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What are you doing?” Tyr’s voice was deep and husky.
    The voice fit the physical frame he carried and yet his voice grated on her… she knew the weakness that coursed through his veins.
    “What am I ever doing in this place you call our home, Tyr? I am wondering why you have forced this life on me.”
    “What more do you need, Esperanza? Is the love I have for you and our children truly not enough for you?”
    She turned from the crackling fire to face the warrior.
    “You waste my time with this talk… we should be in that palace.” She swung her arm towards the window, where the Light Fae palace loomed over them. “And you should be fighting to become the next leader. Lorna is not well; there will be a new leader within the year. It should be you.”
    “I never wanted that for myself or my family. To rule would take too much time away from Bain, Rowan, and Holly.”
    “It is what I wanted!” she snapped. “Perhaps if that had mattered to you, the embarrassment that walks around as part of this family would never have been born.”
    Tyr growled. “The only embarrassment in this family is the choices you make when it comes to your own flesh and blood.”
    “I should have let her father take her… her real father.”
    “Well, what kind of disgrace would you have faced then? The cheating wife of a warrior … you aren’t exactly royal material at this point.”
    Esperanza glowered at him. “Perhaps I should have had a mage take care of the problem before she was allowed to take her first breath.”
    Tyr moved in a blind rage as he pushed her against the wall and slammed his fist into the brick at the sides of her head.
    “Don’t you ever speak like that again! I am not a violent man. I have forgiven you for many digressions, and I have loved and given you everything you needed in order to live comfortably and to raise our children. However, because I refused to give into your dreams of royal grandeur, you stepped out on me and still I forgave you. And I love Holly, whether she carries my blood or not. So, you will remember that next time you speak of her.”
    “Back up, Tyr.” Esperanza was tough and never let anyone push her around. She was the one who did the pushing.
    He glared at her a moment longer before stepping back. “I have to go to the Human World; Mount Pelee is acting up.”
     
    Esperanza closed the door, shutting out the room of her biggest regret. Holly had been her mistake. It was a cruel thought for a mother to have, but that’s what Holly was. She was the result of a stupid mistake Esperanza had made with a worthless elf. Yet Tyr loved Holly as his own. It was fortunate for the child; at least the weakest of her children had received some of what she needed. Rowan and Bain, they were what mattered to Esperanza then and definitely now. They were what brought her out of this mediocre existence in the first place. Tyr was a warrior. It was why she went after the massive, hulking Fae. As one of the elite warriors, Tyr had been given the option to live in the Light Fae castle, but he wanted his children to live a normal life. The thought was ludicrous. Why live a normal life when you were obviously special and superior?
    A light knock on the door drew her from her reminiscing. Good. The past was just that, the past. Her future and getting out of this nightmarishly simple existence was what mattered now. Esperanza straightened her dress and gave a quick glance to the mirror. Every piece of flaxen hair was in place, and her makeup hid the light discoloration under her purple eyes.
    Her perfectly placed hair was soon mussed as two dark figures rushed her when the door opened. With narrowed eyes that held the strength of the cold woman she was, Esperanza refused to let the moment of startle show. The room waved and gave way to darkness. She felt the rustling of wind around her as the earth seemed to disappear from beneath her feet. Her eyes shut against the harsh air that slammed over her