Gabriel was fulminating . Not only He' d woke up without her , but she was on the phone with Terence , planning a date and now, she dared to ignore him ! He hated the wizard , and couldn't stop thinking about them , in bed , his hands all over her perfect body . All he wanted to do was taking her on his lap and spank her . This idea made him smile , but just until he realised that he shouldn't be thinking this about another woman than Lyria as they were practically engaged . But he couldn't help but thinking about Maeve . The truth was there : he liked her , and more than a little . Maybe he could even … Love her ? TO be totally honest , Lyria was beautiful , but she was nothing if he compared her to the fierce , wild and incredibly beautiful Maeve . But Maeve and his father had been clear : She was and only was his bodyguard , and he had to marry soon . With a sigh , he went wait for her on his bed . As she got out of her room , he opened his mouth to explain her what he thought , but she raised her hand , shutting him up before he could have said anything .
- I need to go to the royal library . You coming ?
He frowned, but said nothing, just following her as she made her way in the palace smiling and waving at every servant , who seemed all very happy to see it . To his shame , he realised that he , as Lyria , didn't cared a lot about them , and promised himself to start noticing , and at least say hello to them . They arruved at the royal library , a big place , , nearly as big as the palace himself , and she started to go through the trillion books of the library . However, unable to bear it any longer, he asked:
- What are we searching for ?
Without even daring to look behind her shoulder , she answered :
- Informations , on god 's children .
He felt shivers going down his spine : he always forgot that she was Solas' s grand daughter and how dangerous she was . But when she turned around , and that he looked into her violet eyes , he didn't feel any fear , only a burning desire . She smiled , holding out a book at arm's length .
- FOUND IT !
The book , gold engraved with Solas's symbol , a jaguar into a sun , shone like a jewel in the faint light of the library . She opened the book and started reading .
When the world was created, along with each race, a god was created to guide them. The designated god of the shapeshifters was Solas, the great Jaguar god of the Sun. But soon most of his brothers and sisters gave birth to many children with beings of the earth. The only one who showed restraint was Solas, who only fell in love with three women in his long and immortal life. From these unions were born three children named Sage, Lion and Cara. But the first born , Sage, the only child of Solas with a shapeshifter, quickly became obsessed with the purity of races. He is at the origin of the league, an entity whose goal is to preserve the purity of each race, and especially that resulting from Solas. When Sage died , his last command , was to find all of his siblings descendants and to kill them , because he considered them as a threat for the league . his body is still a propriety of the league , used as a way to find Solas's descendants. The second son , Lion was the son of a witch …
Maeve slammed the book shut, Anger blinding her: her parents, and all those innocents, who died because her uncle was jealous. No wonder they knew about her and her mother: if they had access to Sage's body, then any wizard could have found them thanks to their magical signature. She felt something - rage - burn inside of her . Suddenly , Gabriel grabbed her wrist , whispering :
- Calm down , Kitty , you're gonna burn the whole library . Lowering her eyes , she found her herself gripping the book , purple flames emanating from her hands . Taking a deep breath , she dissipated the flames , leaving burning marks in the form of hands on the book . Raising her head , she stormed outside , screaming at someone to take her place , and before Gabriel could reach her , she had already faded away only leaving a faint purple cloud after her .
Maeve had no idea of how she did that , but she had teleported herself out of the palace . She found herself in front of the sea , at her spot . The creek was as beautiful as ever , the blue-green ocean , the golden sand, and the crystals rocks , shining under the vanishing sun . Immediately , the anger started to vanish . She loved that place ; it made her feel at ease with her own being . Her parents used to take her here when she was a kid to train her power , and she ended up associating this place with the freedom . She felt a tear rolling down her cheek , as she knew she was about to sacrifice this place and herself . It was as she was betraying her parents , but she had no choice : no one would be in danger in her place , she would make sure of it . Her power start to move in her body , pressing against her skin from the inside . Her panther started panicking , put she kept reassembling her powers . her fangs out , scratching her lips , she whispered , letting down her last barrier :
- I' m so sorry , forgive me . I 'm so , so sorry , but this is the only way to protecct everyone .
On that , she unleashed her powers in a scream , illuminating the creek with violet light . At first , it felt so good to finally let go of the pressure , but soon enough , it started burning : she had reached her limits , but kept doing it anyway . The world had faded into the purple light and that burning feeling as she felt on her knees , freeing the last once of her power in a last cry .