Author: WOOO! EVEN LONGER CHAPTER THAN THE LAST! I hope u all enjoy it! A wee bit of lemon in this chapter! Sorry it took so long, guys! I went to night shift and have been very busy lately.

" Mmmm! M-Master, please!" Una whimpered eagerly as she sat on Aviur's lap, purring contently as he stroked her teasingly between her legs.

" You don't want me to stop, do you, my pet?" Avid laughed evilly as his free hand played with one of her nipples. Rolling it back and forth between his thumb and index finger. It had been several months since Aviur had taken her as his pet and he had yet to grow bored of her.

" M-Master! P-Please, y-your f-father and b-brothers were going to m-m-mee-AH!" Una whimpered happily as his shaft replaced his fingers. A sense of fullness came as Avid took her from behind. " Th-They will come looking for y-you!"

" Let them come, I am busy." Aviur said placing her on all fours and thrusting eagerly into her. This human had lasted the longest by far than any of his other toys. No matter how hard or often he took her she still remained gentle in nature. She would curl against him when they were finished and lay her head on his chest and just listen to his heartbeat.

She seemed to soften everything around him. He had never thought of a female outside his family could bring out a softness in him. Yet this girl did. He would lie there for hours while she slept just…listening to her breathing.

" MASTER!" Una whimpered happily as he felt her orgasm come quickly followed by his own. As he finished he pulled her to his chest and kissed her brow softly. The gold chain around her neck now replaced the original leather collar klinked together lightly. It was small and delicate like the girl wearing it. It also allowed him easy access to her new if he wished to feed from there. In truth, he had other places he'd rather sink his fangs into. Her thighs were his favorite, actually.

" Master, your father and brothers-"

" I could care less about them."

" But your father will be angry with you."

" When isn't my father angry with me?" Aviur said, stroking her cheek lightly with his thumb. He lifted her swiftly into his arms before setting her lightly onto his bed.

" I do not like it when he is angry with you." Una said gently as he crawled towards her, pulling her once again to his chest.

" Oh? Why not?"

" I just don't." Una said nuzzling his chest lovingly. " A father shouldn't speak to his child the way he speaks to you."

" Is that so?" Aviur chuckled lightly. " My father has never cared much for me."

" That is not right. Fathers are supposed to love their children." Una said grumpily.

SLAP!

" EEP!" Una squeaked as Aviur slapped her bottom lightly.

" I don't want to talk about my father. Not when I have a beautiful female warming my bed and smelling of the freshest of peaches."

" I've never heard of peaches before I met you, Master." Una said nuzzling him. " I've never smelled or tasted one before."

" They taste and smell like you, pet." Aviur said nipping her jawline. Reaching his hand out he summoned small round fruit with small amounts of fuzz covering its red and tan skin. " A peach." He said, offering it to her. " Eat." He said softly as she eyed it curiously. She was still amazed at his abilities. Even after month of seeing him summon random items over and over again.

Una took the peach from him, sniffing it curiously before sinking her white teeth into the fruit's soft flesh. Its sweet juices trickling down her chin and onto her throat. " Do you like it?" Aviur asked, an amused smirk on his handsome face.

" It is very sweet." Una said happily. Aviur found her reactions to the fruit's taste adorable. Her eyes were bright with curiosity. He felt warmth spread through his body as he watched her. He felt his smirk turn into a actual smile. She was truly something, this human girl. He wanted to keep her with him forever. He had never felt this way about Thana before. She made lust surge through him but Una, she soothed his hunger and rage. Everything about her was soft and warm. It brought calm and comfort to him just having her near him.

" What is this?"

Her soft voice jolted him from his thoughts. Looking up at her he saw her holding a small brownish red orb. " It is to hard to eat." A small chuckled escaped from him at the sight of her innocence.

" That is the seed, Pet."

" Why does something that small have a seed so large?" She asked in amazement as curiosity darted through her eyes again. He leaned forward and kissed her cheek lightly, his eyes gentling as she curled against him. He was amazed at how different it was having Una beside him as opposed to Thana.

" And you think I taste like them?" She said curiously.

" You do and you are quite delicious. The best tasting peach I have ever had the pleasure of tasting." His words caused her to blush as she caught the double meaning of his words. Shy shyly buried her face against his chest. He lazily ran his fingers through her soft hair when he felt something wet touch his chest. He pulled her hair back lightly to see tears streaming down her cheeks. " What is it, pet? Why do you cry?"

" N-Nothing…"

" You know I can tell when you are not telling me the truth…" Aviur said. Something was clearly wrong and he did not like to see her cry. " Now, I will ask you again. What is wrong? What has you so upset?"

Una was silent for a long time and he noticed her trying to stop the tears from coming. Seeing her like this felt as though his heart had been ripped from his chest. " Una…" He said softly, cupping her cheek softly, he tilted her face upwards and kissed her comfortingly on the forehead.

" M-Master…"

" Yes, little lamb?"

Again she was silent and Aviur was becoming annoyed. " Una, what are you upset over?"

" It's just-" She paused before taking a deep breath. " A-Are you g-going to k-kill me?"

" What makes you think I'm going to kill you?" Aviur asked, shocked by her confession. Where had she come up with that thought from?

" W-When you grow tired of me!" Una cried. " A-Are y-you going to kill me? L-Like the others!"

" What others?" He asked angrily.

" The other human girls you had before me!" Una whimpered fearfully, burying her face into his chest. " Are you going to kill me like you did them?"

" I don't know who told you that but I have no desire to kill you, nor do I ever plan on it." Aviur said gruffly. Una bit her lip nervously before nodding. " Now," he said wiping the tears from her cheek. " Who gave you the notion that I was going to kill you?"

" THANA!"

The dark haired woman looked up to see Aviur storming angrily towards her. " Hello darling, what brings you here?" She asked seductively.

" I told you to stay away from her!" Aviur snarled.

" Stay away from who, darling?" Thana asked, feigning innocence. " Oh dear, do you mean that walking blood bag you've been keeping as a pet. I merely spoke to it in passing."

" You told her that I planned on killing her!"

" Well I merely mentioned the inevitable fate of it." Thana explained calmly. " I did not wish it to be surprised when it does die. The poor wee lamb."

" That was not your place!"

" I was merely trying to-"

" I will warn you again. Stay away from her!" Aviur snarled.

" Oh my, you've never care about what I've said to a human before. Whatever could be different about this one? Could it be because it isn't a normal human?"

" What are you going on about, woman?"

" I overheard your father and Zaman discussing her and how their plan seemed to be working. How your human had not even existed until a few days before we destroyed its village." Thana said calmly. " That all her memories are fake and they designed her to grab your interest."

" Your lying."

" Why would I do that?"

" Because you're jealous."

" Jealous?" Thana laughed. " Why would I ever be jealous of a walking blood bag such as that?"

" Because I have been spending all my time with Una and not with you." Aviur said causing her to laugh again.

" Oh darling, you are so cute! Not everyone wants to suckle that twig of yours." Thana said happily. " Well, maybe that human toy of yours thinks it's large and impressive but then again, it is only a few months old. Yet, I disagree. No love, I am not jealous. I pity you, actually. You are being manipulated by Zaman and your father with a fake human. One that's basically a doll."

" So you're Una, huh?"

Una turned from making Aviur's bed, one of the many chores that she had taken upon herself over the past several months, to see Aviur's mother standing there. Una had never actually spoken to her but she had seen her enough to know who she was. Quickly, Una dropped her eyes in a sign of respect to the embodiment of Chaos. " My lady…" She whispered nervously.

Her nervousness increased even more as she heard the woman walked towards her. " You are the human girl that my son has been keeping." A soft white hand lifted Una's chin upwards so that she could gaze into a pair of warm dark eyes. She noticed that they were just like Aviur's. " You are rather cute."

A rush of heat flooded her cheeks at the compliment. " From what my other children have told me, you are very kind and loving as well. Nanku and Bedisa seem to really enjoy your company." Una had met a few of Aviur's siblings, Bedisa was a young girl who was the embodiment of Fate. Nanku who resembled a three year old boy was the embodiment of Fate.

" Why don't you look me in the eyes?" Chaos asked curiously. " Do you still hold to that human nonsense of looking a better in the eye." A small nod came from the blunette. " That is rather adorable but stop it. I have a question that will require direct eye contact from you."

" Y-Yes, Ma'am." Una said shyly lifting her eyes upwards.

" Do you love my son?"

The sudden bluntness of the woman's question caused even more heat to flood her face. " I am asking this because I am a concerned mother."

" I-I-"

" I can tell that you care for her. You clean his room and cook his meals with a happy smile on your face. The mere fact that you are still alive means he cares a great deal for you. He has you dressed in fine clothes and this golden necklace is much more than he has ever given to anyone, even Thana."

Una blinked shyly at Chaos' statement. " The master does not care for me like that. I'm his pet not his-"

" That does not answer my question, child." Chaos interrupted calmly. " Do you love Aviur."

" I-" Una paused again at the question. She did not feel like she should be allowed to love him. She was a human, a shepherdess and he was a diety. An extremely powerful one at that.

Yet she did.

Her heart fluttered with excitement whenever she saw him. A smile broke out on her face at the mere thought of him. She enjoyed everything about him.

His scent.

His calloused hands.

His constant grumpy mood.

The way he could be rough and gently with her.

The way he would curl protectively around her while she slept.

" No need to answer." Chaos' soft voice brought Una back to reality. " I shall see for myself." With that, she reached forward and tapped Una's forehead. She felt a sudden rush of emotions flood her.

Fear.

Sadness.

Security.

Unsurpassable joy.

An unmeasurable sense of pure love.

" Well, that solves it." Chaos said a pleased smile on her face. " I have all I need to know. You have my blessing, little one." She laughed as Una's face turned crimson. " Just know, little one. That my son is an idiot. He needs a lot of patience, time and understanding. He's hot headed, just like his father."

" Mistress, -"

" Hush," Chaos said, placing her finger lightly over Una's mouth. " If you like, you may call me mother. However, do not call me Mistress. I do not own you"

" But Master d-"

" That is only a cover." Chaos interrupted. " He thinks he owns you but he is actually afraid to let himself love someone. He has been manipulated so much by Thana that he is afraid to let himself love anyone."

" M-Master does not love me, Mistress." Una said sadly. " He has told me many times that I am only his play thing, That I mean nothing to him other than a food source and something to give him pleasure."

" Oh sweet child," Chaos laughed, pulling her into a tight embrace. " My son is a complete moron. He does not know what is good for him. That is why he was with that bitch Thana for so long. Yet, I know now that you are perfect for him. You want nothing but love from him. Just keep doing what you are doing. You will make him see s-"

SLAM!

" M-MASTER!" Una gasped happily as she saw Aviur storm into the room. " H-How was the meeting with your father and brothers?"

" I didn't go to the meeting." Aviur said pouring a goblet of blood wine. Una rushed happily to him, offering him a palate of food.

" Where did you go for so long?" She asked smiling innocently up at him. Her eyes held every bit of happiness she could muster.

" I shall give you two some privacy."

" Oh no, Mother." Aviur laughed angrily. " Please, stay. You should hear this."

" What do you mean?"

" Did you know?" Aviur asked, attempting to maintain his anger.

" Did I know what?" Chaos asked in confusion.

" Did you know about this?" Aviur snarled, snatching Una swiftly by the throat. " DID! YOU! KNOW!"

" AVIUR!" Chaos yelled worriedly. " LET GO OF HER!"

" DID YOU KNOW, MOTHER? DID YOU KNOW WHAT FATHER AND ZAMAN DID!"

" Just let her go and we shall talk!"

" You did know, didn't you?" Aviur laughed hatefully, tightening his hold on the human's throat. " How could you not know? Father tells you about his most recent shit, so of course you knew."

" Aviur-"

" You knew Father and Zaman teamed up to manipulate me with this…this doll!" Una let out a small whimper and she felt Aviur tighten his grip again. Her vision began to darken from lack of air. " Admit it, Mother! Admit that you betrayed me!"

" Let her go and I will tell you everything, my son." Chaos said noticing the pain in both his eyes and voice. " Son, please. Una is innocent in all this. Just-just let her go." Her son glared hatefully at her before tossing the blunette away, causing her to stumble backwards into the wall.

" Tell me now!" He snarled hatefully.

" Your father and brother wanted you to understand how humans aren't just food and playthings. How they are complex creatures. So…Una was made to catch your interest. She was designed to-"

" Designed so Father and Zaman could control me. How often did they use her to spy on me?"

" Master, I-"

" BE SILENT OR I WILL RIP YOUR TONGUE FROM YOUR MOUTH!" Aviur yelled at the blunette. Pain, hatred and anger surged through him as he glared at her. However, seeing the tears and fear now present in her emerald eyes made his heart clench and his anger dissipate slightly.

" Aviur, Una was not aware of any of this. She believes that all her memories are real. She doesn't know that she didn't exist until a few months ago. All her memories are false." Chaos froze when the noticed the confusion and fear in Una's eyes. " We made her-"

" To control me."

" To love you and for you to love her." Chaos said sternly. " Aviur, you-"

" Well, your plan failed, Mother." Aviur interrupted his voice dripping with venom. " I don't love that human toy. Now get it out of my sight before I rip it to pieces."

Aviur's words were like a punch to the gut for Una. As if her heart had been shredded to pieces. Just hours ago he had promised he'd never harm her and now he was threatening to kill her. He was now completely rejecting her.

" Come little one," Chaos said quickly helping Una shakily to her feet. " Let us leave."

Days had passed and Chaos worried about both Aviur and Una. Her son had gone back to killing humans, only now he did it out of anger rather than pleasure. Many times she would find him sitting in a chair drenched in blood, dead human girls littering his chamber floor.

Una on the other hand, was completely closed off from everyone and everything. Chaos had found her sitting in the corner of a dark room beneath their home. She was curled into a small ball, huddling her knees to her chest, her eyes absent of any kind of emotion.

" It would appear we have made matters worse." Order's deep baritone voice interrupted her thoughts. Turning, she saw her husband's handsome face lined with concern.

" I told you not to do it." Chaos snapped. " Our son is in so much pain right now because of us!"

" You had no part in this, love."

" I didn't stop you. I didn't even try. I am just as guilty as you are, maybe even more."

" Guilty is a bit much-"

" You didn't see the look in his eyes…or in that girl's. She doesn't comprehend that everything she has thought she knew about herself is a lie. That the memories of her family are fake. That-"

" Mother…Father…"

Chaos and Order turned to see their daughter, Bedisa coming towards them.

" Yes, sweetling?" Order said noticing the concern in his daughter's eyes. He pulled her comfortingly to his side, rubbing her shoulder soothingly. " What has you so troubled?"

" It's Una, Father…"

" The human?"

" It's her soul, Father. It's starting to dissolve."

" How is that possible?" Order asked in surprise.

" Her soul is different, Father." Bedisa said quickly. " She was designed specifically for Aviur and since he's rejected her…her soul is deteriorating."

" You can make another, can't you?"

" Souls are delicate, Father! They aren't cakes!" Bedisa snapped, a look of disgust on her heart shaped face.

" I'm sorry, love!" Order said holding his hands up in defense. " Is there anything you can do to fix it?"

" No…" Bedisa said sadly. " I don't think there is anything anyone can do now…"

" Bwobew?"

Aviur looked up to see his youngest brother hurrying happily towards him, his pink locks bouncing effortlessly around his round excited face. Though it was hard for any of them to know their exact age, they did know the order that they were born in. Nanku was one of the last. He had never grown past the age of three. Fitting, seeing as he was the embodiment of Innocence.

Nanku was one of the few brother's that he liked in his family. Reaching over, he scooped the boy up quickly and cuddled him to his chest. " Hello, little brother!" Aviur said ruffling the boy's pink hair lightly. " What brings you to see me?"

" Una pwomifeb po pway wiff me!" Nancy said, his violet eyes shining in excitement.

'Of course.' Aviur thought. 'He was close with her.'

" Whewe if Una, bwobew?"

" Gone, little brother." Aviur said feeling the words catch in his throat. He had tried his best to forget about her. To ignore her soft scent everywhere in the room. To ignore the constant aching pain in his chest. The only time he did was when he was killing…or fucking…or both. Yet no matter how much he did them, the pain always came back.

" Whewe fee go?" Nanku asked sadly.

" I don't know, little brother."

" Why bib fee weabe?"

" It's complicated."

" Wiww fee pome bap?"

" I hope not."

WHAM!

" OUCH! NANKU, WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" Aviur groaned as his little brother hit him square in the no-no spot.

" BAD BWOBEW!" Nanku huffed grumpily. " BWOBEW WIPE UNA!"

" I-"

" YEAH HUH!" Nanku said irritably. " YOU WIPE, UNA! WIPE DADDY WIPE MOMMY!"

" I-" Aviur froze as he stared at his brother's round face. He had been fighting to hide his feelings for the human girl. They were frightening to him. He wasn't comfortable acknowledging them. Just when he had started to accept them, Thana and his mother dropped this bombshell on him. Now he didn't know what to think. Except that he couldn't be around her.

" She's better off without me…"

" I doubt that…" Aviur recognized Bedisa's shy voice from behind him. Turning, he saw her standing there, rubbing her arm uneasily, trying to avoid eye contact with him. True she had been the one to create Una's soul, but she had done it on their father's orders. Bedisa was never one to argue or cause problems. She was to sweet and kind to argue with anyone.

" What do you want, Bedisa?"

" It's Una, Brother…"

" What about her? She's back in the human world, correct?"

" N-No…"

" What do you mean no?"

" She's still here…"

" Why?" He asked angrily.

" After she found out about her creation and how much you were hurt because of it…she became severely depressed. So much so that I couldn't send her back there. She would have been killed the way she was…so I let her stay with me…"

" And?" Aviur said trying to ignore the stabbing pain in his heart at the thought of Una's pain. Nanku shoved him lightly in the chest grumpily.

" Her depression is horrible, Brother!" Bedisa said trying her best not to let him see the tears in her eyes. " She won't eat or sleep. She won't speak or even acknowledge anyone's presence…and…"

" And what?"

" And her soul is dying…collapsing in on itself. Soon she'll just be an emp-" She jumped when Aviur stood suddenly and walked towards her. Before she could say anything, he handed Nanku to her and walked out. " Where are you going, Brother?"

" Where do you think?"

" Do you know where she is?" Bedisa asked worriedly.

" I will find her."

" My, my, my. What has happened to you, dear little lamb?" Thank asked, strolling lazily towards where Una sat, a mocking smirk on her beautiful face. " All rejected and alone. How sad that is." She pulled a shawl closer around her shoulders happily. A shawl that was made from lamb skin.

" Did you really think you could take him from me?" She asked kneeling in-front of Una, cupping the blunette's face in her pale hands and tilted it upwards. " Look at you, little lamb…pathetic.: She gazed gleefully into Una's eyes. " Did you really think you could keep him? You? Look at you! You're not even a real human. What makes you think you could keep him?"

" For one, she is far more humble than you." Thana's head shot up at the sound Aviur's voice. " Didn't I tell you not to touch her?"

" But darling, you said you didn't want it anymore." Thana said in a fake dramatic tone.

" DON'T! TOUCH! HER!" Aviur snarled grabbing Thana by the neck and jerking her backwards, away from Una. " She belongs to me! I won't warn you again."

" You are making a grave mistake, lover." Thana hissed angrily.

" The only mistake I made was letting you into my bed." Aviur snarled. " Now leave, before I destroy you myself."

" This is not over, love." Thana growled before disappearing in a bloom of smoke.

" Pet," Aviur whispered softly, pulling Una to him. " What have I done to you?" He stroked her cheek weakly as she lay limp against him. She was noticeably thinner and her skin was extremely pale. Gone from her beautiful green eyes was the normal joy and love…or any sort of emotion to be honest. " You aren't allowed to leave me."

Surprise flooded him when she curled against him, leaning her head against his chest. " I knew you were in there, love." A small smile appeared on his face as he lifted his wrist to his mouth and sank his fangs into the vein. " Come on, love. Drink." He said pressing his wrist to her lips. " Don't leave me. I need you…I…can't live without you."

When she didn't move he quickly filled his mouth with blood and pressed it to her lips, forcing the hot liquid down her throat. He shot a bit of his haki into her small form. " Stay with me…please." He whispered tearfully. When several moments passed with no results he pressed his forehead against hers and clutched her tightly to him. " P-Please…don't leave me…"

" You are so silly, Master."

Aviur froze at the sound of Una's weak voice. Looking up, he saw the familiar love returned to her tired eyes. " Why am I silly, Pet?" His voice cracked slightly as he posed the question.

" Worrying about a useless doll like me…" She whimpered. " I don't deserve you."

" No Una, I don't deserve you." Aviur whispered. " You are sweet, loving, pure and innocent…and I'm just a cruel, vicious idiot who ruins everything he touches."

TAP!

Aviur blinked in surprise at Una's weak attempt to slap him. " What was that for?"

" You aren't cruel…just silly. You have been very kind to me and I am so sorry for-" Una broke off as Aviur pressed his lips against hers.

" You have nothing to do with what happened. I reacted poorly to the news and I hurt you. I can never forgive myself for hurting you." Una didn't reply, rather she snuggled closer to him, relaxing into his warmth. " I don't ever want you to leave me again."

She blinked in surprise at his words. " What do you mean, Master?"

" Call me, Aviur." He said softly, tilting her face upwards to look into his eyes. " I mean, I don't want to ever risk losing you again. I want you to be like me. To live forever and never get sick or die. You would be strong and fast. No one would ever hurt you."

" I-I would be with you forever? You won't grow tired of me?"

" Never." Aviur said firmly. A small, happy smile appeared on her face at the thought. Aviur dipped his head down and nuzzled her soft cheek. " Do you, Una, take me and all I have. To be with me now, forever and always?"

Una felt color suddenly flood her face at his proposal. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. " I-I do." She said happily.

" I make you this promise, Una. I want no one else but you…and I will only ever want you."

" I think you can guess what happened after that." Aviur said calmly as he gazed sadly down at Ai. " If I had only known that Thana had curse Una…when Una and our daughter died I demanded Bedisa suspend my true body and send my soul to be reborn when Una's had…I did not want to spend another day without her…" The pain grew even more in his eyes as he spoke. " …if I had only known…"

" How could you have known it?"

" Thana was a jealous and vindictive woman. She cursed Una to die, she curse our daughter to die and she curse all the females of our kind to die as children. Every reincarnation of Una has died somehow."

" Are you saying that I am going to die soon?" Ai asked weakly.

" If history stays true then yes." Aviur said angrily. " I grow tired of this problem."

" Problem?"

" Finding you again and again in life after life only to have you snatched brutally away." Aviur said kissing her neck hungrily. " Yet you were never born a halfling before…this time…it could be a different story…" He nipped her pulse hungrily. " I want you so much right now."

" W-Wait!" Ai squeaked when she felt a hand cup her bottom.

" You look just like Una…" Aviur said hungrily. " …you even smell like her." Ai squirmed uncomfortably as he brushed his tongue along her collar bone, downwards towards her breasts. This wasn't right. It was Ace's body that was sending chills and tingles throughout her but it wasn't Ace doing it…and knowing it wasn't him made her sick. She felt like a cheap whore.

" You taste like her as well." Aviur said burying his face into the middle of her breasts, nipping one greedily. " Shall we continue what you and that boy were doing?" He earned a long eager man from the blunette as he drug a fang torturously across her breast. Ai felt her senses begin to leave her as hot ripples of pleasure flooded her.

" I will give you so much pleasure, My Bride." Aviur said hungrily.

" I'm not your Bride!" Ai said angrily, squirming away from his greedy hands.

" You are mine more than that boy's!" Aviur growled, pinning her hands above her head. " I have had you in every single one of your lives, not that boy!"

" I am not your Bride! I don't know how they did things in the past but I'm not your's just because you say so!"

" You are lucky you are not in one of your past lives, girl." Aviur growled. " It wouldn't have taken that boy so long to Claim you as his. He would have Taken you the moment he found you! As I have done each and every time! There was none of this Courting shit!"

" So you've raped me in the your past lives!" Ai snarled in disgust, squirming for freedom.

" It was how the world worked in those times. Courting did not begin until seven thousand years ago."

" But even then you raped me!"

" You have not been born in nearly nine thousand years."

" And my past lives just accepted being raped by someone who claimed to be their soulmate?"

" They felt the pull of Fate and succumbed willingly."

" Well guess who isn't failing for that bullshit charm of yours, you jackass!" Ai snapped. " Now bring Ace back!"

" You are my Bride, not that boy's!"

" PISS OFF!" Ai snapped squirming free only to be snatched from behind and pulled to him. " I AM NOT YOURS!"

" I beg to differ, woman." Aviur said stroking her throat hungrily. " You will succumb to me, now open your legs!"

" LET GO!" Ai squeaked as she felt him grip her throat tightly. " A-ACE!" Aviur froze at the sound of her whimpers. " ACE, PLEASE!"

" AI!"

The blunette jerked awake, cold sweat dripping from her forehead. She only stopped her trembling when she heard the voice of the man she loved. " Ai, you're safe!" Turning she saw Ace staring worriedly at her, his face pale.

" Ace?" She whimpered, tears now streaming down her face.

" Ai, you're safe! I won't let anyone hurt you, I promise!" Ace said sternly, pulling her protectively to him. " I swear to you, love! I will kill any bastard who tries to hurt you." He traced his fingers lightly down her cheek soothingly.

" A-Ace! You jackass!" Ai whimpered weakly. " Is it really you?"

" Who else would I be?" Ace froze as Ai placed her soft lips firmly against his, her fingers interlacing their way into his thick hair. " Ai?" He whispered worriedly as she hurried her face against his neck. " What's wrong?"

" I love you, you jackass!" Ai whimpered pulling him closer to her.

" I know that, woman." He said quickly. " Now tell me, what is wrong." He stroked her cheek gently." Why are you crying?"

" I just love you so much!" Ai whimpered, her body trembling.

" I love you too." Ace said softly, running his fingers through her soft blue locks. He curled himself protectively around her and inhaled her scent deeply.

" Don't you ever leave me!" Ai whimpered.

" I don't plan on ever leaving you, Ai." Ace whispered lightly. He nuzzled her neck soothingly when he noticed small bruising around her wrists. He didn't smell another male on her which meant only one thing.

'You Bastard!' Ace snarled mentally to his Companion. 'What did you do to her?'

'My Bride is quite strong in this life. She will give me many strong sons!' Aviur replied.

'Don't you ever touch her, you bastard!' Ace growled protectively. 'You will keep your fucking hands off her! She isn't yours!'

'She's always been mine, boy. This body will only be yours temporarily. It will be mine as well soon!'

'Ai will never be yours!' Ace growled.

" Ace?"

The Prince jerked backwards in surprise at the worried tone of his Bride. He looked down saw it present in her eyes as well. Leaning forward, he planted a gentle kiss on her brow. " Don't worry love. I won't let that bastard touch you."