I'm so sorry! I wanted to update, believe me, but I had NO inspiration. I found it though! Enjoy!

Liz and Hellboy's bodies were taken out of the room to be prepared for burial and now Meldiron, Lily, and Nuada were all left in the room alone. Healers had looked at Lily's face, which was burned and scratched, and had successfully managed to heal it, leaving only a slightly warped patch on her right cheek, where the fire had been too hot to heal her cheek properly. Nuada was staring angrily at Lily now and Meldiron was standing awkwardly to the side. Tense moments of silence passed between them.

"You tried to kill me." Nuada stated at last.

"You kept a pregnancy from me!" Lily retaliated. "The hormones made me overreact."

"Who told you that you were pregnant?" Nuada switched topics.

"Meldiron." Lily said plainly. Meldiron shifted uncomfortably.

Nuada turned his gaze to him.

"Why?"

"Her dresses. They are too tight for a pregnant woman. The baby would get hurt." Meldiron voiced his, now obviously pathetic, reason.

"So you angered my wife to the point of murder because her dress was too tight?" Nuada spat. Meldiron looked at the floor. It seemed like a stupid plan now. "And then yourself murdered a hysterical woman?"

Meldiron swallowed hard. He was thinking of something to say.

"He was doing the right thing. He told me I was pregnant, which was more than you did. Wonderful news ruined by you! Why did you keep it from me anyway? Trying to find ways to induce a miscarriage so Bethmoora doesn't have a half-breed king? !" Lily's voice steadily rose as she talked to Nuada, going from soft to almost screaming.

Nuada did not answer her. He didn't know the answer to that question. Now they were both angry at each other, and things had been going so well for them just this morning.

"Leave, Meldiron." Nuada stated, looking only at his wife.

"But, my king,-" Meldiron attempted to object.

"LEAVE!" Nuada shouted. Meldiron wasted no time exiting the room. Now only Nuada and Lily were left. They stared each other down.

"Do not talk to me. I am angry." Lily fumed.

"YOU are angry? ! YOU tried to kill me!" Nuada shouted.

"I SAID don't talk to me." Lily repeated. She started to leave to room, brushing past Nuada, but he grabbed her arm.

"You WILL be punished for your actions. Don't think that just because you are a pregnant queen you will not be punished for trying to murder your king." Nuada whispered harshly in her ear.

Lily kept an indifferent face, but instead she was terrified. She tore her arm away from his grip.

"I will see you tonight in our bedroom." Lily said briefly, before leaving.

HBHBHBHBHB

Nuala and Lily were sitting in the vast library in the palace. Nuala was reading some poetry book and Lily was sitting near her.

"Honestly, Nuala, he can't expect to carry out that threat." Lily said, she absentmindedly rubbed her stomach.

"I don't think you understand. What you did was very serious." Nuala tried to explain. "You tried to kill the king."

"I was an angry pregnant woman." Lily reasoned.

"You caused the death of two people." Nuala told her.

Lily was silent after that. She played with the ends of her hair for a bit before looking up at Nuala again.

"Don't let them kill me." Lily barely whispered to Nuala, fear in her voice. "I don't want to die."

"They won't kill you while you are with child."

"What about after? When I give birth?" Tears formed in Lily's eyes. "I can't do it. I can't stay for my execution."

"Lillian-"

"Promise me you won't let them kill me!" Lily shouted, tears began to fall.

Nuala looked at Lily's face for a few seconds before nodding. Lily seemed to calm down a bit, but she still seemed upset.

"Why don't we go have lunch? When was the last time you ate?" Nuala distracted.

"This morning . . . I think." Lily answered.

"Well then you better come and eat. You're eating for two now." Nuala smiled at Lily. Lily smiled back and followed her out of the library.

HBHBHBHBHB

Nuala and Lily entered the dining hall and found Nuada already sitting and eating. The married couple shared a brief glance before ignoring each other. Nuala sat as a buffer between Lily and Nuada. Not too long after they sat down, Abe hurried into the hall with a hardcover book in his hand.

"Oh, there you are, Nuala. I was looking for you." He cleared his throat nervously at the tension in the room. "I was, uh, just looking at the vast collection you have here and I found something quite curious."

"Curious? Curious how?" Nuala asked.

"Well you have a book . . . with no words in it. No words of any kind. It's completely blank." Abe explained, flipping through the book in his hands for all to see. It was indeed blank.

"That's impossible. We don't have any blank books." Nuala shook her head slightly. "I've read every book in the library."

"Well then this one must be new." Abe offered.

"No, we haven't received any new books." Nuala stated. She rose from her chair slowly.

"What does that mean?" Lily asked wearily, her eyes following Nuala.

"Where did you find this book, Abraham?" Nuala asked, slowly approaching Abe.

"I was browsing your collection and found it tucked away in a corner. Nothing unusual." Abe told her.

"Abraham, you must drop the book." Nuala said slowly.

"Drop it? Why?"

"It is not from here. It must have been put in the library or materialized there. Either way, it is not good." Nuala explained.

Abe looked terrified at the book in his hands. He bent down and placed it on the floor before stepping around it towards Nuala. They both stepped away from it, towards the dining table.

"It doesn't look that bad." Lily said, standing and peering over the table to get a look at the book.

"A book with no words is never good." Nuala said mystically.

"But it hasn't done anything yet. Who cares if it has no words?" Lily said, walking around the table to get closer to the book.

"Lillian, stop! The pregnancy hormones are making you act weird. This book is not good!" Nuala rose her voice, something rare.

"You guys are overreacting." Lily said as she picked up the book.

"Stop!" Nuala pleaded again.

Lily opened the book and began flipping through the pages.

"I have no idea what you're talking about. This book has words in it." Lily turned the book around to show the others. It was blank.

Everyone froze. She saw words. How could she see words? Lily turned the book back around and began reading.

"Wait." Lily uttered.

"What do you see? What does it say?" Abe asked, uneasy.

"This . . . this is . . . " Lily's face paled.

"What do you see?" Nuala asked more forcibly.

Lily immediately dropped the book. It fell to the floor and closed. She looked completely terrified. Not even five seconds after the book hit the ground, it flipped open again and a fierce wind blew through the room, madly flipping the pages. The pages stopped flipping after a few moments, but the wind persisted. Lily, Nuala, and Nuada all tried to keep their hair out of their faces so they could see.

"NO!" Lily screamed.

A bright light shone from the book. It engulfed the room before disappearing just as quickly as it came. Everyone blinked to adjust their eyes and looked around. Nuala paled.

"Where's Lillian?"

Sorry once again that it took so long. I had no idea where to take this, then my muse came back from her vacation and I wrote the last half of this chapter in less than thirty minutes. And yes, this whole book thing is relevant. Questions? Comments? Review!