Author's Note: Devil's Sunrise, who are you on Max-Dan-Wiz? I'll answer your questions better if I know what I'm looking for. Sorry. I've just been REALLY busy.

Welcome to My Side of the River

Sonya

Max's POV

I strode the palace grounds. This was a routine for me. If anything dangerous

came here, I would kill it before it hurt my Flock.

Or my Fang.

Bad Max! I scolded myself. With your luck, Angel will hear you and tell Fang.

I was so preoccupied with keeping my mind off of Fang, I almost didn't notice them.

Almost.

I turned, and saw one of the things you least expect to find on your evening watch.

Twenty or so Erasers were tied up in a tree, hanging upside-down. They were bound by some kind of black rope.

"I didn't think you wanted to be ambushed, so I tied them up." A soft voice spoke behind me. I whirled again. "You're Princess Max?"

"I am." A girl stood there. "You are?" I demanded.

She smiled. "Do I really need to answer that?"

"No. You're Nyx. You saved my brother's life." Realization hit me like a bullet. Or one of my own punches…

"I was only doing my job. Oh, and the binding won't come undone until the palace guards arrive in twenty-three seconds."

I was about to argue, but then I heard the sounds of running and shouting. The guards. "You better – " I began, but she was gone.

"Max!" Fang yelled. He was followed by a squad of guards. "Angel said she heard Erasers – " He stopped short, seeing the prisoners.

"Nyx." I explained. Obviously, she was no friend of Itex. Fang understood that.

"Ah." He said. Wrapping his arms around me, Fang pulled me close.

If Itex had the guts to break in here so soon, what were they going to do next?