In the great continent of Ardren, lies a hidden village, it is located in the far west of the continent, in the middle of a dense forest, in this village lived around 5000 people, its name was Altamira.

Now how a village so big could be able to remain in darkness and completely invisible to the eyes of all, simply due to the use of magic in this amazing continent of Ardren, magic is abundant, a fantasy world with different races and cities and adventures, but explanations will be given later, now let us return the town of Altamira.

Altamira has no contact with the outside world because of its secret, in the middle of the village, there is a shrine dedicated to the gods, inside is an old sword on top of an altar, at its base lies a text in the ancient language of spirits.

The text tells about a legend of ancient times, that when the world is in danger the sword will choose a hero to protect everyone; the hero would become an unparalleled swordsman who will destroy any being in his way. Until the time comes, the village duty is to protect the sword along with one of its treasures a red gem.

On the ceiling of the sanctuary there is a magic circle, whose goal is to make the village invisible for those who do not know of its existence. It creates a barrier around them, any living being that touch the barrier will naturally get away from her, making it safe from external threats, the only way to someone find Altamira is if its location is reveal.

In this village lived Raphael a young man with 25 years, he had a blond hair and clear blue eyes, with a handsome and very masculine face, giving an air of a mature and serious person, he had a small scar under his right eye, an award from one of his countless battles. His body was very muscular, the result of his years of dedication and difficulties in their training in the way of the sword.

As the eldest son of the village chief, he needs to learn the legacy of his ancestor who was the last hero, so already in his youth he had trained in the way of the sword and spiritual power control. As the heir, his father made sure to teach him everything to be perfect on the village eyes, to his happiness his son was.

Already in his childhood he had talent as a warrior, learned the forms and movements with extreme ease, his body was developing rapidly, making him able to face several of his generation at the same time. His father did not give him even a moment off slack, when he was not training was studying when he was not studying he was meditating when he was not meditating he was learning to take care of the village with his father, his only moments of rest were in time to eat with his younger brother.

Usually a child being expose to so much pressure and stress would break mentally but Raphael has adapted and matured quickly, he carried himself with pride and dignity in front of the public. The only one for whom he opened up was his younger brother Michael, it is not that he hated his father, Raphael knew it was necessary for his father to be strict with him for the good of the village, but it made their relationship difficulty. His mother died giving birth to his younger brother when Raphael was only 2, so he didn’t have any memories of her, therefore Michael was the only one to whom Raphael had feelings of family love.

In Altamira the respect to the hierarchy was absolute, and because of the great talent of Raphael, he ended up becoming isolated from the rest of the villagers, they couldn’t dare to try becoming friends with him and since he was not very good at communicating with others he spent his time fulfilling all the goals established by his father.

Now with 25 years his life continues, after so many years of training his father pleased by the results allowed Raphael, to act as he wished. Having kept busy all his life, the warrior did not know what to do with his spare time, since he had never interacted with anyone but his brother, to try to learn how to interact with the villagers, he began to solve their problems.

One day, he received a task to exterminate a group of wolves that were giving problems to the village’s hunters, since it was a simple task for the best warrior of the village, Raphael decided to go alone.

The traces of the pack indicated that they were going to the north, after walking for a few hours and leave the barrier covering the village, he heard people screaming, running in the direction of the voices, and he found a small farm that was being attack by the gang of wolves.

Without losing time, he jumped into the mess and headed toward the house, killing anyone who moves and it was foolish to get in his way, and it was when he saw a young woman surrounded by the pack.

She had long red hair that reaches his elbows, seemed to have around 17, her long red hair was smooth and she had two braids that were around each side of her head forming what looked like a crown. She was beautiful indeed and had red eyes with a fierce look that burns like fire, her eyes showed that even in this danger she would not hide, with a small knife in hand she tried to protect herself.

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Immediately rushing to the side of the young woman, he ignored the attacks of the wolves, giving him numerous cuts and bruises on his skin, but these small scratches were not enough to even bother Raphael.

Just when a wolf jumped on the girl, Raphael came in front to protect her, using his sword he impaled the wolf in its belly, while the wolf bit his shoulder, the impact dislocated his collarbone and inflicted a deep wound, but the beast quickly stopped moving and released his shoulder.

Surprise and concern formed in the woman's eyes she observed this stranger that saved her with great fear, after all, she was just a poor girl from the farm, and, of course, had nothing of value, so that she was afraid what were his reasons to save her.

After the last wolf fall lifeless he walked up to the girl, with each step he took toward her more her legs trembled his serious look was terrifying and made hard for her to keep standing, combined with the blood of the wolves soaking his clothes gave a vision somewhat creepy. When he was in front of her, looked up and down inspecting her body, while he asked.

Raphael: "Are you okay? Are you injured somewhere?"

Girl afraid could not even make a sound, only managed to shake his head saying he was not hurt.

Happy with the response he fell to the floor sitting, without a shred of energy, with a small smile on his face, he said.

Raphael: "I'm glad you were not hurt."

When she saw his smile and sincerity in his eyes the doubts and dread, she had for this young man, disappeared from her mind, and something new began to awaken in her heart.

Now that the battle was over and the adrenaline in his blood begins to decline, Raphael feel agonizing pain in his shoulder for being dislocated, while sitting he move his arm to put it back in place remembering the process step by step.

With the help of the girl he can put the shoulder in place, and treat his wounds, the girl applied first aid with extreme care and attention, using a piece of her clothing to bandage his shoulder.

Looking around the man found two bodies next to a wolf, an elderly couple was there, looking back at the girl as she pointed to the bodies, he said.

Raphael: "Were they your parents?"

Looking to where the man was pointing, she found the bodies of her parents totally torn apart, with its organs scattered on the ground. Thus, she could not hold her emotions and the tears began to fall, an eagerness to throw up hit her after seeing the results of the wolves attack and remembering everything that happened a few minutes ago.

Crying as if there was no tomorrow, her head did not work anymore, the pain of losing a loved one in such a horrible way; it is a trauma that only those who have experienced it can understand.

Looking at her the man hugged her and without saying a word, he stroked her head waiting until she calmed down, feeling the embrace of the man she buried her face in his chest and wept for hours.

At night, after burying the girl's parents, the two entered the house, with the eyes red of crying so much the girl has prepared a tea for her visitor, after thanking the warrior for saving her life and avenge her parents they introduced themselves and began to talk about various things.

Her name was Nathalia, according to her, it had been one year that her parents moved with her to that place, life in the region where they lived had been difficult because of some alchemists who made experiments over the soil, making it infertile, she was the only child of her parents since her older brother died when he had gone to war, a mere dispute between nobles, on a mine that had been discovered in the region.

Raphael told a little about his life in the village, of how he spent every day training, about his younger brother, the fact of having a difficult relationship with his father, on the expectations of everyone in the village on him. Raphael was not able to understand, for some reason he felt comfortable talking to this girl in front of him, he could open up to her and talk about his problems, he became even a little embarrassed, this was the first time he had someone with whom he could vent all of his problems.

With the passage of time, both began to feel relaxed in the presence of the other, Nathalia owned a supernatural beauty, Her slender figure seemed to have been sculpted in the smallest details, her delicate face that gave her an air of innocence, Her skin white as snow it was gorgeous. Gorgeous was the only word suitable to describe her. Her perfect proportions combined with her long legs looked like they could hypnotize any man, Raphael cannot help but have his heart stolen by this beauty

The woman also began to lust after the man, his picture fighting wolves, while protecting her, and that bright smile, made her fall in love with this warrior. With their instincts attacking their minds, it made them lose any shred of reason. Surrendering to their desires a night of passion begins to both of them.