Disclaimer: As usual nothing is mine

AN: Okay then, in this chapter I'm going to give you a little insight to Regin's background and its not pretty, Denna ends up bringing a little something home to meet the family, Cara and Dahlia have a fight and then there is Richard causing trouble.

Chapter eleven.

Berdine hated it when she woke up and she found Raina missing, she always had, but now that they had a baby on the way and Raina's health wasn't exactly the best, it scared her, what was she supposed to do if Raina suddenly passed out or Creator forbid have a miscarriage and Berdine didn't even know where she was. Dammit what was wrong with the woman, fine they'd had a fight but that didn't mean she magically stopped being concerned, she growled low in her throat as she finished buckling her corset and rushed out her bedroom.

"Morning" Berdine greeted her twins, they grumbled incoherently and refocused on the books in front of them, she couldn't believe how much like her they were sometimes, they'd happily read books instead of going to training, but they were also very capable Mord'Sith so reading all day was definitely out.

"Have you seen your mom this morning" She asked them.

"She said something about feeding Reggie" Jacqueline waved her hand dismissively.

"Thank you" Berdine called over her shoulder as she headed over to the door, she walked through the palace at a brisk pace until she came to the gardens, there she found Raina dressed in red leather pants but today she'd opted for a black tunic instead of her usual leather shirt and corset, and her long raven hair was left to flow down to her firm backside. Raina was currently kneeling on the ground and holding her hand out to a small chipmunk with half its tail missing, the little creature was happily eating seeds out of Raina's hand.

"Are you going to stand there all day?" Berdine smirked when she heard Raina speak, it was almost impossible to sneak up on Raina and for some reason Raina always knew when Berdine was near, it was the same for her.

"Well I figured Reggie wouldn't like me interrupting this little...moment, seriously Raina if you're going to be unfaithful to me, can it at least be with a human?" Raina chuckled slightly while Reggie stiffened as Berdine approached her mate slowly.

"Surprisingly enough Reggie isn't my type" Raina retorted while Reggie stuffed the rest of the seeds into his mouth and scampered off into the bushes.

"What is your type then?" Berdine held her gloved hand out to her wife and helped her rise up off the ground.

"Mmm a tall brunette with blue eyes-" Berdine pulled Raina into her arms and rested her forehead against Raina's, sighing at the feeling of the woman she loved filling her arms so perfectly "-I'm sorry for not telling you"

"And I'm sorry for reacting the way I did, I just..."

"I know, but I can't help wanting to have your children-" Berdine smiled gently "-Even if the twins did come out speaking high D'Haran" Berdine laughed softly before swiftly capturing Raina's lips in a sweet kiss, remembering when the twins had decided they wanted to learn high D'Haran when they were barely six years old, now they were fluent in the ancient language and took full advantage of the fact they could speak a language that Raina couldn't after all she spent more time with them than Berdine did.

"I could always teach you" Berdine offered.

"No I think three languages is my limit"

"Have it your way"

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"How long do you normally hunt for?" Denna looked over her shoulder at Jennsen, the red head look exhausted and they hadn't even been hunting for two hours yet.

"We can always turn back if you want?" Denna offered in a hushed tone while Shayla moved ahead of them skilfully avoiding any twigs and leaves that may alert the young buck just ahead of them to their presences.

"No I'm fine, its just that I'm normally still asleep" As if to emphasise her point the red head yawned widely earning her a smile from Denna.

"Well the sun has been in the sky for nearly an hour, so yes I suppose you would still be sleeping" Denna concluded while Shayla was currently stringing her bow half-heartedly, she hadn't been too pleased when Denna had 'informed' her that they were going hunting all day, meaning she wouldn't be able to spend her day mooning over Danika.

"You think?, why what time do you get up?"

"Just before dawn"

"Everyday?"

"Yes"

"We're never sleeping in the same bed" Denna nearly tripped over a protruding root when Jennsen spoke, while she regained her footing Jennsen sauntered past her chuckling softly.

"Evil little..." Denna trailed off when she saw Shayla and Jennsen talking gently, she loved seeing them together she finally felt complete with them close to her. Denna sighed happily before hurrying over to join them, just in time to see Shayla released an arrow, she hit her target squarely in the heart.

"Nice to see Cara is actually teaching you something other than how to get your ass kicked" Denna muttered, while Shayla was the most important thing in the world to her she still couldn't believe that she wasn't able to beat Regin.

"I'll beat Regin one day" Shayla declared as Jennsen sent Denna a dark look.

"What?" Denna asked the red head.

"Well its just that Regin is older than Shayla and she has more experience so you can't really expect her to be able to beat her right now"

"Yes I can"

"Denna, shes still young give her time, you'll probably be surprised at her progress"

"Mmm fine, so long as she kicks Regin's butt by the end of the month" Denna stalked past Jennsen in search of her daughter, no, she admonished, their daughter, she smiled when she thought about the three of them living together as a family. Denna frowned softly, how did she convince Jennsen to stick around after the much anticipated birthday, Jennsen had meant that she would give her a second chance, hadn't she?.

"Mom!-" Denna came back to herself with a jolt, she turned around to look at Shayla with a "what" look plastered to her face "-Are you planing on walking into that Gar's nest" Shayla smirked just as Denna turned back around to find a baby Gar peering at her from a tree branch next to a cave.

"Oh how the spirits hate me-" Denna muttered backing away from the tiny green creature that was now making small whimpering sounds in the back of its throat "-Nice Gar, don't wake up your whole damn family, I'll just turn-"

"You're trying to communicate with it?" Shayla chuckled in a hushed tone.

"Shayla" Jennsen scolded, Shayla lowered her head even as the Gar started squeaking softly and hastily jumped off the low branch and approached Denna cautiously.

"If you bite me then I'll bite you back" Denna warned as the tiny creature started sniffing her boot while baring its razor sharp teeth.

"What do you think its doing?" Jennsen asked quietly.

"Well mother I think you have some competition for mom's affections" Shayla smirked as the tiny Gar started rubbing up against Denna's boot like a damn cat Denna scowled over her shoulder at the two, while trying to move backwards, though when she so much as tensed her calve the tiny Gar decided to start squealing even louder meaning she was stuck standing right outside a Gar's nest, there could be hundreds of the large predators inside the cave and yet she couldn't move without waking them up.

"We're going to be here all fucking day" Denna sighed.

"Would you watch your language" Jennsen grumbled.

"Maybe we should kidnap it-" Shayla grinned, earning her two exasperated looks "-What, I always wanted a pet"

"I'll get you a dog" Jennsen assured.

"No, I'll get you a slave that will keep you amused for days on end" Denna interrupted.

"Umm I don't think Dani would like that"

"We'll talk about it when I don't have a titchy Gar slobbering all over my boots" Denna winced when the little green menace started licking her boot.

"Aww it likes you" Jennsen crooned adoringly.

"Stop simpering Jennsen we aren't keeping it" Denna said forcefully.

"But Denna look at her-" Denna scowled and glared at the red head "-Or him" Shayla added.

"I said no-" Denna placed her gloved hands on her hips while her two greatest weaknesses both pouted at her "-His or her family is right there" Denna tilted her head in the direction of the cave.

"But she was left outside all on her own" Shayla pointed out, while the tiny Gar started purring and nuzzling her boot.

"And he is so taken with you" Jennsen smiled softly, Denna looked down at the little Gar, he did look cute Denna admitted to herself, the little creature looked up at her and Denna was struck by massive dark green eyes, dammit even the gremlin is against me Denna sighed in defeat.

"Fine you can come home with us, but we are going to have to set some ground rules, understand tiny?" the little Gar squeaked up at her, she growled when she heard a chorus of "Awwws" behind her and reached down to grasp the little furry creature who immediately latched onto her shirt and started yapping to himself.

"I better not regret this" Denna scowled when Jennsen and Shayla started stroking the little demon.

"You won't" Shayla smiled at the Gar.

"We promise" Denna smiled lamely when she felt Jennsen kiss her cheek, Hey maybe me and the little demon can come to an understanding.

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Regin muttered under her breath when she felt something or someone snuggle into her side, she already had a pretty good idea as to who it was as well, her suspicions were confirmed when she felt overly curious hands caress her neck and shoulders before slowly trailing down to her breasts, she cursed her decision to sleep in the nude as arousal bloomed in her lower body even as she caught the exploring hand and brought it up to her lips, all the while keeping her eyes closed, she hated mornings.

"You don't play fair" Sophia muttered while Regin reluctantly blinked open her eyes.

"I'm really going to have to start locking that door" Regin grumbled more to herself than to Sophia.

"Scared you can't resist my charms" Sophia threw one of her legs over Regin's, the older blonde licked her suddenly dry lips when she realised that her mistress was equally as naked as she was.

"What are you playing at Sophia?" Regin growled feeling Sophia roll her hips against her side suggestively.

"I wouldn't have to play, if you would just take whats yours" Sophia whispered in her ear, sending shivers of awareness down Regin's spine.

"I told you to wait" Regin whispered feeling her breasts begin to swell, her nipples hardened painfully all the while her cunt began to burn with need.

"Waiting is so boring though" Sophia began tracing the shell of Regin's ear with her tongue, the older blonde moaned and closed her eyes, imaging that tongue circling her clit, desire burned in the pit of her stomach making her breathing become heavy.

"Sophia..." Regin trailed off breathlessly when she felt the other blonde begin nibbling along her jawline towards her lips, Regin tilted her head to the side and brushed her lips against Sophia's, sighing when she felt the younger blonde part her lips eagerly, Regin cursed her lack of self-control before pushing her tongue inside Sophia's mouth, moaning at her taste, it was so addictive and sweet. Sophia gasped when Regin tangled her tongue with hers, Regin trailed her hands down to Sophia's hips, silently urging her to straddle the older blonde's hips, Regin groaned when she felt just how hot Sophia was, she bucked her hips up loving the way Sophia moaned when Regin's toned abdomen rubbed against her throbbing clit, which made Regin desperate to to see just how her younger lover would react when she used her tongue or her fingers on that swollen bundle of nerves.

"We have to stop" Regin growled, though she didn't stop canting her hips up into Sophia's cunt, enjoying the hot little moans leaving Sophia's lips, Gods all she wanted to do was flip Sophia over so she could plunge her tongue into her wet pussy until Sophia screamed in rapture, but dammit she wanted Sophia to feel cherished and a quick fuck before breakfast was not the way to go about it.

"Regin just fuck me already" Sophia purred against her lips, it was so tempting, hell they were practically dry humping already minus the fact that Regin could feel Sophia's juices coating her abdomen.

"Your birthday-" Regin bit out "-On you birthday" Sophia groaned pitifully.

"Are you scared of my mom, is that it?"

"What the hell?" Regin exclaimed angrily, she couldn't believe she was hearing this, she tried to be respectful to be the gentle, caring lover the princess deserved and yet here was her would-be-lover fucking accusing her of being afraid of her parents, where the hell had that come from.

"Regin we both know its going to happen so what is the point in waiting?"

"The point is I don't want to hurt you, and it would be so fucking easy it isn't even funny"

"Its supposed to a little"

"You don't have a damn clue do you?, do you even know how a Mord'Sith fucks her mate?, its not something out of a fairy tale and I can grantee you won't like it!"

"So long as its you doing it, I'll love it"

"You're so damn naïve Sophia, you won't like being fucked like a damn animal, and you won't 'love' being fucked in the ass with my Agiel, trust me I speak from experience" Regin winced remembering her first time, in front of her entire temple, it had felt like she was going to die the moment her mistress had roughly penetrated her with her Agiel, it was that painful, yet over the years she learned to enjoy it, crave it even, now she loved hearing her lovers scream in pleasure and pain, but Sophia wasn't a Mord'Sith, she didn't know how enjoy the pain Regin could give her.

"Regin-"

"You know what, forget it, you're too young for this-" Regin grabbed Sophia's hips and rolled them over, she ignored her first impulse to crush their lips together and climbed out of bed, heading over to her wardrobe "-Get dressed Sophia, we're going to be late" Regin hissed coldly, she released a sad sigh when she heard her door that connected their chambers together closed with a loud thud, what had she been thinking, she couldn't give Sophia what she deserved, she might as well accept it, she was going to be forced to watch Sophia take lovers and possibly even a wife or husband, all because of her fucked up experiences, it was times like this she truly detested her mistress and her 'special' treatment, the woman had really left her mark.

Flash-back.

"You're mine-" Mistress Catha whispered in twelve year old Regin's ear while caressing the backs of her toned thighs, she was braced on her hands and knees on the floor of the temple, with all her sisters in attendance, her young body was completely bare to their merciless eyes, while mistress Catha raked her nails across her skin "-Every inch of you belongs to me, and it always will-" Regin closed her eyes when she heard Mistress Catha pull her Agiel out of its holster, its soft whine filled the room "-You know that, don't you pet?-" Regin nodded her head as she was expected to do, even as she silently denied the claim "-You see, I heard a terrible rumour from sister Erin, that you let someone else touch you-" Regin felt stone cold dread fill her, it sent tingles along her spine "-But I said to myself, Regin wouldn't do that, she wouldn't let someone else touch whats mine-" Regin was shaking in fear as Catha ran her Agiel from the nape of her neck down to her tail bone, she didn't want this "-You don't deny it?-" Regin bit her lip knowing even if she did deny it, Catha was going to do this anyway, she wouldn't show an ounce of mercy, not when the whole temple was watching them with calculating eyes "-Well I can't tell you how disappointed I am, I suppose I'll just have to make sure everyone knows who you belong to" Regin barely had enough time to take a deep breath before Catha trailed her Agiel down the cleft of her ass and without pause roughly thrust the Agiel inside her virgin asshole, she swallowed her initial scream of pain as her unused and unprepared muscles were forced to accept the thick intrusion, she was dimly aware of Catha groaning behind her: "mine".

Regin pressed her forehead to the cherry-wood that her wardrobe was made out of, in that single act she'd never felt more degraded and exposed in her life, and ever since she had never been able to be gentle during sex, she didn't know why but she just couldn't, and she didn't even know how to explain that to Sophia, she sighed harshly, it didn't matter now, she was pretty sure she'd just fucked up whatever chance she'd had with the princess that had stolen her heart the moment she'd looked into those gorgeous aquamarine eyes. Regin sighed and opened her wardrobe, she pulled out her leathers and hastily slipped into them, after holstering her Agiel she took a deep breath, mentally bracing herself before opening the side door.

"Sophia?" Regin spoke gently into the seemingly empty room, she gripped the hilt of her Agiel, taking comfort in the sharp jolt of pain. She was about to speak again when the door to the chamber swung open, instinctively she pulled her Agiel from its holster and tensed her muscles, until she saw a maid enter the room, she was a tall red head how look about twenty years old, three years older than herself.

"Oh are you looking you her highness?-" Regin nodded softly and re-holstered her Agiel "-I just saw her going down the hall" Regin scowled and stalked past the maid, she made a mental note to kick Sophia's ass for this, the princess knew she wasn't supposed to leave the safety of her chamber without Regin by her side, but then Regin did understand why Sophia didn't want her around right now, but damn it, that did not mean she had to wilfully endanger herself, this just proved her point, Sophia really was too young to take as a mate.

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"You better have a good excuse for not being in this bed with me-" Dahlia muttered when she turned over in bed to find Cara's side untouched, she scowled when she found Cara sat at her desk across their bedroom glaring at her journey book "-Has Egan been in touch yet?"

"No and its been nearly seventeen hours" Cara growled and began tapping her finger tips against the surface of her desk.

"Hes probably on his way back right now, though why you need him is really beyond me" Dahlia rubbed her eyes, recalling the way Cara had stalked into their room last night, muttering obscenities to herself before promptly dropping into her chair and flipping her journey book open.

"Its nothing you need to worry about" Cara stated.

"You never let me worry about anything" Dahlia complained, Cara looked up and smiled softly.

"Is that such a bad thing?"

"It is when it means doubling your work load" Dahlia tossed the sheet off her body and climbed out of bed, smirking at the way Cara's eyes travelled the length of her naked body and lingers on her breasts.

"I'm used to it" Cara mumbled as Cara sauntered over to her with her hips swaying seductively, Dahlia froze on the spot when there was a knock on their door, she growled in disappointment and headed over to her wardrobe, she pulled her robe out of it and quickly pulled it on and tied the ends together before hurrying over to the door, jerking it open she found Sophia, her eldest daughter's eyes were shinning brightly and she looked completely miserable, Dahlia suddenly felt the urge to pick up her Agiel and go hunting for whatever or whoever had hurt her baby.

"Whats wrong?-" Dahlia demanded while Sophia's lower lip quivered "-Honey?" Dahlia prompted and pulled Sophia into a tight embrace, she felt her own eyes begin to burn as Sophia clung to her desperately.

"Dahlia what is it?" Cara asked coming over to them, Dahlia could almost feel the helpless rage coming off her wife in waves when Cara's eyes landed on a sobbing Sophia, Dahlia shook her head in confusion before drawing her baby inside their bedroom, with Cara trailing after them after she'd closed the door. Dahlia sat on the edge of her bed and drew Sophia into her lap, while Cara knelt beside them.

"Sweetie calm down and tell us whats happened" Cara crooned gently.

"Me and...Regin had a f-f-fight-"

"Oh you'll get past it" Cara sighed and stood up.

"CARA!" Dahlia exclaimed, shocked and a little bit disgusted at her wife's insensitivity, could she not see how upset their daughter was.

"What!, its just a lover's tiff, they get over it"

"Sophia will you wait for me in the library?-" Dahlia asked her daughter who was looking up at Cara with a hurt expression "-What has gotten into you?" Dahlia snarled when Sophia had left the room.

"Look Dahlia, Sophia and Regin will be fine, Kahlan on the other hand-"

"Oh you are not prioritising Kahlan Amnell over your daughter!"

"You don't understand, Richard raped her!" Dahlia's eyes widened in shock.

"Why didn't she say something?" Dahlia spoke softly.

"I don't know, but I do know that the moment Egan brings him back, I'm going to make sure he rots in the underworld"

"While I admire your loyalty, don't you think its a bit misplaced?"

"Whats that supposed to mean?"

"What I mean is, Kahlan is more than capable of taking care of herself, but Sophia really needs us-"

"And Kahlan doesn't?"

"Let Nicci handle it, the woman is in love her after all"

"I can't Dahlia, I just...can't"

"I can't believe this, you're actually going to let Sophia suffer for Kahlan!"

"Rape is a lot more serious-"

"Maybe she enjoyed it!-"

"I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that"

"Well think about it Cara, she knew you'd do something about it if she just opened her mouth, but did she?"

"Maybe she was scared"

"Or maybe she likes it rough, and her whole Confessor mind set didn't like it afterwards"

"Enough Dahlia!, I need to sort this" Cara snarled and walked back over to her desk, she still couldn't believe that she hadn't seen Kahlan hurting.

"Fine I'm going to go comfort my daughter, while you play hero" Dahlia hissed.

"Don't take it like that Dahlia"

"Go to fuck yourself Cara!" Dahlia shouted while walking back over to her wardrobe and hastily slipping into her leathers.

"Dahlia-"

"Oh shut up Cara" Dahlia interrupted while stalking over to her bedside table and picking her Agiel up and walking out their bed room, not entirely bothered by the fact that her long dark brown hair was flowing loosely around her shoulders. How could Cara put Kahlan's happiness above that of their daughter's, she knew that she had probably appeared as a cruel bitch to even suggest that Kahlan enjoyed being...raped, Gods she even hated the word, but why hadn't Kahlan said something, dammit she was surrounded by people that cared about her so why had she willingly suffered in silence, Dahlia rolled her eyes in frustration and headed towards the library where her daughter was waiting, her maternal instincts were burning inside her, she was almost itching to find Regin so she could make her pay for upsetting her baby.

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Egan cursed and blinked groggily, what had happened, he remembered setting up camp for the night and checking the journey book, reading Ulic's message that the Lady Rahl wanted Richard brought back to the palace, he'd immediately approached Richard's 'sleeping' form, eager to obey his mistress's orders, but the next thing he remembered was a large rock smashing into the side of his head. Egan raised his hand up and felt the side of his head, wincing at the pain the light touch caused, he sat up ignoring the way of dizziness that swamped him and looked around his camp, one of the large warhorses was gone, Egan smirked, if the fool was going to try to run away he could have at least made sure it was difficult for Egan to follow. Egan tried to stand up, growling under his breath when he lost his footing and ended up back on his ass, it was probable that he had a concussion but he wasn't going to let that stop him from dragging that whiny bitch back to the palace.

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Danika pushed her food around her bowel disinterestedly, she couldn't wait for Shayla to come back, she missed her mates presence beside her, the scent of her leathers, the sound of her voice even her never-ending need to best Regin at everything.

"Morning-" Danika looked up to find Nicci sitting down next to her "-Where is everyone?" Apart from Zedd and Regin they were the only ones actually seated in the great hall.

"Triana and Garren had to travel to Jondrolin to observe the new recruits and Katrina and Nina decided to go with them, Berdine and Raina are out in the gardens, Jacqueline and Anya are going to be late because they've 'just gotten to the good bits', as they put it as for Royal pains in the butt I haven't got a clue and mom will be along momentarily." Danika reported, Nicci nodded and they lapsed into silence.

"So hows things with you and Shayla?" Danika smiled dreamily at the mention of her mate's name.

"If it were going any better we'd be married by now" Nicci chuckled softly.

"Yeah you two definitely look happy together"

"You sound surprised"

"Not at all, its just that I never would have thought a confessor and a Mord'Sith could stand being in the same room as each other let alone...anything else"

"Yeah well it wasn't easy, but I wouldn't change a thing"

"Well if you're happy then I'...your mother must be happy too"

"You think wouldn't you?-" Danika sighed sadly "-Lately shes been acting really...weird"

"Well separating from the person you've been with for almost fifteen years isn't easy, believe me"

"You sound like you speak from experience"

"I do, but it was no where near as long as your mother's marriage and it wasn't real love"

"Tell me about it"

"Oh well she was my best friend, she was in love with me and I was tired of being alone so..."

"Sounds depressing" Nicci grinned widely at Danika's responce.

"Oh don't worry she fell in love with one of my sisters after a few years of dealing with me, they've been together for seventeen years now and have six children, all girls"

"I want a lot of daughters"

"Say that to me after the first one and then I'll believe you"

"Oh I know it'll hurt like hell, but just picturing a baby with Shayla's eyes is enough to make me think that it will be worth it"

"Whoa slow down kid, you're only fifteen"

"Yeah but when you want something why wait around for it to come to you?"

"Careful those words will bit you in the a-" Nicci trailed off when she heard someone clear their throat behind her, she chuckled nervously when she found Kahlan standing with her hands on her hips.

"Come on I'm not a child anymore" Danika growled at them, just as the doors to the great hall burst open to reveal a slightly exerted Shayla.

"Baby" Shayla smirked and hauled Danika into her arms, oh definitely not a child anymore Nicci thought to herself while Danika desperately kissed Shayla.

"You're back early" Nicci commented to Jennsen when the red head appeared.

"Well we had..."

"Is that a Gar?" Kahlan asked quietly as Denna walked into the hall cradling a baby Gar like a baby.

"It was Jennsen's idea" Denna stated, Nicci smirked and looked pointedly at the Mord'Sith.

"Aww Denna you're a mom all over again" Nicci teased.

"No I'm not!" Denna winced when the Gar made a soft chirping sound, she looked down to find the sleep dishevelled creature looking around the room with intelligent eyes.

"Shes cute" Danika observed studying the tiny little Gar for a few seconds before recapturing Shayla's lips.

"Is it a he or a she?" Nicci asked.

"You want to check?" Denna smirked when the Gar hissed threateningly and bared its sharp teeth.

"No thank you"

"Chicken"

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"So shes in that crystalline-thing right?" Denna asked while the servant's skin colour turned blue and her eyes shut.

"Correct-" Dahlia muttered "-Now you just need to take her form"

"I know what to do" Denna sneered, before summoning her borrowed Han and changing her bone structure to mimic that of the servant.

"How do I look?" Denna asked.

"Common"

"I meant do we look the same you dolt"

"More or less"

"How long do you think it will take before she makes her move"

"No idea but at least you didn't go in with Cara" Denna chuckled remembering just what form Cara had taken to get into the palace, when they got home she was going to ruin her sister with that little titbit.

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"My queen, Lady Rahl has been looking for you" Dahlia stopped in the middle of the hall when Ulic spoke, the tall soldier was red-faced which made her think that he'd been running all over the palace trying to find her, probably on Cara's orders, typical Cara never apologised in person and she was even worse when she had to apologise to Dahlia.

"Ulic go back to her and tell her if she wants to grovel she'll have to do it to my face-" Ulic hovered in the doorway, clearly nervous about returning without her "-Now". Dahlia rolled her eyes when the brawny soldier scampered off back through the halls. Dahlia walked through the halls until she found her target sitting out in the gardens.

"Hello Regin" Dahlia greeted coldly, coming over to stand beside the teen.

"Did she tell you?" Regin asked softly tilting her head to look up at Dahlia, who was now caressing the hilt of her Agiel.

"Every little detail" Regin nodded and stood up from the bench she'd been sitting on and turned to face Dahlia "-What got into you kid?" Dahlia asked softly, there was obviously more to this than she was getting.

"I have commitment issues?" Regin tried, even though it sounded more like a question even to her.

"Thats not really an explanation now is it?"

"All right, I care about Sophia, I want to make her feel like loved and protected and all that mushy crap, but I don't...relationships aren't my thing"

"Kid these 'issues' of yours, are they something to do with your training, by any chance?"

"I was my mistress's favourite and I guess I never stopped feeling like I belonged to her"

"Well if you want to be with Sophia you need to get over it"

"Thats putting it bluntly"

"Oh I'm not saying it will be easy but-"

"Yeah I know what you mean"

"Good because if you hurt my daughter again I'll boil you in hot oil then I'll coat you in sugar and let beetles slowly eat you alive, got it?"

"You got it momma bear"

TBC. . .

AN: Hope you liked it guys and I have no idea when the next update will be up cause I'm going back to sixth form and I have a sneaky suspicion that I'm going to get swamped with work so til next time.