"Where could he be?" Felix asked himself as he and his father in law searched. "God I'm such an idiot! I should have never let him stay with us!"
"Why did you let him stay?" Fu asked.
"I don't know! I know he's a monster but...He's my family and...My father, God rest his soul always said the greatest wealth in life was family." He said.
"Your devotion to your family is admirable."
"I do believe that's the first compliment you've ever given me."
"Is it?"
"Yes...Most of time you just ask me questions about if I'm taking good care of my family."
"Well excuse me for wanting to know if my daughter and grandchildren are alright."
"Look I know you and your wife never picked me for Bridgette but she did! We were in love and it wasn't my idea to run away! It was hers in fact I tried to talk her out of it but she didn't want to stay in China and marry some stranger! I'm sorry what we did hurt you but I love your daughter and I love our children more than life itself!"
"I know." Fu said. "I'm sorry for my years of resentment. When Bridgette left us it broke our hearts but I didn't come here to fight. I came to make peace."
"Really?"
"Yes but we have more important things to do at the moment."
"Right."
...
Adrien awoke with joy. The woman he loved for centuries was sleeping peacefully on his chest, safe in his strong and warm embrace. After 196 years the two were finally reunited but he knew his heart it was too good to be true. He needed to be staked, he was a monster that needed to be purged from this world but he was grateful that he was able to spend at least one night with his one true love. He carefully and reluctantly slid Marinette out of his arms and back into her bed. As he started to leave Marinette grabbed his arm.
"Adrien?" She said worryingly.
"Go back to sleep my love" He said.
"Where are you going?"
"I...I'm going to meet my fate."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm going to find Fu and let him kill me."
"No! Please don't! Don't leave me! Don't force me to live without you again!" She wept bitterly.
"Marinette it's for the best. You're a human, I'm a monster."
"Then turn me."
"You don't know what you're asking."
"But I do. I want be what you are."
"No. I already told you. I won't doom you to that fate, becoming what I am is a fate worse than death."
"I don't care. I understand how horrible it is if it's just you alone but would it really be so unbearable if we shared this dark fate together?"
"You don't understand my darling. You have to kill innocents to keep yourself alive you cannot possibly imagine the guilt I suffer with. I won't force you that on to you."
"But I...I can't live without you. I want to be your wife, to stay in your arms forever...Please tell me is there anyway you and I can be together?"
"Maybe...Maybe I could become human."
"Can you really? Oh Adrien please, before you resort to death please at lest try to become human. Try to have a life with me."
Adrien gazed into the tear filled eyes of the woman he loved and dreamed of marrying. He cupped her face and brought her lips to kiss his just as they had done last night and many nights prior.
"I will." He panted kissing her. "For you. I shall try to become human again and if I succeed you will become my wife."
"Promise me." She breathed. "Promise me that we will be married as soon as you become human."
"We will. I promise you we will."
"I want our wedding to be held outside, on a sunny spring day just like we planned to do and I want to wear the wedding dress I made and I want to wear white and pink lilies in my hair and I want to hear the minister say you may now kiss the bride."
"I promise you all that will happen."
He kissed her one last time then lulled and soothed her back to sleep. He pulled the blanket over her to keep her warm. After that he left the manor and went to Lila's business place. He burst into her office, no one was there except her. She stood there in lingerie holding a wine bottle, she was expecting him.
"Hello Adrien, you know it's not polite to enter without knocking."
"Enough of your games, you know why I'm here?"
"Of course you've come to beg me to remove your curse after all since Fu is hunting you and Chloe is not around anymore."
"Yes she um...Was transferred."
"To where? The bottom of the sea?"
"She was a liar and thief! She betrayed my family!"
"Family, family, family, that's all you care about isn't it?"
"Why have you done this to me? Why couldn't you have just killed me?"
"Oh Adrien if only you had been smart enough to love me then this would have never happened."
"I have a true love Lila and she's not you."
"Oh yes your little virgin Mari...Nette finally decided to be a little slut didn't she? Not so pure now huh?"
"She is more pure and good than you are!"
"Tell you what I'm gonna make you a proposal. It's my final offer, agree to rule this town with me as my devoted lover or I'll put you back in the box from hence you came."
"And I have prepared my counter proposal, you can place your filthy lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly."
In a flash Adrien was sent flying back into his coffin and was chained up.
"Let's see how another centuries in this box treats you." Lila said. "And as for your precious family and your sweet Marinette, do I have plans for them."
She then tossed her underwear onto his face, closed the coffin, and left him there. Adrien struggled to break out but the chains were magic and too strong.
"Okay now is not the time to panic. I can yet again escape this fate I just hope this time it's not in 200 years." Then he heard footsteps. "Hello? I hear you? Oh glories be! Whoever you are, fear not I won't harm you! What year is it? How long as it been?"
The coffin was opened by Daniel.
"It's been 20 minutes."
"Daniel how on earth did you know I was here?"
"Grandma told me but you probably think I'm crazy."
"I think nothing of the sort."
"Uncle Adrien why are you wearing ladies underwear?"
"Nevermind that! Where is your family? Where is Mari?"
"I haven't seen Mari and Dad and Grandpa just got back. The house is on fire."
"We must save them! Hurry!"
Daniel quickly ran.
"Um Daniel! Perhaps you'd like to unchain me first?"