She had hair of yellow gold, waved and rippled; her skin was fair -- and her eyes were of the blue of the heavens when bluest; and her features were delicate but strong -- her mouth large and finely curved, and haunted with smiles.Her husband being away on a difficult mission for the court, Aurora, pregnant, takes lodgings in the castle of Watho -- the red-haired witch who longs to learn all that can be known about the world.When Aurora gives birth, Watho convinces her the boy was born dead, and then hides him away -- to raise in pitch darkness!