A/N: I'm baaack! Did ya miss me? ;)

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"Hehe. I never knew that a maiden as beautiful as yourself could be so..."

"Masculine?" I offered. "Yeah, wish I could say the same about you."

He chuckled and shook his head in amusement, his silvery hair cascading around his face like a waterfall.

"You know, Pony, I am beginnning to become accustomed to your sarcasm. I find it rather attractive."

"Who said I was being sarcastic? I was just stating the obvious." I snickered, using one of his favorite phrases.

Skye smiled coolly and stood up from the leather couch, offering me a pale hand. I rolled my eyes and sighed. Will he ever learn?

"I am perfectly capable of walking, thank you very much." I replied, cautiously lifting myself up. Before I could make any progress, the thief's hands were on my shoulders, restraining me to my seat. I gave him the death stare.

"I do not want you to strain yourself any further than you already have. At least allow me to help you up."

"Not in a million years."

The Phantom Thief shrugged. "Suit yourself."

In one swift move, he lifted me off of the couch and into his scrawny arms.

"Get your filthy paws off of me! I have legs, you know!"

"Very nice ones, at that. But I needed an excuse to close the distance you usually put between us, and this seemed to be the perfect opportunity."

"I'll close the distance between us," I snapped. "I'll stick my foot so far up your ass that your breath will smell like feet!"

"You and your threats." he chuckled, carting me through the kitchen and down the hallway, past his bedroom.

"Where are you taking me?" I grumbled.

"I recall promising that I would show you why I steal today. I am a man of my word, thief or not."

"Man? You look more like a bearded lady to me." I commented, examining the stubble on his chin.

Skye shifted my weight to his left arm and ran his free hand along his jaw. "Yes, I suppose I've gotten a little scruffy over the past few weeks. I have not been able to...aquire...any more razors, as I have been too worried about your health to leave you by yourself."

"I can take care of myself," I pouted. "I'm a legal adult, you know."

"When you are conscious and healthy, maybe. But certainly not when you are attacked by a wild animal and out cold from blood loss," He made a sharp right when the hallway ended and came to a halt at a cracked door, where he gingerly set me down as if I were made of glass. "This is it."

"Should I be afraid to know what 'it' is?"

"No, not at all." he assured me.

"And Gustafa isn't waiting to ambush me as soon as I walk through the door?"

He rolled his eyes. "Do you honestly believe I would let that monstrosity anywhere near my house?"

"Yeah, you're right, even you aren't that dim-witted." I took a deep breath, and pushed open the door.

The room was very small and simple, containing only a bed, a desk, and a dresser. The aqua-blue walls were plastered with neat sketches, half of which being of the same beautiful, smiling woman who somehow looked familiar.

Though the drawings were gorgeous, they weren't what caught my eye. What I really noticed was a tiny girl propped up on her elbows on the bed, engrossed over a book. At least, she was until I walked into her room and disturbed her reading. She glanced over in my direction, acknowledging me with a nod and a smile before turning her attention back to her book.

The girl's seafoam-colored curls fell in perfect ringlets past her shoulders and down the length of her slender frame. She had pale ivory skin, and her sapphire eyes were a deep blue, like the depths of the ocean. Just like the woman in what I assumed were her drawings, she looked very familiar.

"Her name is Mia." Skye explained quietly.

"I'm assuming she's not your sister?"

"No, we are not related, as you can probably tell by our very different appearances."

"I was actually referring to how she knows how to shut her trap for an extended period of time, but yeah, I can see where you're coming from, too."

A melodic laugh made me turn my attention back to the child, who was now grinning like a hyena and staring at me with admiration in her deep blue eyes.

"Don't give her any ideas!" Skye scolded me playfully, joining in Mia's laughter. "Wonderful. Now I am going to have not one, but two beautiful women insulting me constantly."

"There are lots more where that came from, Skyler!" Mia pointed out between giggles, joining in the conversation.

"I like her." I laughed, jerking a thumb towards the sassy little girl with a knack for insulting the Prince of the Stars.

A/N: Sorry it was kind of a short chapter! I was going to make it longer, but this seemed like a good place to stop for the night. I'll try to have the next one done tomorrow!

Tajreen: I'm still working on that one XD I have absolutely no idea! I'll think of something eventually ;)

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