Sarah stared angrily at Kalina as she asked, "Where's Jareth? You told him you'd transport all of us. Why didn't you bring him?"

Kalina shook her head and replied, "Jareth told me to take you and the children first. He will be here soon enough to make sure you are comfortable."

"What if you snap again?" Sarah asked, "Who will protect us if you go crazy?"

Kalina's eyes grew cold and distant. "You know very well that I would never hurt the children…or you. Where is this coming from Sarah? Do you have something to say to me?"

A flood of accusations that she didn't mean started to burst from Sarah's lips but it was as if she couldn't stop them. "Well let's see, Kalina…first you go away for five years without coming to visit for more than an hour. Then when you come back, you're nothing but selfish and rude. The expectations you have of the soldiers are so high that they keep going out of their way to prove themselves to you and it has led to the death of Tromp and his friends. Plus, you keep running out into danger as if you want to get yourself killed. Is not being able to marry Behome so bad? To think that Cavan loves you even though you saw Behome behind his back. Cavan changed for the better and all you could do is throw it back in his face. Why can't you get your head out of your ass and think about others for a change?!"

Before Kalina could answer, Jareth appeared and Sarah rushed into his arms in tears. "What did you do?" Jareth asked Kalina but she didn't say anything. Instead, she walked out of the room to give them some privacy.

"How could you have not come with us?" asked Sarah into Jareth's chest. "Why is all this happening? I was with you one moment then I'm whisked away without even a warning two hours before we're supposed to go. It's just not fair."

"Now, now," Jareth said, "there's a phrase I haven't heard in a while." He could tell that Sarah was angry for not being let in on what was going on. "Sarah, we had to say one thing and mean another just in case there were spies in the room."

"I can understand when Kalina speaks to me telepathically. There should have been no reason to leave me in the dark. Not to mention how unstable she's been."

Jareth looked at her confused. "I don't understand what you're trying to say. An hour ago, you were supporting me in trying to figure out a way to apologize to her. What changed your mind?"

Sarah looked at him then looked away. "The fact that she didn't even think about how it would feel for me to suddenly be taken away from you without warning. She didn't even have the courtesy to let me in on what was going on when she was talking to you about getting the children and me to a sanctuary. At this point in time, I hate her for what she has become. Heartless. Just because she can't be with the man she loves doesn't mean she has the right to give up on life and being courteous to others."

"You have to understand-" but Sarah cut Jareth off by pushing away from him.

"You're going to defend her?" she asked. Sighing Jareth replied, "I'm not defending her actions. You know the life she's led."

Shaking her head, Sarah said, "That doesn't give her an excuse to act the way she's been acting. To go out and confront Xavier without proper preparation then to try to be judge, jury and executioner to the guards isn't the way a Warrior should act."

"Oh Sarah," Jareth said trying to think of something to say. There was a soft knock on the door and he said, "I have to go now. You'll be safe here. There'll be guards and the maids who will take care of you." They held each other close for a few seconds more while Sarah said, "Come back to me in one piece. Tell Kalina if you are seriously wounded, I'll never forgive her." After a parting kiss and Jareth had vanished, Sarah burst into tears.

Kalina stood on her balcony watching the sunset. Tomorrow they march. It would probably be quicker if they traveled nonstop but she wanted her soldiers to be well rested and prepared for the battle ahead. She tried not to think about what Sarah had said but the words had hurt. Had she become such a horrible person? Turning she nearly had a heart attack when she saw Behome watching her. "What do you want?" she asked then added, "You shouldn't be here."

"I had to see you before we marched out."

Kalina sneered, "There is no 'we'. You're staying here with Natasha. I'm sure that's what she wants. No use getting yourself killed before you get married."

"What about Cavan and yourself?" Behome asked. "Both of you are marching out, what if you get yourself killed?"

"Cavan and I can take care of ourselves as well as each other."

Behome took a few steps toward her then stopped when Kalina's hand went to the hilt of her sword. "Really," he said, "you feel threatened by me? What about all the times we had together? Don't they mean anything?"

"If you've forgotten, I'm a married woman now. Those memories are unimportant in my new life. I want you to leave." It pained her to say the words, but they were true and Sarah was right. She had to get over the fact that she would never be with Behome. Closing her eyes she told herself that Cavan is a good man. He would be there for her and support her. Not many people understand what it would mean to be married to a Warrior. When she opened them, Behome had closed the space between them and was in front of her. He put a hand on her arm and said, "Look into my eyes and say that I don't mean anything to you."

Kalina looked at him coldly then repeated, "You mean nothing to me Behome and you never will." Suddenly he pulled her close and held her tightly. She struggled against him shouting, "What the hell do you think you're doing? Let me-" But he cut her off with a kiss. When she was able to finally push him away she turned to see Cavan staring at them.

"Cavan!" exclaimed Kalina. He looked at her and her heart stopped at the hurt and anger in them. "Please, it's not what you think."

"Isn't that what you humans always say when its exactly what the other person thinks?" he asked coldly. "So how long has this been going on? Have you forgotten who you're married to?"

"Hello, brother. I would love to stay but I must go." With those words, Behome was gone leaving Kalina to fend for herself. Cavan gave her a disgusted look then turned and walked back into the sitting room.

Cavan had seen Behome approach her but some sick curiousity made him not intervene to see what she would say and do. She had surprised him with her words. When Behome kissed her a boiling rage erupted within him and he made sure that she would see him when she was able to break away. This had to be a plan of Natasha's and if he had to, he would keep appearances to make her think that she had destroyed their relationship. His thoughts were broken with Kalina running in their quarters trying desperately to explain herself.

"Please Cavan listen to me, I've written him out of my life. He will no longer be a burden on our relationship," she said while touching his arm but he shook it off.

"Lies! Is that how a Warrior behaves? Having an affair with another man? I should have known that it wouldn't have stopped after I confronted you. I was so naïve."

"It wasn't what it looked like Cavan, he approached me."

Cavan laughed cruelly then replied, "And I'm sure you loved every bit of it. You disgust me and at this moment I don't want to be in the same room as you."

Kalina look horrified as she said, "Please listen to me. I'm telling the truth. I can't lose-"

"I SAID I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!" shouted Cavan in her face. "Leave. I will have nothing to do with a…a...."

No matter what he had to do to keep up appearances, He couldn't bring himself to call her a whore. It was untrue and a horrible word.

"Cavan, I'm begging you…" her voice was getting shaky and she reached out to touch his arm again and he raised his hand and slapped her. It was better than calling her names though it still broke his heart. She turned and went to the locked room and disappeared behind the door. Taking a glass he hurled it at the wall shattering it into a thousand pieces.

Kalina cried silently because she would be damned if anyone heard her. Cavan was the last person who had believed in her. She never thought she'd feel this way about him.

It's the ring said the Labyrinth as she appeared Your left ring finger has a vein that connects directly to the heart. Once you put it on, you were his.

"I don't want to be anyone's," Kalina said, "it hurts too much when they turn their back on you." She tried to take off the ring but it wouldn't budge. No doubt Cavan was trying to do the same.

If he was, it would have come off the Labyrinth told her then when Kalina looked at her in dispair she sighed Oh my precious Warrior, you who are my favorite out of the many Warriors who have served me and always will be. I mourn for your happiness which has been so cruelly taken from you. However, tomorrow you head for battle. I cannot lose you because you were distracted. Please focus, I will try to talk to him.

"Don't," said Kalina, "he'll just think that you are defending me because of who I am." When the Labyrinth left, she looked at all her artwork that surrounded her. Hurt turned to anger and she started to destroy everything around her. Paintings and drawings were torn. Statues and figurines were shattered. But when she got to one of the few pictures she drew of Cavan, she couldn't bring herself to destroy it. It was the one of him looking out the window. She had drawn it a few days after their engagement and as she stared at it now she noticed the despair and desperation in his eyes. Folding it up neatly, she placed it in her breast pocket. Not being able to get herself to look at the destruction of the room, she cracked the door open to see if Cavan was still in the sitting area. When she saw it empty, she stepped out and saw the shattered glass. Waving her hand, the shards disappeared. Sitting on a cushioned seat, she put her face in her hands. Natasha had to be behind this and she doubted that Cavan would listen to her long enough to hear her out. Sighing, she went to the bedroom and stared at the bed, empty save for the board separating it in half. With a heavy heart, she removed it and lay down. It was strange not feeling the wood at her back. Shuddering, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep.