Kirsten Leonard

Evil Innocence

Prologue A raging thunderstorm had struck the kingdom of Avalon. The surrounding forest swirled with the wind, and something sinister hung in the air. A young woman, mid thirties, was frantically leading two children to a room in the castle. The two children, a dark-haired young girl around the age of 7, and an even younger brown-haired boy at the age of 6, followed closely behind their mother. The windows blew open and closed. The flames of the torches mounted on the walls flickered. Many of the paintings and tapestries had fallen or been torn down. The boy struggled to keep up, so the young woman picked him up, holding the hand of the small child beside her.