"No." She whispered shaking her head as more tears broke free. "I can't leave you. I love you, Cirro. Can't we just figure things out?" She stared into his eyes and even in the darkness she found the beauty in them. She kissed him then and then pulled away, "You can't tell me to not come very month. I still will. They all think I go to the spa that is in town. I..." She frowned, "I can't bare the thought of not seeing you anymore." She put a hand up to his cheek and shook her head as she came to the realization that he was right. She would have to say goodbye to the one man she'd ever love. More tears left her eyes as she thought about how true his words were. 

"Why do you always have to see reason? Can't we both just be idiots for once and run off together?" She sighed and glanced down at the bulge, "What should we name him or her?" She gave him a small smile as she held him close. She still wanted to act like nothing in the world outside that small section of the woods mattered. She wanted to fantasize about having a family with Cirro and forgetting all about the Kingdom she had belonged to for two years. After they decided on the names she was reluctant to separate from him. "I will see you next month, Cirro. Just one more meeting time, Okay? For me and the baby? I think that at 6 months you can feel a baby move. I've heard it from some of the midwives that I've interviewed." She gulped, "Next month."

They departed from each other and sure enough a month later Laura showed up to the spot. She worried so much that he wasn't going to show. She wouldn't blame him for no longer wanting to put her in danger. The rustling in the trees made Laura grin with happiness. He had come back for this one last goodbye. She stood from the rock, but it was not Cirro that had come through the trees. A different and much younger Fae appeared before her. Just when her hopes had crashed and shattered Cirro appeared as well. She breathed a sigh of relief as he embraced her. "I thought...Never mind what I thought. Who is this?" It was explained to her that he was a protector for the baby. Someone to look over him or her. She nodded and asked the Fae to please give them a moment of privacy. Once he had disappeared into the woods once more Laura looked at him. "Want to feel the baby kick? Shes feeling especially happy today." She took his hand and placed it over her belly. Sure enough the baby kicked. "I love you." She whispered as she hugged him again. "We'll see each other again someday...right?" She knew it was impossible, but she could hope.

With a parting kiss Laura and the young Fae left the meeting place for the last time. Laura cried all the way to the castle and three months later a baby girl was born. She named her Genevieve as Cirro had wanted. She cried as she held her baby for the first time knowing she'd never see him again. The love she had for him would now have to be replaced by the love she had for her daughter. She wrote a letter for Cirro and gave it to the Aedan to give to Cirro. This way he could know that they had a beautiful baby daughter to call their own.

20 years later a rebellion began in the Fae Kingdom.