A/N: Heyyy... well, this is my first Cate Tiernan FanFic, so go easy on me, and pleeeeeease R&R.

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I sat there, feeling awful.

Hunter was gone,

gone,

gone.

The words rang of truth through my head, but I refused to believe them. Forever.

Naw. Nothing lasts forever. A spell, a joke, a love…

I choked back another hysterical sob.

Then I felt a stirring. My mouth formed an ‘O’ shape as I realised I was, yes, indeed, PREGNANT! The child of Hunter, the seed of Giomanach, the spawn of my muirn beatha dan.

A hysterical cackle escaped me. No, I would NOT marry Colm. I would go somewhere new.

I thought about my options and absentmindedly ran my hands through my boyishly short hair. I couldn’t go home – there’d be no support there.

I couldn’t stay here – Goddess, the trouble I’d get from the natives, being a single mom and all.

Then it came to me. I was just staring at a poster advertising a country named New Zealand, and it looked so beautiful, when it all clicked and I thought: I know, I’ll go there.

Aye little one, I thought, rubbing my flat stomach, you will, too.

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A/N This is just a prologue, 'kay? It's MEANT to be short. Or for me, anyway. Please R&R, you know how... probably...