Beautiful Insanity (A Skyrim/Oblivion Fanfiction) ((ORIGINAL))

Prologue

Russet cradled her newborn daughter in her arms.

"Can I see her, Mama?" Karliah asked meekly, stretching her neck. Russet smiled and leaned down, showing the baby girl to her eldest. Dark brown hair, nearly black, spilled out from the cloth. She sucked on her pale thumb as she slumbered. "Why did you get her?"

"She was a surprise, Kary." The Dragonborn tucked the blanket under her baby's chin. "But your father and I love her."

"She doesn't look like you or Papa."

"She looks like your grandma," Russet answered, a tinge of sadness in her voice. "Why don't you go to bed, sweetie?"

"I don't wanna!" the four-year-old complained, tugging at her red curls.

"Kary," her mother warned. The child looked down.

"Okay, Mama." The young girl scurried off upstairs, and the sound of a creak to her right drew the red-haired woman's attention.

"Bryn!" she greeted her husband happily, and he kissed her cheek.

"My lass. So, have you come up with a name for our little one yet?"

"I have." Russet kissed the child's brow. "I'll call her Regina." Brynjolf stroked the tiny girl's short black locks. "For she is our little queen."

"That's perfect, love. Just like her."