"Levy, where are you? Levy?" The king's voice resonated from down the corridor booming into her room.

The walls accepted his voice bouncing it back settling into her ear drums. "Hmm?" Levy slowly began to wake from brashly hearing her name repeated a number of times. A boisterous yawn accompanied as she rubbed her eyes slowly taking her time to settle up from her once relaxed position.

"Capricorn…" Levy made up her own source distorting the tone.

"Levy!" In a clearer tone, her father's voice was plainly heart leaving no confusion as to the source. The frustration in his tone from having to call her more than once stung.

Her blood ran cold physically frightening her as she jumped to attention jolting an extra beat to her heart.

'I'm coming' she muttered to herself while frantically searching for foot ware. 'W-Where?' her attempt at comfortable sandals was quickly thwarted as she only caught ruby heels.

With a deep gulp, she slipped on the heels elevating her petite stature propping up on her now unsteady legs.

"Where is she? Someone go get her for me." A demand for one to fetch his missing daughter occurred.

"I'm coming, please wait!" Despite her hesitation to take even one step, she jumped forward making her way outside.

With fabric threatening to cause an accident, she picked up the hem of her peach toned dress lifting the ruffles once surrounding her small feet. Her heels clinked on the ceramic flooring lightly counting her steps as not to fall. She followed her father's voice now calling over a second body – Laxus.

The blunette took a moment for a breath before soon facing a second obstacle.

"Levy!"

No further moment of calmness was allowed as her feet picked up making up for her late timing.

Her thin ankle slightly turned as she mis-steped slowly dropping her body. Falling forward, she reached out for the nearest cemented body tight on his feet.

"Eh?" Laxus questioned the weight grasping at his coat dragging the fabric down from its perch cupping his shoulders. He turned to catch the blunette holding on desperately for dear life.

She blinked a few times capturing his scowl. "Thank you." Despite his rough facial expression, she felt the need to be thankful for the help even if he didn't intend to.

The tall blond snorted rejecting the idea of willingly helping her in her time of need. Although she was a bother, he took aim at her thin wrist lifting her up on her own feet. "Yeah yeah, don't expect it again." As he watched her face contort to the pain his grip caused, he ignored it only releasing.

Levy nodded her head as she pushed the pain on her arm momentarily away. The pair stepped in besides each other finding seats across from her father.

"Have a seat you two." No welcoming was spoken only getting right into the business needing a rush order.

Levy paid no mind to her parent as she looked over at the man brooding from being interrupted from his own activities. She gulped at the distance that he placed between them making no effort. Two seats

Yes, she had no interest in him but he also held no pure intention in her. 'We have to live together…'

"Levy look forward." The king coughed asserting his figure to have undivided attention laid upon his speech. "Now, I'm going to have you go to Bosco and be a representative for me." He began as his plaid laid upon the coffee table centered between the two groups.

The large detailed map of a new city immediately peeked his interest changing his mind for being bothered. "When am I going?" Laxus quickly appointed himself first looking to packing his bags immediately after their meeting. A gleam in his eyes it up to a newfound opportunity away from the stuffy castle walls leaving space for his ulterior motives.

The blunette was slightly alerted by the joy cracking his voice. Confusion dusted as she questioned why she was present if the mission was his alone. She sighed taking her eyes away from the two unwillingly to take part in their plans.

"Not you." He objected to an anxious Laxus before focusing on his petite daughter seeming to have her attention darted away once more. "You're going Levy."

"Huh?" The blunette picked her head up from being pointed out and included.

"By yourself." He added in picking at Laxus' last nerve.

"But we must go together!" Laxus rose from his seat to passionately object. Angrily questioning demanding a quick answer to the reasoning behind his lunatic ideas. "Who is she if she is not by my side?" He chirped out a reasoning doubting her abilities to manage anything on her own.

She gave the softest gasp to his harsh words taken aback. Not the first time but each time was painful to her being.

"My daughter, now watch it." He took his position matching Laxus' defensive pose.

Laxus looked into his eyes refusing to back down. He took the easiest submissive path planting himself back besides Levy.

"Why did you call me over then?" Laxus peered up with irritation to the situation.

"You're going to be advising me here, now listen up…."

Levy's father continued to speak but none was caught by the woman. She watched as his lips moved making Laxus' scowl deepen. She slowly began to shake her head to what was happening.

'An escape?' The prospect once more glistened in her eyes as she thought only of Gajeel and their unborn child.

'W-What just happened?' Levy mumbled to herself as she carefully made her way out of the common room. She held onto the wall holding her shaking legs.

'You'll be leaving in a few days, get packing.'

She laid her back against the wall to catch her breath. Only the straight wall could hold her body vertically relieving some built up pain. She dropped her shoulders being able to breathe. A soft smile began to unwillingly flutter on her lips to the new sense of freedom to which she was not gratefully given.

"I'll be watching you." Laxus passed by the petite blunette not paying any mind to her shaken figure adding onto her stress. Her well-being was very low on his priorities list after all.

He paused the moment that she rose her head to respond to him.

"Eh?" His lip curled to her smile annoyed at the expression to which she was giving off. "Listen here." Laxus drew near easily bending down despite her elevated figure.

Levy looked rapidly into his eyes questioning his glare. Still unable to remove the joy from her face, he continued to hound her.

"Ahem." Capricorn cleared his throat behind the two after noting Laxus holding onto a scowl from a far. He reached over grasping at his oversized coat holding loosely from his shoulders.

From the standpoint of not having to show respect for Levy's safety, he pulled him away.

Laxus looked up to the only few men who could tower him.

"Miss Levy, please." He added harsh emphasis for her truly single status, paper didn't matter. He looked down at the woman's odd choice of footwear before helping her walk away.

"Capricorn…"

a/n: eh shorter chapter but I just wanted to get it out asap!