"If You love something, set it Free."

Bruce's mind wandered off into darkness. He couldn't stop touching his lips. Alfred sat in front of him, halfway done with his plate of food. Silence surrounded the room, the only noise was the scraping of Bruce's fork against his plate. His food was untouched, just filled with stab marks from the prongs of the fork.

"Bruce." Alfred said, clearly annoyed of the screeching sound. Bruce set the fork down. Alfred stood up, grabbed his plate and then grabbed Bruce's.

"It's obvious you're not hungry. I'll leave this with the rest of the food you haven't eaten." Bruce didn't say anything. Frankly, he didn't care. He got up and went to his room. He picked up his phone from the nightstand and started to look through it, something he did when he was bored. Nothing as usual. Just a couple of business emails, voice mails, texts from Alfred. He laid down on his bed and closed his eyes. He longed for Diana to walk in and just talk to him. He just wanted to see her again.

Diana knelt on the ground in front of her mother's statue. Ever since she came back, everyone came to the palace to tell the problems of the city. Her mind was clouded with duties that had to be done. But after a long day of work, her mind always went back to Bruce. She couldn't get his face out of her mind. Night after night she wished she could relive the moment they kissed. She looked at the plaque. Queen Hipployata, Themiscaryia's bravest and most promising ruler. She could never live up to her mother's name. Thankfully, Dominic had decided to take over her duties while she took a break. But he had been acting strange since she came back. In fact, everybody had acted strange around her. But she didn't bother to acknowledge it. She was tired.

Her eyes went wide as she heard a piercing cry that could break a thousand glasses. She covered her ears as the notorious ringing began. She stood up and ran to the middle of the town. She skidded to a stop. There, in the middle of the quad, lay Alexa with her face in her hands. But there was something else. Blood. There was whip marks on her back. Dominic was standing over her, holding a whip, a stern look on his face. Crowds of women and children surrounded the quad but kept their distance, as if scared of him. Diana looked at Dominic and felt her anger take over her body.

"What in the Hades name do you think you're doing?!" She yelled.

"She disrespected her king. This is her punishment." He answered bluntly. Diana grabbed the whip from his hand and threw it to the ground.

"One, you are no king and you will never be. Two, it is illegal to abuse one of our own." Dominic looked at her with narrowed eyes.

"Like you abused me?" He said. Diana looked surprised. What abuse? She opened her mouth to say something but Dominic interrupted her.

"You abused me Diana, emotionally." He raised his hand to show her what held in his other hand. Diana almost gasped. It was the gift that Bruce had given her. It's outline shone brightly in the sun.

"I know about him. I know what you two did. I know that you have feelings for him." Diana looked taken aback. From the corner of her eye, she could see Alexa now staring at her in utter shock. And beside her was Lacy. Lacy quickly averted her gaze to the ground. Diana turned her head to stare at the seven year old.

"What did you tell him Lacy?" She asked, she breathed in deeply to not lash out in front of everybody.

"You were in danger. And then you changed. And I saw... I saw you kiss him." She barely said. Diana sucked in her breath. She knew? Dominic grabbed Diana's arm.

"Do you love him?"

"What? No I- I don't. He's—he's my friend." She stuttered. Everybody started to crowd in, angry faces was all she could see.

"You do love him. You really would betray your people? You are not fit to be our queen." He accused. She started to move back, but bumped into the people behind her. They grabbed her by the arms and pinned her to the ground. Dominic lifted her chin, with a menacing expression.

"Put her in the prison." He smiled. "Bring the girl and the kid. They are just as guilty."

The next thing Diana saw, was blackness.

Bruce was laid out on his bed, reading the book he and Diana never finished. He closed it. The two lovers had died together after a feud between their families. Strange, it was. Their love was forbidden. Their relationship was kind of like his and Diana's. Only, theirs wasn't completely one-sided and Romeo wasn't under a spell. Also Juliet was actually in love with Romeo and kissed him because she did. He ran his hand through his hair. A knock was the next thing he heard.

"Come in." He said. Alfred walked through, holding a bottle of strawberry milk. Bruce smiled when he saw the bottle.

"I brought this." Alfred handed the bottle to him. "I remember you used to drink that all the time." He sat down as Bruce opened the bottle and took a sip.

"Thank you." He said. Alfred's forehead wrinkled, something that always happened when he was worried.

"I can't help but feel that you've been acting strange. I'm sorry that we won't be able to break the spell Bruce. It probably would've been better if the wretched girl never came." He said, getting slightly angry when he mentioned Diana. Bruce quickly took offense.

"Don't talk that way about her. She did nothing wrong." He said, raising his tone. He had never fought with Alfred, never in his life did he take the risk to cross the line with him. But Alfred didn't know what happened the night she left. Bruce had no intention of telling him. It was memory only he and Diana shared. And he was determined to keep it that way.

"Don't raise your tone with me." Alfred said, starting to take his fatherly figure.

"If you want to blame someone, blame me. It's my fault. Don't put it on the girl I love." He said. Alfred didn't say anything. His face changed from angry to sad.

"I just wish I didn't let her go." He said quietly. Alfred patted him on the back.

"I know you didn't want to. But as old sayings go on, if you love something, set it free. And if it comes back to you, then it's yours." And with that, Alfred left him alone, letting his mind wrap around his words. She was never his to begin with. There was no way she was coming back. But he did love her enough to let her go. He loved her. And nothing is going to change that.

Diana finally opened her eyes and found herself in a cell with two other people. Two people she knew. One, was Alexa, bandages all over her body; she was huddled in a corner looking out into the immense darkness. Lacy was right next to Diana, looking at her with wide eyes.

"She's up." Lacy said, so close to Diana's ear that it sounded like she was yelling. Diana shot her a glaring look. Lacy apologized and sat down next to Alexa. Alexa looked at her with red eyes that were puffy from crying. She stood up and helped Diana to her feet. But when Diana finally got the courage to look her in the eye, she slapped her. She pushed her back down on to the concrete floor and started to curse at her in Greek. Lacy covered her ears. When Alexa was done cursing, she sat back down next to Diana and cried on her shoulder. Never in Diana's life had she seen Alexa so angry and broken.

"I'm sorry this happened." Diana whispered. She wasn't just apologizing to Alexa and Lacy but to lfherself. She was sorry she talked about the human world in front of Lacy. She was sorry she sneaked away. She told them all of this.

Reluctantly, she said thing she was sorry for most of all.

"I'm sorry that I'm in love with him." Both Lacy and Alexa looked at her. Alexa hugged her tightly. Lacy stood up, sat in front of her and took her hand. Diana squeezed it and shook her head as she cried. In her mind the same thought occurred over and over. I love him. I love him. I love him. The kiss had meant everything to her. She loved him. And finally after what seemed like a few hours, she accepted it. She loved him, but she would never get the chance to tell him.

He had set her free because he loved her. She wanted to come back but couldn't. It felt like Romeo and Juliet. Only this time, only one would live.

I couldn't really post this weekend because I wanted to make this chapter long. So I was deciding to put it up next weekend but I just told myself to post it because I didn't want to disappoint anyone. I hate it when I let you guys down. But thank you to those who read and like my story. I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP.