She is gone. The love of my life, gone right before my eyes. Mauro was crying slightly. I was crying too. My love was dead and our baby was left without a mother. My heart was broken and the pain was horrible. I handed the baby to Nuala who had tears in her eyes. I could not take the pain. There was a ceremony and my emotions ran free with the men here in the camp. But I kept a hard face when we returned home. She was going to be buried with my mother. My father was waiting for us and greeted us warmly. I had a cold manor with him and even Nuala was cross with him for such a warm greeting in a dark time. I took the baby from Nuala and began to walk inside,
"What is that?"
"A baby." I kept walking but could here Nuala and my father still talking,
"Whose baby is it?"
"Nuada's, your grandson."
"You mean him and that, that woman had a child together?" My blood was boiling and I heard a smack. I felt Nuala's anger boil over and I knew she slapped him. I smiled. I would have to thank her for that later.
My days were spent taking care of Mauro and simply being with my family. Nuala and I would spend our days together and we would take baby Mauro to see General Mauro's wife. She loved on the child and we asked her to be his grandmother which she was more than happy to do.
Years passed and Mauro grew. He was strong and handsome, just like his mother said. And I stayed true to my promise that I would tell him every day that his mother loved him. He was ten years of age and Nuala and I had taught him everything. Mauro came running into the room,
"Mauro, where are you going so fast?" He looked at Nuala and smiled,
"May I go outside to play?"
"Ask your father."
"Father, may I please go outside and play?" I smiled at him and pulled him into a hug.
"You know your mother and I loved you very much."
"Yes father." I knew he got tired of me saying it everyday but he knew that I loved his mother so much and put up with it anyways,
"Well, you can go play if you have finished your lesson for the day with Nuala." He looked to Nuala with a pleading look,
"Aunt Nuala may I please go outside and play."
"Only if you do all your lessons tonight instead." He ran and hugged her than to me which he also gave me a hug too.
"I love you son."
"I love you too father." He ran out and began to play with his friends.
"Each day he looks more and more like his father."
"And he acts more and more like his mother." Nuala laughed. He had my silver hair and her green eyes. "I miss her terribly Nuala."
"I know, I do too brother. I do too." Just then we heard hooves and screaming. We looked out the door and saw humans,
"Not again, Mauro!" He looked around as the humans surround he place. I grabbed my sword and ran out the door. I could see the humans killing our people and our people killing them, but my attention was focused on Mauro. I must get to my son. I ran as fast I could and I could see Mauro running away from a human on horseback. I raced to him and I was almost in reach, but the human got to him first. No, no, no. He let out a pain filled scream as the human had pierced him with a sword. My son fell and I charged the human and ripped him off his horse. He began to beat him until my sister stopped me. I had killed him with my bare hands. I held my son who was looking at me with tear filled eyes,
"Father…"
"Please, Mauro, do not leave me. I cannot bear to lose you and your mother both." I held him tight to me,
"I-I can s-see mother. She-she is smiling. She-she says she loves you." I could not handle it. I could not lose both my wife and my son.
"Please!" He held on to me and his eyes should no fear.
"I will be fine father. I do not fear death." That was the one thing I did not want to hear. The same thing his mother had said before she died.
"I-I love you father." And with that his eyes shut. Tears spilled over and I lost it. I left Mauro in Nuala's arms and I went after every single human. I made an onslaught on all of them. Anger had taken over and I my eyes stung with blinding tears of fury. Finally I went back much to Nuala's pleading. She took me back into the palace and we were greeted by our father. Our eyes were red with tears and our father simply shook his head.
"This is why I warned you about falling in love." As much as I wanted to kill him my body could not do it. I was too tired and my spirit was broken. I had lost everything I loved except my sister. I wanted revenge. When we heard about the golden army I begged and pleaded with my father to build it. And he did. But my father felt that the human race should get a second chance. I however did not agree, and so I went into exile. Vowing to return when my people needed me most.
And I did.