At the Beginning In the Blues

As the story opens Shea is preparing for her wedding. Shes a landscape photographer who has moved from Manchester England to America to marry Cal a man she barely knows. At the reception she meets Alex a friend of her new husband. He seems overly concerned for her and shes surprised that he claims Cal never mentioned her until recently. Soon they move to a new town and Shea finds herself cut off from everyone she knows and from her dream of opening the gallery Cal promised her. He becomes physically and mentally abusive and threatens to kill her if she tries to leave. She sneaks off on a day trip into the Blue Mountains and realizes shes caught what looks like a small deformed fairy on camera. Shes ecstatic and tries to show her discovery to Cal but he ridicules her. It makes their relationship even worse. Alex finally reveals the real reason Cal married Shea and the two must devise a plan to save her life.When Pixie realizes she was seen she is terrified that her hive might be in danger. Already ridiculed because of her deformity she knows this slip-up will make her position even worse. In addition Pixie uncovers that a neighboring hive is planning to take over the whole area and kill Kalen her childhood friend and the kings son. What they want most however is something of great power that has been kept secret for years. When she discovers its true identity its up to Pixie to decide if she will use it to save the human woman who saw her or her family.