After talking things out with Jason, Mark decided to call Keyop on his communicator, knowing full well that Princess wouldn't answer his call.

"Keyop, is Princess there?"

"Nope…she left."

"Do you know where? It's important that I speak with her." Mark inquired.

"Wouldn't...tell… you." The little Swallow burbled.

"Fine, Keyop…thanks, anyway." Mark huffed and switched his communicator off. He knew where he'd find the Swan.

He pulled up to the fountain, just as it was beginning to get dark. The fountain glowed with rich colors, reflecting on everyone who passed by. He looked over at a familiar park bench, where a raven haired beauty sat silently, weeping and staring at the rushing water.

"Can I sit down?" He asked timidly as he approached.

"It's a free country." She replied coolly. "But don't expect me to talk to you."

"Princess, I don't know what to say. That wasn't me. I didn't have feelings for Claudia. Mateo did." He observed the hardened glare she returned to him. It was a look she reserved for Spectra's finest.

"I told her that my heart belonged to you. If you don't believe me, ask her." He continued. "She begged me to stay in the village with her, but I didn't want to. I wanted to be with you, and the team. I want to marry you…please believe me. I made some horrible mistakes, but I would never do that if I knew who I really was. You gotta believe me. I would never lie to you, Princess."

"Then why didn't you tell me that you slept with her?" Princess' jade eyes pierced right through him.

"It didn't matter to me. Once I found out who I really was, Mark …not Mateo, I just didn't want to think about it. And I didn't want to hurt you."

"I see." Princess' lips pressed together tightly. She stared straight ahead at the fountain. She pondered what he had said. I didn't want to hurt you. Hadn't she just said those same words to Jason a few hours ago? Mark would be devastated to find that she and the Condor had overstepped their boundaries.

"Princess, the baby is not mine. Chief Anderson just read the paternity results. Claudia is on her way back to her village now. She said she would never come around here again." Mark lightly grasped her under the chin, and turned her face toward him. "I love you so much. Please, don't make me lose you. You are the only woman I want in my life." His eyes brimmed with tears.

"YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME WHAT YO DID WITH CLAUDIA!" Princess shouted, as tears cascaded own her cheeks. "It hurt me more that you weren't truthful, Mark. I have to be able to trust you!"

"You can trust me, Princess...I wish I had told you, now." Mark choked back the tears as he continued to speak, "Jason told me what happened in his trailer."

Princess' eyes grew wide. "WHAT? He wasn't supposed to say anything!"

"Why? Because it would hurt me?" Mark leaned forward and propped his elbows on his knees. "Well it did." Tears flowed down his face as he looked into her eyes.

Princess allowed herself to be taken in by those innocent baby blues of his, and melted once more under his steady gaze. She suddenly realized that she had done the very thing that she had been so upset at Mark for. She wanted to withhold the fact that she and the Condor had become a little too intimate because she didn't want to hurt Mark.

"I'm sorry, Princess, please forgive me." He sobbed.

She snuggled close to him, allowing him to stroke her hair softly as they both gazed into the fountain in silence.

"I'm sorry, too, Mark." She replied quietly.

They held each other tightly for a while, and then Mark broke the silence.

"Remember the last time we were here?" Mark recollected.

"Who could forget it?" Princess smiled, holding up her left hand and examining the perfect, glittering diamond.

"You're still wearing it?" Mark mused.

"I couldn't bear to take it off…even when I wanted to use you for target practice." Her eyes lit up as she looked at the man she loved once more.

"Will you still marry me, Princess?" Mark leaned in closer, and nuzzled her soft, ivory neck.

"Only if you promise to stay away from remote villages in Chile…" She quipped.

"That's a promise, as long as you keep your distance from a certain wily Condor." Mark chuckled.

He leaned over to seal the deal with a grateful kiss.