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Jaden opened his eyes to find himself reaching out for more, but finding only the air on his brother's ship above him as a greeting.

'If that was truly a dream, than that was the most vivid dream I've ever had. I'm even sore everywhere he hit me, and I've got scars where his blade nicked me. I even still feel her lips on mine.'

He lay there for a long time just thinking about everything; the dream, what had happened, and what he had said.

"… I hold true to the Furian customs… I release her from her marital bonds…"

'But if it were just a dream, then what I said within it doesn't matter. And that means that I've not released her from the marital bonds and she still belongs to me.

'Although, more than likely, it wasn't a dream, in the traditional sense, and therefore they'll hold me to my declarations. I'll just have to play it by ear.'

With that Jaden drifted back off to sleep for the remaining hours of the night.

Once Jaden had been sent back out of the dream world, Loranna and Avalon left the newlyweds to themselves.

It may have been a legal ceremony for Furians, but since everything had taken place in a dream, for Zoë's people, her father in particular, they were still just a roaming convict and their princess, who was still meant for another person. Therefore a proper ceremony would have to be had for the people to witness.

But that didn't stop them from having a wedding night within their dream world. Even with the world around them constantly changing to their specifications, it wasn't the best first night for either of them.

Riddick, who had plenty of first nights with women before, was far too eager to take his time with the virgin princess in his bed. More mistakes were made within a two hour period than most young teenagers experience throughout an entire night's excursions. But at least they had plenty of time to make up for all of the fumbling they did during the rest of the night.

After the rhythm was finally established, foreplay was given a chance, and a few different angles were tried, the orgasms flowed out of their cores, multiple times.

So, when they woke the next morning, both had grins plastered to their faces.

Zoë not only knew that she was married to Riddick, but also that they would go to her father and he would formally request her hand in marriage after Jaden informed her father that he had released her from the marital bonds. And one day she would ascend the thrown of Furya as Riddick's Queen.

Riddick had every intention of doing everything else from here on out by the "book", even though they had skipped a couple of steps by marrying in the dream ceremony. What her father didn't know wouldn't hurt him.

They walked into the breakfast chamber that morning arm in arm, both in the best moods possible, only to find Jaden and Zoë's father in deep discussion about wedding plans.

"I think we should have a midnight ceremony under the moon. It's far more romantic that way, and it's how most Furians get married.

"I know how much it would mean to Zoë to have a traditional Furian ceremony, seeing as how she is so absorbed with that culture," was Jaden's reply just as Zoë and Riddick walked into the room.

"If you two are planning my wedding, shouldn't I be involved in the details?" When Jaden mentioned something about a Furian ceremony Zoë thought that he had already told her father what happened the night before and was taking it rather well; but that should have been her first clue.

"I'm glad you are finally getting in the spirit of things. I was hoping that you would eventually come to terms with the way things are going to be and that I wouldn't have to drag you down the aisle at your own wedding."

She had a smile on her face up until her father started talking, then everything became clear. Jaden had gone back on his vow to her and his brother and didn't say a word to her father like he was supposed to do.

"Jaden, can I talk to you for a minute?" It was a question plain and simple, but to everyone else in the room it sounded like something else. Riddick: an under tone of annoyed anger and frustration; Jaden: pure, unadulterated rage, something he had been on the receiving end of more times than he liked to remember from both her and his father; her father: the fearful concerns of a young bride to be.

"You didn't tell him?!"

"Tell him what? It's not like anything has changed between the time we all went to bed last night and when we all woke this morning. I had mentioned that I recently found out that I had a brother, that he was here at the castle, and that he just happened to have been the same man who abducted you before. He had some trouble digesting that over breakfast, but after we started talking about the wedding he calmed down."

"You were also supposed to tell him that you were releasing me so that I could formally marry Riddick. Or did you forget about what happened in the dream world last night?"

"What dream world?"

"The one were you and Riddick fought for my hand in marriage and you lost. And when you lost you released me to be with Riddick."

"So it wasn't just a dream? All of that really happened and I really did let you go?"

"Yes, and I would like to be able to marry my wife in the eyes of her people. So, you had better go hold up your end of the vow, or I'm not going to be held responsible for what I do to you; brother or not," Riddick cut in with.

"And here I was hoping that I had just had some horrible nightmare and that I was still going to get to marry you in a couple of days."

"I'm sorry Jaden, but everything did happen and Riddick and I are married, so we would really appreciate it if you would tell my father the wedding is off. Then, Riddick can ask my father what task he has to perform for him to be able to marry me.

"And after the task is completed and we are formally married in the eyes of the people, I can go to Furya and we can ascend the thrown as King and Queen of Furya." The smile was back and she was practically giddy with glee.

Telling her father that he had a brother who had also been the same man who had abducted her from her family had been easier than telling her father that the wedding was off and that his brother was going to formally ask for her hand in marriage. Now it was all up to Riddick to not fuck things up.

Riddick had never been so scared in his life. He had faced down real monsters and men who thought they could destroy the universe to find an entire new underverse. He had survived attacks from the people who had taken away everything from him twice in one lifetime, and managed to conquer them after the second attack. He had been through slam after slam after slam for as long as he could remember, some for things he had no control over and others for finally being caught for things he had done and enjoyed. But for the life of him, he was a nervous wreck when it came down to facing one man to simply ask a couple of life altering questions.

All he had to do was go up to the man and formally request Zoë's hand in marriage and what task he was to perform to prove his worth of her. However, that made his throat run dry, his mind go blank, and his nerves to get shot so he could barely think of what he was supposed to say. He had never felt so unprepared and out of sorts in his life.

Riddick walked into the Grand Receiving Hall of her father's castle on Zealion Prime with the full intent to formally request Zoë's hand in marriage, but when the King demanded that he state his business and make it fast, Riddick snapped. He decided that the worst that could happen was that he would refuse his request and he have to steal her away again to get to be with her.

Manners completely forgotten, Riddick made his request known, "I know you hate me for taking Zoë from you a couple of months past, and you're probably going to blame my very exisitance for Jaden breaking off the engagement, but I am the man Zoë loves and the man that will be able to make her happy. Therefore, I am here to formally request her hand in marriage."

"What makes you think that I would allow my daughter to marry some wayward murdering, convict?"

"Because while I may be an ex-convicted murderer, I am also the last Prince of Furya, and Zoë is the Princess meant for me.

"Every Prince of Furya born under a specific moon is gifted with an Angel-born Princess somewhere in the Universe. I was one such prince, and I am here to claim my rightful Queen."

"Let's say for the sake of argument that I actually believe this cockamamie bullshit story, what makes you think you are worth her?"

"That is for you to decide by giving me one specific task to complete. Should I complete it within the set timeframe and under the conditions you set, then I am free to marry her and take her back to my castle on Furya.

"However, should I fail, I lose all claims to her, and I forfeit my life to you to do with as you see fit."

"Fine, but what proof do you have that you are indeed a Prince and that you aren't just making this story up to get my daughter in your bed?"

Just as Riddick was about to try to explain all of this to him and get him to believe that he was a prince as well as an ex-convicted murderer, Loranna and Avalon appeared before him at his defense.

The sight of Avalon standing before him looking as she had before Zoë's birth brought the surly, sour, sardonic king to his knees before her in apology.

"Give the boy his task Lucian so he and Zoë can be married and she can begin her life the way it should have been from the beginning. She deserves to be happy even if you still blame her for my death. He is the one I had hoped would find her all along, which was why I made you promise to leave her alone as far as marriage was concerned.

"But you couldn't even do that much, could you? Instead of making her feel loved and cared for her entire life, you shunned her and made her feel like she wasn't even apart of this family, and then you went and had to try to marry her of to the first half decent prospect you could find. No offence on Jaden or you.

"It's time you showed your daughter how you really feel about her and let her live her life the way it was meant to be lived; full of love and happiness from those around her, not resent and anger from her own family."

With that they were gone, leaving behind a trembling Lucian and a smirking Riddick.

Once Lucian had regained his composure, he re-ascended his thrown and, as calmly as could be expected, thought of a suitable task for Riddick to perform for his daughter's hand in marriage.

"Very well, since you have my late wife's voucher, I'll believe you are whom you say you are and I'll decree a task for you to perform.

"For your task, you shall…"

A/N: I know it's a cliffhanger after I've taken forever to finally update, but I'm issuing a request for all of my loyal readers, should there be any left after this sabbatical I've taken. My request is simple: Come up with a task for Riddick to have to perform.

Rules: No killing, cheating on Zoë, or anything that could be considered too undignified. That last rule can be broken to some degree, but the first two will be taken seriously.

I hope to be able to update more regularly, but for some reason I just couldn't think of anything for this chapter or anything else I was writing and then all of a sudden I was inspired so I sat down and started typing.

Hope you all like the new chapter and that at least some of my old readers come back to me before I finally finish the story.

I do promise to not completely abandon my stories, but sometimes long vacations from them are necessary in order to get the juices flowing again. Enjoy.