Morigan,

I know I haven't been reporting as often as you would expect me to, I don't want you to think I'm being ungrateful for you naming me as Commanding Officer of the Dark Fae army. There's just been other pressing matters I've had to attend to. Some of which are more…unnerving than others.

Forgive me if this is disjointed, I haven't had time to sleep in the past forty hours, my thoughts are a little sporadic at the moment.

What happened to Bo in the Fade four months ago wasn't something anyone could've seen coming. Her condition hasn't improved since we got her out, though her personality traits still seem mostly intact. That Ryan idiot has been following her around like a lost puppy, which is unusual, even for a player like him.

But Bo isn't the reason I've contacted you now. Doctor Lauren Lewis is.

Or, should I say Harbinger.

The events of the Fade were catastrophic. Even then I didn't think this could happen.

After a few months of digging, I've discovered something; something that changes everything.

As it would seem, Harbinger is an entity which is from the same place as those whom are threatening us, the beings older than the Fae. However, Harbinger is unique. It needs a Fae or human host in order to take hold of a physical presence. Harbinger is also only able to enter the physical world when there is the birth of a champion during a dire time in the world around us. Its role is to assist and protect the Champion until its host's last breath, at which point it will return back to the Fade and await its next mission.

This matter, however, is more complicated.

Lauren chose to take Bo as her mate. Never minding the disregard for fae protocol, this seems to provide a more devastating impact.

After the ritual (which I am forever grateful you decided to over look), Lauren became part manticore. When manticore take a mate, it's a life time deal. Like shifters, once they choose to love someone and spend their many centuries with them, there is no replacement. Should the mate die, the living partner will never move on. They will spend their lifetime alone, raising the cubs if there were any. Lauren seems to have adapted to this as part of the genetic fusing.

When Lauren and Dyson got Bo out of the Fade, as you saw, Bo was completely disorientated. She seemed to have lost the memories of her friends and adoptive family, even her name. Worst of all, when her eyes were turned onto the Doctor, she completely lost it and began screaming.

My theory is that Harbinger possess such incredible power because it needs to be able to control the Champion if need be. But now, now that it has lost its Champion, it's lost it purpose. Just as Lauren has.

That's what started it all, Morigan. That's why the death rate of both light and dark fae have suddenly skyrocketed. Grieving her mate, Lauren's personality has taken a darkened dive, forcing her to wallow in depression and her yearning for vengeance, retribution. Harbinger's aura, if you will, is greatly influenced by its host's emotional state. In other words, if Lauren gets mad, Harbinger gets mad. If Lauren's happy, Harbinger's happy. Had Bo's mental state not been so compromised, this may never have happened. Harbinger may have not turned into what it did.

Bo was the reason Doctor Lewis could keep herself in check. Keep her from losing herself. With recent events, there can only be one question remaining.

What's keeping them in check now?

I'll report in again within the next 24 hours.

May the stars watch over us.

-Colonel Amelia Grayson.

Well, hey!

I hadn't intended to end this story here, but there you go. The third installment will be coming shortly. Just felt bad for leaving you guys so long that I decided to throw another cliffhanger at you and leave you there for a little while longer. There's other stories that need some TLC from me. But don't worry, I shall be back. Keep an eye out for the next story, I don't know what I'll call it yet, but you know...