Liam and JoJo made themselves comfortable in their new room. It was bigger, giving them their own small living room and balcony. Their bedroom was huge as well.
"This is bigger than our house back on Earth 1.", JoJo said, letting herself fall back onto the fluffy bed.
Liam chuckled.
"Did you see the closet yet?", he asked.
She sat up and made her way to it. Walking in, she stepped back out. Mouth open. Liam nodded.
"Yup", he said.
"So you want to start unpacking or rest?", she asked.
"I have to go speak to the first general about my schedule. If you want, you rest and when I get back we can unpack", he suggested.
"Actually, you think I can go look around? I didn't get a chance to when we were here last", she said.
He shrugged.
"I don't see why not", he said.
He left the room and made his way to the guard house. Seth was putting some papers away when he walked in. He cleared his throat, getting Seth's attention.
"Back to work already?", Liam asked.
"No. Roman asked me to file your paperwork, I was just about to go back to my room", Seth explained.
He was being cold and Liam knew why.
"Is this going to be weird for you? If it is tell me and I'll let Roman know so I could transfer to someone elses", Liam said.
Seth sighed.
"Its not weird", he replied.
"Then why can't you look at me?", Liam asked.
Seth grabbed his keys before looking up at Liam.
"Hey Seth, I just", they both turned when Aleister walked in.
He stopped and looked between the men.
"Give me a second Aleister", Seth said.
He nodded and walked back out. Liam kept his eyes locked on the door Aleister left through.
"I thought you said he wasn't your boyfriend", Liam mumbled.
"He's not. He probably just wanted to apologize", Seth said.
Liam's eyes snapped to him.
"Apologize for what?", he asked.
Seth knew he had said too much.
"We had a small argument, that's all", Seth said.
"Was he the one who bruised your back? Did he hit you?", Liam asked, getting protective.
"No, Li. No one hit me, I told you. I got it during training", Seth said.
Seth was going to walk past him, but Liam got in his way. He cupped Seth's face in his hands.
"Li", Seth said softly.
"I'm going to find out the truth, and when I do, god help the man who hurt you", Liam said.
He released Seth and left. Aleister walked in and closed the door.
"What do you need Aleister?", Seth asked.
"Just to apologize for what I did. I physically hurt you. I shouldn't have put my hands on you", he said.
Seth nodded.
"Thanks", Seth replied.
"So are you two, like a thing now?", Aleister asked.
Seth sighed.
"No. He's still engaged", Seth said.
Aleister took his hand.
"I can't be him, I could never. All I want is a chance to prove to you that you can fall in love with someone else. Give me a chance to be good to you.", Aleister said.
Seth removed his hand from his.
"I can't, Al. I'm sorry, its too soon", Seth said softly.
Aleister shook his head.
"Don't you think if he wanted to be with you, he would be. He doesn't love you the way you love him, Seth. He loves her, he is still marrying her.", Aleister said.
Seth swallowed.
"Me saying no to you, has nothing to do with him. Its me. I am not ready", Seth said, getting angry.
"Bullshit", he yelled.
It made Seth jump.
"When he's married and they start having kids, are you still going to stand here and tell me you aren't ready. When he's happy with her for the rest of their lives, will you still say you aren't ready. You have a right to be happy too Seth", Aleister said.
"Take it or leave it, Aleister. I am not ready", Seth said.
Aleister chuckled before walking out and slamming the door behind him.
Lynn was laying in bed when her phone rang. She smiled when Roman's name flashed back at her.
"Hey handsome", she said.
"Man, do I miss you already. Your legs wrapped around me, your head resting on my chest, and your hand in mine. I feel empty, Lynn", he said.
"Me too", she replied.
She felt safe when he would spoon her and wrap an arm around her, pulling her as close as he could.
"Thinking about me?", he smirked.
"No, just Creed. How is my horny wolf doing?", she asked.
He laughed softly.
"No one has ever called me a wolf before", he said.
She laughed and he smiled.
"He's good, sleeping right now. Missing Rain as much as I miss you", he said.
"How's my brother? Is he behaving?", Lynn asked.
"So far so good. I don't think he was mad at you or Leslie. It has to be something else. He's too angry for it to be all about us", Roman said.
"Agreed. I thought maybe it was Seth, you know with the way he broke things off with him, but I'm starting to think its not Seth either", Lynn said.
"Well, I told him that if he ever wanted to talk, that I was here. When he's ready, he'll talk to someone", Roman said.
"Yeah", she mumbled.
"So how's the investigation on Stephanie and the girls accident? I know your ass went back to work as soon as your butt hit that bed", Roman said.
She laughed.
"Its good, but with what happened at Opal, the fire. That wasn't an accident. They destroyed any copies of the bridge on the day Stephanie was suppose to take it. How weird that I lose the dvd and when I mention I'm going to get another copy it suddenly burns down", Lynn said.
"Are you saying someone we know is a traitor?", he asked.
"I know it can't be you or your guards. My sister and brother would never, I told Hunter that", he cut her off.
"Hunter? He thinks one of my people did this? Calling my family traitors?", Roman asked.
"Babe", she tried to get out.
"What if it was one of his? Or maybe him? Shawn and Billy are always around listening in. Maybe it was them", Roman said.
"Roman", Lynn raised her voice a bit.
He stopped.
"I told him all this already. I know it wasn't our family, I trust you and them more than anyone", she said.
He took a deep breath.
"I didn't mean to get so heated. Its just, I've known them my whole life and I trust them more than I trust myself. I can promise you, it wasn't any of them", Roman said calm.
She smiled.
"I know baby", she replied.
He cleared his throat.
"What about JoJo?", he asked.
He was hesitant to even mention her name, because he didn't know how close Lynn was to her.
"I", she stopped.
"Think back Lynn, from the moment you met her. Has she ever stepped around certain topics or are there things you and your brother don't know about her?", Roman asked.
"Actually, yeah", she said.
"This is going to sound crazy, but what if you tell her some sort of secret. See if she tells anyone, whoever burned down half of Opal castle", he said.
"I don't know, Ro. I just, I can't believe it. She has never done anything to hurt us before.", Lynn said.
He sighed.
"If you believe its not her, then I will too. I was just throwing out a suggestion, you know kinda like Hunter did in suggesting it was my family", Roman said.
Lynn knew Roman wasn't going to forget that. She knew she shouldn't have mentioned it.
"Babe, let it go. You are going to war with Diamond region, adding Emerald won't do you and our people any good", she said.
He smiled.
"I love that you said our people", he said.
"Because it is our people. They loved me more than they loved second choice", she said.
Roman laughed softly.
"She hates when you call her that", he said.
She giggled.
"I know", she replied.
AJ had let her get comfortable in her room. He knew how overwhelming it would be for her, especially with everyone excited about possibly having a queen. Finally. He sent Christopher Daniels to check on her. After her warning about getting him into bed when they got here scared him a little.
He wanted to hold off on that till she agreed to be his queen.
Chris knocked and she opened the door wider.
"Hey, is everything okay? Did AJ have to leave?", she asked.
"No ma'am, he just sent me to keep you company. If you have any questions, I can answer them for you", he said.
She smirked.
"Where is he?", she asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
He blushed. She knew AJ must have mentioned it to him. He cleared his throat.
"Is there someone else? Does he have more than just me testing out these waters? I don't play that game", Leslie said, getting defensive.
"No, Miss Murphy. Its just you. He just doesn't want to make it a physical relationship till you say yes to being his queen", he said.
"Why?", she asked.
He sat and relaxed a bit.
"Its how his parents did it. He looks up to them and he just wants to follow in their footsteps. They've been married fifty plus years", Chris said.
Leslie smiled.
"Think they'll like me?", she asked.
Chris smiled.
"I think they are going to love you. I just met you and I know you are different from the other women. They've all tried to use him and it hurts him. He opened his heart and these women let him down.", Chris explained.
Leslie nodded.
"I just want to have sex with him", Leslie shrugged.
Chris laughed and she smiled.
"He wants you too, just don't give up. See that door there?", he said, pointing to a white door with gold trim.
She nodded.
"That's his room", Chris winked.
He stood and opened her bedroom door.
"If you need anything Miss Murphy, let me know", Chris said.
Leslie nodded.
"Thanks, Chris", she said.