She found hersef devoted to the anti-paladin, ELTANIN, her lover and life, with plans to marry until he was slain. A former member of the SOD, loyal to those she now calls family, Kalisha steps forward to claim the darkness that is her birthright. Stay out of her way. She may not seem like much, and she often bumbles her way through things. But, she can be formidable.
Somewhere within the embrace of shadows, kept safe within swirling pitch, eyes peer from the inky blackness in shades of fire lit sapphire. Hair tumbling over her shoulders in wisps of ashen blonde, the curve of hip, swell of breast, the endowment of her mother… the darkness given by her father. The youngest child of Eternal Darkness, her mother Kie’va, Muse of Aphrodite, Kalisha Darkness made her way unwillingly into a realm that she did not belong in. Without friends, her only family known to her being her mother and father (until arriving in Beware and finding she did indeed have sisters and a brother) and her only knowledge of love being the twisted version given to her by her father, her path was uncertain…and her mind impressionable.
Fighting the memories of a childhood best forgotten, one filled with visions her Father thought it best she see first hand…visions that continued to plague her as a young woman, the nightmares of torture, pain, and humiliation, “Watch Kalisha, this will make you strong…make you dark like your Daddy…” But a child’s mind protects, and soon Kalisha found refuge in the shadows that were her birthright. As she weakened, they grew stronger each time she called them. Controlled by what her mind showed them, they would whisk her away from what her Father forced her to witness…forcing her to forget, if only for awhile…protecting her…
They spiraled out of control, overpowering her in their need to protect…and only with the help of her mother was Kalisha able to return from their protective embrace. They were thought to be gone, for they no longer came when she called…but they were there, waiting…for their mistress to need them again.
Wanting to please Eternal Darkness…for she did love him…she tried to follow his path, tried to be what he expected her to be. Her love for her family pushing her to be what she fought so hard as a child to avoid. Her sisters…Erika and eli’shah…her brother, Omen…all followed him and were children Daddy could be proud of…the children of Darkness. But each time she took a step in that direction, her very soul cried out…and the shadows began to perk…waiting…knowing that soon…they would be needed again…
She became a student of Night Heart…a woman who understood the difficulties she was having following the path her father had chosen for her. Under her tutelage, she began to learn of what she was capable of, and that following a dark path did not mean sacrificing who you really were…until love led her heart away from her devotion to study…placing it in the hands of Gar’en Il’sai…her first love…a short lived romance that taught both much, but when it ended, Kalisha found herself doubtful she’d ever find another who would accept her as she was...
Returning to her studies, she left her caves by the river to stay with Night Heart…and in experimenting with her abilities, managed to bring a man to her bed that she’d been better off leaving in the castle rafters…Jack Van Tyruce. The former fiancé of her teacher, again Kalisha had managed to let her poor judgement dictate what she should do. With the help of her shadows, she took his memories and convinced him that he loved her, had always loved her…until he vanished one eve and her hold on him was broken…although…he still didn’t remember what she’d done to him….or the child they quite possibly conceived during their brief time together….and now, with Jack’s engagement to her beloved sister Erika…she hoped the memories would remain lost to him.
As her confidence in her abilities grew, she knew her path, albeit dark, was different. But, as it often was, Eternal Darkness would not accept this…she would not kill to kill and would not hurt without just cause…and the ties between Kalisha and her family were slowly severed. Turning to a friend…one she had known as an enemy, one that was still an enemy of her Father and brother…Marcus de la Croix, the alpha of a pride of Simba… Kalisha took refuge in the Temple of Sharess, where she met and fell in love with Sebastian St. Amant…and was given the mark of the Pride. Her decision drove a deeper rift between father and daughter, causing what was most likely irreparable damage. The shadows still listened…and began again to take her away as they did when she was a child, when it seemed she was unable to stop the screaming in her mind and soul, torn between the love of her heart and the love of a Father. But soon she found that love was not enough...and leaving the Pride, leaving Sebastian, she found herself alone again, broken and bitter...
Now separated from the pride she called family, Sebastian having left in search of that which called him, her son, Joshua St. Amant also leaving on a quest, leaving her here to lay claim to whatever might catch her eye...and that she does, whenever the mood strikes. Which, is often.
...right or wrong....
With ELTANIN dead, she wandered alone for a long time before Armand, a member of the Pride and one who Kalisha often turned to, returned to lay claim to her. She lives with her heart, her sister, Erika Darkness.
Kalisha’s abilities include the wielding of shadows, psychic abilities and mind control, and a tendency hold a little to tightly to the ways of the succubus, talents given to her by her Father and Mother.
The roll of a hip, the flash of a smile, almost always leading to a tumble somewhere.....and now, more experienced, and embracing that darker element within herself, someone who shouldn't be underestimated.