Disclaimer: I love Tamora Pierce and wouldn't steal from her.

Warning: Sad KelDom, do not read if you don't like sad stories.

She couldn't wait for her fiancé to get back from the patrol he was on. His squad and Lord Raoul had gone out an hour ago, so it would be another before they got back. She was going to tell him to resign from the Own, she was pregnant.

Just then the horn sounded, the patrol was back early! She rushed out and saw Raoul. Looking around for her fiancé she walked up to him, and in her happiness didn't notice the sorrowful look on his face. "Raoul, where's Dom? I have some exciting news," she laughed. "Kel," was all he managed to say. "I'm pregnant! Now Dom can resign from the Own and we can be married. I already promised him that I'd wear a dress." "You were going to wear a dress?" Raoul asked. "Yes, silly. Now where is my fiancé?" "Kel, there's something you should know… When we were on patrol we were attacked by a group of raiders," he tells her. "Oh no, was Dom wounded? Oh, I must get to the infirmary to see if he's all right." "Kel… Dom was mortally wounded." she now saw the look on his face. "NO, NO! IT'S NOT TRUE!" everyone in the courtyard was now silent and watching the duo. Kel saw Juniper, the gelding she had given Dom for his last birthday. Slung across his saddle was a large object wrapped in cloth. "NO!" the lady knight shouted, blood draining from her face, while tears started pouring. Lord Raoul caught her as she fainted.

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Kel stood at the grave side as the dirt was shoveled on top of the coffin. She had on her Yamani mask, the first time in over a week that she didn't have tears streaming down her face.

"You slut! That child you carry probably doesn't even belong to my nephew," a man, who was obviously drunk, shouted. Kel fell to the ground as if she'd been hit. Her mask shattered and the tears started streaming again.

"Yuki, help Kel," Neal told his wife as he, Raoul, Buri, Alanna, Owen, Wyldon, Sever, Merric, Roald, and Shinkokami advanced on the man. "What did you just say?" Raoul asked with a quite, cold fury. "You heard wha I said. Ya deaf or sommat?" the drunk questioned. Yuki was still trying to calm Kel down when, suddenly, Kel spoke. "Why do people think I'm a slut? Sure I'm a knight, but did anyone ever think that I just like helping people? I would never cheat on Dom. In fact he's the only man I've ever been with." Kel stopped talking then and just sat staring at the headstone on the grave, tears still streaming down her face. If anyone saw her then they would think her a sad spirit, for she was wearing the dress she would have been married in. She had had Lalassa dye it black; she had on some face paint, most of which now made tracks down her face. Yuki had done her hair up, and now pieces had come out and framed her face. The crowd looked at her beauty for a moment more, and then turned back to the drunk to see what his response would be. Suddenly, Yuki screamed. They all looked at Kel in time to watch as she slit her wrist. Neal rushed up to her to quickly heal the cut. Kel looked at him and said "No Neal. I can see him. He's waiting for me; the Black God has permitted him a small amount of time. I must go. Please, let me go. Goodbye Neal," her eyes got a glassy look, then she said the last words that would ever pass her lips, that her beloved had kissed so many times. "Hello Dom my love."