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Chapter 10

"Remember what I said." It was the last thing Diesel said to her before she was collected. Flair's foreman dragged her up a steep hill and like any other Ivex she began to resist the moment she realized where she was being taken. At the edge of a cliff her hands were tied with rope as well as her ankles. She closed her eyes and waited for the shove. It was delivered with great force, she let out a high pitched scream as she fell. The water below was littered with rocks and soon her blood would paint them.

Diesel's words played in her mind as her body sped toward her impending death. I'll catch you and then she felt her body jolt suddenly. A large arm plucked her out of the air and a hard body slung her into a shallow cave. Quickly, she watched him throw over a dead body.

"You killed her?" She gasped as she watched the Ivex with similar hair splatter on the rocks then slip into the water below. She floated face down in the waves.

"She died a few days ago. Poor thing was sick, but her death can free you. The foreman is a wuss. He can't watch his victims as they fall. We just have to wait until he gets the nerve to peak over and make sure you didn't miss the rocks."

"What does he do if they miss?"

"He has to wait a little longer. The current will drag em down eventually." It was so cruel and heartless and almost her own fate. She threw her arms around Diesel who had saved her. She didn't know how he accomplished the things he did. He risked so much sneaking off, but it was something he did regularly. "Don't get mushy." But he did give her a small embrace. "Come. He's waiting." Then he muttered. "If he's not a complete moron."

Roman waited on the back steps of the orphanage. It had begun to rain hard and the clouds had darkened the sky. He could barely see even though it was only noon. He didn't know what he was doing there. He had followed the words of an Ivex? Flair's Ivex. For all he knew he was walking into a trap. Flair probably wanted his land now.

"You don't have enough sense to get out of the rain?" the growl was familiar and her twirled around to find Diesel standing under the awning. Mya was by his side.

"Mya." He felt relief and happiness overwhelm him. He embraced her, squeezed as if she was going to be stolen away again.

"As of this moment, Mya is a woman with no known family. She arrived in town hoping for a better life." He handed Roman a birth certificate. "If I were you I would consider moving someplace far away from here. You have a chance for a new start, for the both of you."

Diesel had a job with the state before his conviction had changed his life forever. It didn't take much for Roman to figure out that he had snuck back into his old office building and entered Mya into the computers. It was as if she had always been human."

"You can do this." Diesel whispered to Mya. "And Roman – she's free now. Remember that. If she wants you – it's her choice."

Mya knew what had been done for her. She knew the risk Diesel had took for her. What she didn't understand was why?

"I understand." Roman nodded and was a little jealous when he took Mya into his arms. He lingered too long and he knew he too harbored love for her. He just couldn't understand why he would give her up. He pulled away and glanced at roman without removing his arm from around her shoulders. He offered him a hand and Roman shook it respectfully.

"I hope you do get it. You see Mya is my blood. Her mother is my mother. She is the baby. Mama's last before she was thrown off a cliff. There's a lot of years between us. I tried to keep up with my siblings as much as I could. Mother had twelve, but Mya and I are the only ones still alive. I know mother is probably disappointed that her only free child ended up following in her footsteps. I think maybe I can make it up to her by making sure Mya gets away. If you care about her like I think you do … I know you'll help me. Get her out of this town. I love you, Mya. Do whatever you have to do to make it."

Mya knew what Diesel meant. Because they shared blood and she noticed she could suddenly sense what he was thinking as long as her skin touched his. He meant for her to kill Roman if he tried to get in her way of freedom and anyone else who could potentially stand in her way.

"I love you." She gave him one last hug than headed off in the storm with Roman close.

Walking back into a home she thought she never would see again brought a feeling she could not explain. It was her home. She still thought of it as home.

Roman climbed up into the loft of his home and he began to bring down crates he had stored. He began to pack up his home immediately. Mya could only stare at him. He stopped when he saw her frozen.

He went to her.

"I'm so sorry, Mya." He had tears rolling down his cheeks. Tears of her own began to fall. "If you want to be rid of me I understand, but right now, I want to get as far away from this place as we can. I wish I never took you out of this house, then they wouldn't know your face and …"

"None of this would have happened and I would still be your property?"

"No." he shook his head. "Mya. I want you to be my wife." He went to the stand beside his bed, opened the drawer and came back cupping something in his hand. "I made this. I've wanted to give it to you so many times." He slid a pretty ring on her finger. It had a black stone with a silver diamond shape on top of it. And that had a tiny shining stone on top of that.

"It's real gold." He whispered. "I melted it down and curved the metal. I wish I wanted to fill the whole thing with a diamond, but I could only afford that little chip at the time. I had this black onyx stone for years so I made it all fit." He smiled. "I love you Mya. I made this for you even though it wasn't right. You're all I can think about."

"You hurt me." She said meekly.

"It hurt me too." Roman slipped her dress off and ran his fingers over the scars. They had healed but it had left her disfigured. There was some cream he could buy to take it away forever. It was very expensive. But it was worth it to take away the reminder of what he had done.

"You're lying." She didn't want to love him but she did.

"I could never lie to you." His hands caressed her body. "My parents want me to remarry. I have exactly one week left to do it on my own before the law makes me marry my parents' choice. Mya I know your secret."

"Sounds like blackmail."

"It is. I thought I could let you go, but I can't. I won't. If this is what I have to do to make you realize …"
"I never wanted to be without you until just this moment."

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