mary K said handing two packages with cards on them to Morgan, "I know we missed Miora's sixth because we were on vacation, so I had to make up for it."
"Well thanks Mary K, I'll give this to Miora, and phone me as soon as you have news on the baby! I want to know right away." Morgan grinned and opened the door for the two.
"Well I'll see you soon big sister!"
"Thanks for dropping by, see you soon." Morgan and Hunter said.
Robbie waved goodbye as jumped into his red VW beetle, which he still had.
"Well, Hunter, I think I'd like a cup of tea," Morgan smiled.
"Alright," he said, "Miora do you want anything?" he peered into the den.
"Yes daddy, can I have some juice?"
"Alright, just a minute."
Morgan followed Hunter into the kitchen, where she got Miora's juice and brought it, and her present to her, and Hunter prepared the tea.
"So love, are you enjoying your day yet?"
"Well, in fact I am," Morgan said tearing away at the paper on her present, as if she was five again. "Oh wow, look at all of this," Hunter glanced into the box, it was all candles and incense.
"I can't believe Mary K would actually buy you something like that!" Hunter joked.
"Well, she did and she must of spent a fair bit on it, because there's a lot here."
"Yes, she did, oh there's the kettle, just a moment." Hunter carefully poured the water into two tea cups and put the tea bags in.
"There you go love," he said handing Morgan a cup of tea.
Morgan just set it down, today she wasn't going to bother using her cool the fire motion, she would just wait for it to cool.
The doorbell rang, "I'll get it love," Hunter said. Morgan heard a conversation at the door, and Hunter re-entered the room, "love, we got a package from Eiofe."
"Really, I wonder what she could be sending us?"
Hunter opened the package carefully, his expression changed from happiness, to fear.
"What is it hun?"
"Amyranth, has formed another coven, they think though, that this coven has members across the world, including one from your own coven Morgan, they have reason to believe their first target may be you."
Morgan stared into space, to Hunter it looked like she was staring into a different world, one that he couldn't see.
"We need to scry," she whispered.
"What?"
"We need to scry Hunter, the fire." Morgan rushed to the room where they held their circles, and lit a fire with her mind. Her and Hunter cast a circle, and stared into the fire.
Morgan had already slipped into a trance, "fire," she began, "tell us your secrets, reveal to us what we need to know of Amyranth, of who's involved."
The fire hissed and turned a bright orange, then as if they had been sucked from reality they saw animals, four of them, an eagle, a wolf, a fox, and a bear. Morgan broke out in a cold sweat suddenly remembering her encounter with Amyranth, when she found out Ciaran was her father. He has almost killed her that night, if it weren't for a vision that she had, that Ciaran saw as well she would have been dead.
Then they saw the eagle, it started to transform into a thin dark haired figure that looked just like, the picture cut off.
"What?' Morgan screamed at the fire.
"Love, calm down, screaming won't do anything, listen it's going to be alright."
"No it's not," se sobbed into Hunter's shoulder, "I'm going to suffer the same fate as my mother's coven, and everyone there. We're going to die, I'm so sorry Hunter."
"No, Morgan, love, we're NOT going to die! We can defeat them, we defeated the dark wave before, we can do it again. You're strong Morgan, some believe you're the goddess reincarnate, we can live through this."
Hunter rubbed her back until she fell asleep in his arms.
i~~So how'd ya like it?!? I've had this chapter written for a while now.. I've just been quite busy with other things. So yea R & R!! If you want more review!! I want to know wut u think.. I'm not posting anymore unless I get at least THREE reviews!!~~/i
The Return/b
i(A.N. I do not own any of these characters, they belong to Cate Tiernan/Penguin Putnam, I'm a great fan of Cate's work and would never take her characters and sell the book, so on and so forth.)/i
"Love," Hunter Niall said quietly, trying to wake his wife from her deep sleep.
"Mommy," Miora squealed, "happy birthday mommy!"
Morgan Roirdan, formerly known as Morgan Rowlands, rolled over to face her husband and 6 year old daughter. Her long dark hair was spread across her pillow, she attempted to open her eyes, but it didn't last for long. Though for the moment her hazel eyes were open, Hunter knew his wife was still tired from her coven's circle the night before.
"Good morning, love," he said with his deep English accent, "happy birthday."
"Mommy, mommy!" Miora squealed, "happy birthday, daddy and I got these for you." Miora shoved a dozen red roses in Morgan's face.
Morgan grunted, and opened her eyes, "why thank you Miora, Hunter, this was so sweet of you," she said trying to sound pleased, it was hard seeing as how she still wanted her sleep. Being a high priestess still has it's downside, "what time is it?" she moaned.
"Ten-thirty," Hunter replied, I thought you might want to sleep in, but Miora insisted on waking you."
Morgan grunted, "ten-thirty ?! It's too early to be up, I think a diet coke is in order.
Miora and Hunter both made, since they both despise the stuff, "love, you really have to stop drinking that craaa… I mean stuff. It will rot your teeth and stomach. Thought it is comforting to know your age hasn't brought any changes to your eating habits."
"Oh stop it," Morgan laughed," Miora, honey, you may go downstairs and watch some TV if you would like."
"Ok mommy!" Miora started off.
"Wait, wait," Morgan pulled Miora into a hug and kissed her forehead, "there you go."
Miora giggled and ran off.
Hunter made a face at Morgan, "and what do you want with me?" he asked seductively.
"Hmm," Morgan thought for a moment, "how about a birthday kiss?"
"Ok love." Hunter kissed Morgan quickly and passionately. "So how was the circle last night?"
"Great," Morgan exclaimed, "they even threw me a party afterwards."
"Hmm, I figured they would."
"It was you idea, wasn't it Hunter?"
"Maybe…" Hunter was interrupted by the doorbell and Miora squealing, "Auntie Mary is here!"
"Hunter, you go ahead down, I'm going to get dressed."
"Ok love," he kissed her on the cheek and left the room.
Morgan rolled out of bed, and literally dragged herself over to her closet, pausing for a moment to look at the November snow, which had fallen earlier that morning. She pulled on a purple long sleeve t-shirt, and a black skirt, quickly ran to the bathroom and made herself presentable and trotted downstairs to greet her sister and best friend, Robbie.
You see when Bree left to pursuer he modeling career in Europe, Robbie didn't want to go, so he spent his time moping around Widow's Vale hoping she'd come back. But instead, he noticed Mary K, Morgan's sister, who had become a very intelligent young woman. They fell in love, and the next thing you knew, they were married and Mary K was expecting their child.
"Morganita!" Robbie said, pulling Morgan into a hug.
"Good morning Robbie, Mary K. What brings you here?" she asked pulling her sister into a hug.
"Well what else Morgan, it's your birthday, plus we were in the area, we were just off to Red Kill to see my doctor about the baby."
Then out of nowhere a little voice piped up, "Auntie Mary, why is your tummy getting big?"
"Miora," hunter scolded.
"Oh, it's ok Hunter," Mary K laughed.
Robbie crouched on his knees so he could look Miora in the eyes, "it's because Auntie Mary is going to have a baby sweetie."
"A baby!" Miora said with excitement, "I hope it's a girl so we can play dollies!"
"Well we don't know yet, that's why I'm going to see the doctor today, to find out if the baby will be a girl or not."
"Yay! I hope it's a girl." Miora said right before she ran off into the den again where she was colouring a picture for her mom.
Morgan smiled at her sister and Robbie, "why don't you come in have a seat, and Hunter and I will put on a pot of tea."
"Oh, no thanks Morgan, we were just stopping by, my appointment is in a half hour. So we have to be leaving, but before we go, we brought you a present, and something for Miora." Mary K said handing two packages with cards on them to Morgan, "I know we missed Miora's sixth because we were on vacation, so I had to make up for it."
"Well thanks Mary K, I'll give this to Miora, and phone me as soon as you have news on the baby! I want to know right away." Morgan grinned and opened the door for the two.
"Well I'll see you soon big sister!"
"Thanks for dropping by, see you soon." Morgan and Hunter said.
Robbie waved goodbye as jumped into his red VW beetle, which he still had.
"Well, Hunter, I think I'd like a cup of tea," Morgan smiled.
"Alright," he said, "Miora do you want anything?" he peered into the den.
"Yes daddy, can I have some juice?"
"Alright, just a minute."
Morgan followed Hunter into the kitchen, where she got Miora's juice and brought it, and her present to her, and Hunter prepared the tea.
"So love, are you enjoying your day yet?"
"Well, in fact I am," Morgan said tearing away at the paper on her present, as if she was five again. "Oh wow, look at all of this," Hunter glanced into the box, it was all candles and incense.
"I can't believe Mary K would actually buy you something like that!" Hunter joked.
"Well, she did and she must of spent a fair bit on it, because there's a lot here."
"Yes, she did, oh there's the kettle, just a moment." Hunter carefully poured the water into two tea cups and put the tea bags in.
"There you go love," he said handing Morgan a cup of tea.
Morgan just set it down, today she wasn't going to bother using her cool the fire motion, she would just wait for it to cool.
The doorbell rang, "I'll get it love," Hunter said. Morgan heard a conversation at the door, and Hunter re-entered the room, "love, we got a package from Eiofe."
"Really, I wonder what she could be sending us?"
Hunter opened the package carefully, his expression changed from happiness, to fear.
"What is it hun?"
"Amyranth, has formed another coven, they think though, that this coven has members across the world, including one from your own coven Morgan, they have reason to believe their first target may be you."
Morgan stared into space, to Hunter it looked like she was staring into a different world, one that he couldn't see.
"We need to scry," she whispered.
"What?"
"We need to scry Hunter, the fire." Morgan rushed to the room where they held their circles, and lit a fire with her mind. Her and Hunter cast a circle, and stared into the fire.
Morgan had already slipped into a trance, "fire," she began, "tell us your secrets, reveal to us what we need to know of Amyranth, of who's involved."
The fire hissed and turned a bright orange, then as if they had been sucked from reality they saw animals, four of them, an eagle, a wolf, a fox, and a bear. Morgan broke out in a cold sweat suddenly remembering her encounter with Amyranth, when she found out Ciaran was her father. He has almost killed her that night, if it weren't for a vision that she had, that Ciaran saw as well she would have been dead.
Then they saw the eagle, it started to transform into a thin dark haired figure that looked just like, the picture cut off.
"What?' Morgan screamed at the fire.
"Love, calm down, screaming won't do anything, listen it's going to be alright."
"No it's not," se sobbed into Hunter's shoulder, "I'm going to suffer the same fate as my mother's coven, and everyone there. We're going to die, I'm so sorry Hunter."
"No, Morgan, love, we're NOT going to die! We can defeat them, we defeated the dark wave before, we can do it again. You're strong Morgan, some believe you're the goddess reincarnate, we can live through this."
Hunter rubbed her back until she fell asleep in his arms.
i~~So how'd ya like it?!? I've had this chapter written for a while now.. I've just been quite busy with other things. So yea R & R!! If you want more review!! I want to know wut u think.. I'm not posting anymore unless I get at least THREE reviews!!~~/i