"Mom, I have no beloved. David has made sure of that. Just like he has made sure I have no powers and no voice." Anger flashes in her eyes before she takes my face in her hands. "He may have hindered what was meant to be, but he took nothing from you. He is a weak useless little elf" she says, and my father chuckles. She glares at him before looking back at me. "You have a beautiful beloved who has vowed to find you. You both are so special and once you are together, all of this will be nothing more than a bad memory. As for your powers, they are in here" she says, placing her hand over my heart. "Your voice may have been silenced, but it was never lost. When it is time for you to speak against that worthless excuse for an elf, you'll find your voice again," she says. "I know what we

