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was ingrained in our creation.”
“ I am going to tell you the story of our conception since it doesn’t seem your sires have done the job they should have. Thousands of years ago, a fae named Tovar became enamoured with a human woman. This had happened thousands of times, but this time he took her to live with him in the fairy mound. Their magical realm allows a human to remain the age they are when they enter. The catch is if you ever leave, you will instantly age every minute you spent in the fae realm. He kept her with him for hundreds of years.
“This was no romance. Tovar was obsessed with this girl. Most fae grow tired of their human concubines very quickly. Their glamour, left unchecked, will create a slave out of a human. They grow to care of nothing else but the fae who holds them enthralled. Anthea was no ordinary human. She was immune to his glamour. She pined every day to be back among her people. He just wanted her to forget where she came from and want only him. It is likely her ability to withstand his glamour is what made him so taken with her.
“He must hav e experienced some sort of true feelings for her, because when he finally realized that he was not going to get her to comply, he asked the most powerful of his kind to come up with a way to allow her to return home. You see, if she left without this enchantment, she would die instantly. She would age hundreds of years in a matter of seconds. Leaving was the equivalent to a death sentence.
“ Like most things that deal with death, the magic they used was black. Like all black magic, no matter the gain, there is always a price to pay. In order for her to retain her youth, she would have to drain the life essence from others of her kind. She gained great strength and speed, but had her ability to walk in the sun taken away.
“Instead of being grateful for his efforts, she hated him even more. She was free and all those feelings she had suppressed out of fear now had the freedom to be released. She hated Tovar and all fae. He had released her, but had made her a monster. She had to prey on her own people to live. She was once again the only one of her kind. Like most fae gifts, they are more a curse than anything. Anthea eventually figured out how to make others like herself. This too was a mixed blessing. She hated herself and what she was, but her desperate loneliness drove her to make more and more of us.
“When the idea of going to war came about , she saw it as a way to get even. Anthea was very clever. No one she sired could refuse. She saw revenge at her fingertips. It wasn’t blind, though. A better general you could not imagine. It was her idea to bring in the druids. She knew we could not win a purely physical combat with them. The humans were too weak and we could only fight at night. We needed magic and the druids knew secrets even the fae did not. The druids used their magic to seal the fae in their own realm. That is where they have been ever since.”
Oh , this was way too cool. I worked for Quintus for a long time and I had now heard more information about vampires in the last ten minutes than I had any other time. Vampires owed their lives to their secrets. It was second nature not to divulge anything. I must have been fidgeting again because I got a glare from Lucius. I gave him my most apologetic smile. I didn’t want to sit on Mr. Big and Brawny.
“So what has happened to trigger this history lesson?” It was Killian who spoke this time.
“In all the 2000 years since they have been sealed up , not one fae has escaped, until now.” He let that set in, then continued. “It took all the power of the druids and vampires to seal them in. Now if my sources are correct, one of the fae have made it back across. If one can do that, then the seals must be weakening.”
“I’ll admit I am the youngest here, but I have always thought those stories were, pardon the pun, fairy tales.” Hey, I said that.
“As were vampires
“ I am going to tell you the story of our conception since it doesn’t seem your sires have done the job they should have. Thousands of years ago, a fae named Tovar became enamoured with a human woman. This had happened thousands of times, but this time he took her to live with him in the fairy mound. Their magical realm allows a human to remain the age they are when they enter. The catch is if you ever leave, you will instantly age every minute you spent in the fae realm. He kept her with him for hundreds of years.
“This was no romance. Tovar was obsessed with this girl. Most fae grow tired of their human concubines very quickly. Their glamour, left unchecked, will create a slave out of a human. They grow to care of nothing else but the fae who holds them enthralled. Anthea was no ordinary human. She was immune to his glamour. She pined every day to be back among her people. He just wanted her to forget where she came from and want only him. It is likely her ability to withstand his glamour is what made him so taken with her.
“He must hav e experienced some sort of true feelings for her, because when he finally realized that he was not going to get her to comply, he asked the most powerful of his kind to come up with a way to allow her to return home. You see, if she left without this enchantment, she would die instantly. She would age hundreds of years in a matter of seconds. Leaving was the equivalent to a death sentence.
“ Like most things that deal with death, the magic they used was black. Like all black magic, no matter the gain, there is always a price to pay. In order for her to retain her youth, she would have to drain the life essence from others of her kind. She gained great strength and speed, but had her ability to walk in the sun taken away.
“Instead of being grateful for his efforts, she hated him even more. She was free and all those feelings she had suppressed out of fear now had the freedom to be released. She hated Tovar and all fae. He had released her, but had made her a monster. She had to prey on her own people to live. She was once again the only one of her kind. Like most fae gifts, they are more a curse than anything. Anthea eventually figured out how to make others like herself. This too was a mixed blessing. She hated herself and what she was, but her desperate loneliness drove her to make more and more of us.
“When the idea of going to war came about , she saw it as a way to get even. Anthea was very clever. No one she sired could refuse. She saw revenge at her fingertips. It wasn’t blind, though. A better general you could not imagine. It was her idea to bring in the druids. She knew we could not win a purely physical combat with them. The humans were too weak and we could only fight at night. We needed magic and the druids knew secrets even the fae did not. The druids used their magic to seal the fae in their own realm. That is where they have been ever since.”
Oh , this was way too cool. I worked for Quintus for a long time and I had now heard more information about vampires in the last ten minutes than I had any other time. Vampires owed their lives to their secrets. It was second nature not to divulge anything. I must have been fidgeting again because I got a glare from Lucius. I gave him my most apologetic smile. I didn’t want to sit on Mr. Big and Brawny.
“So what has happened to trigger this history lesson?” It was Killian who spoke this time.
“In all the 2000 years since they have been sealed up , not one fae has escaped, until now.” He let that set in, then continued. “It took all the power of the druids and vampires to seal them in. Now if my sources are correct, one of the fae have made it back across. If one can do that, then the seals must be weakening.”
“I’ll admit I am the youngest here, but I have always thought those stories were, pardon the pun, fairy tales.” Hey, I said that.
“As were vampires
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