A/N: Hello my dear readers. /waves/ How have you all been this summer so far? Sorry I haven't given you updates as much as I am sure you would like. Please forgive me! Here is a new chapter to appease you. I hope you like it. Let me know what you think about it of course. It helps me out a lot to hear your reviews.

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"JARETH!" Kaye ran out from behind her friends, rushing to his side. Jareth turned, his eyes flashing as he looked at her, the anger from Swarna filling his eyes. Kaye flinched back from him before taking a deep breath.

"She is just a woman in love. She isn't thinking straight." Kaye stammered to him.

"Not thinking straight? I happen to know what I want, and if that stupid slave hadn't messed up I would be rid of you by now!" Swarna screamed, her hair rising on end. Everything from that moment happened to quickly for Kaye's human eyes to keep up with. There was a deep feral roar that sounded from where she knew Jareth to be before her line of vision was cut off completely as her ears felt like they would burst from the booms of thunder that filled the garden. Once everything was quiet she went to remove what was covering her only to have someone grab her wrist and stop her.

"Don't do that," Jareth instructed her, gaining only a nod.

"Chance, Chase. Clean this up."

Kaye let out a squeak as she was picked up bridal style, her face still covered by the soft cloth.

"I won't drop you." His deep voice told her softly by her ear, causing her to shiver. Kaye didn't respond as Jareth began to walk. She could hear people whispering as they passed but said nothing, not wanting to anger Jareth again by asking questions. She jumped slightly as she felt Jareths body shift as there was a loud bang. After he took a couple more steps she found herself placed upon a soft surface. Kaye listened in the blue tinted darkness as Jareth let out a deep sigh.

"Can I... take this off?" She ventured out softly, not daring to move to do so. Jareth let out a slight gasp as he looked over at her, pulling his cloak off from over her head.

"Yes, it's safe for you to look now." He told her before sitting down in his chair. Kaye's eyes widened at the blood splatter that covered him at random.

"Did you...?" She couldn't find it in her self to ask him the question that ran through her mind. Because she knew the answer and would much rather think that this man in front of her was incapable of such things. Jareth looked at her, his mixed matched eyes searching her face, no words leaving his lips. Kaye nodded as she stood, looking down the whole while, not seeing the pain and sadness filling Jareth face as she made this move. She looked around, quickly spotting the bathroom before entering into the adjacent room. Kaye quickly went about the large bathroom, gathering washcloths and a bowl. She quietly filled the crystal bowl with water before walking back into the bedroom. Jareth looked at her in surprise, one of his eyebrows raised. Kaye said nothing as she placed the bowl on the small table next to his chair before she dipped part of a washcloth into the water. He watched as she slowly began to clean the blood off him, her face serious as she cleaned. She bit her lip once she had removed all the blood from his exposed skin.

"Would you... um..."

Jareth looked at her confusion filling his face. Kaye felt her face grow hot at the thought of asking him to take off his shirt so she could clean it for him.

"Your shirt." She mumbled, unable to fully ask him as she looked down at her hands. Jareth's eyes widened at just those two words.

"I don't think now would be the time-"

Kaye quickly looked up at him, her face paled in shock.

"NO! I was just going to clean your clothes for you while you took a bath. I didn't!"

Jareth started to laugh as he watched her get flustered.

"Alright, alright. You don't need to wash my clothes though. Just give me a moment to get in the bath and then come in when I call for you. Just to keep me company." Jareth chuckled as Kaye turned bright red. She watched him go into the bathroom. The moment the door closed her hands went to her face.

"Oh gods, I can't go in there! He's going to be... naked."

Kaye paced back and forth, biting on her thumbnail.

"Ready," Jareth called out. She slowly opened the door as she worried her bottom lip.

"Maybe I can keep you company out here," Kaye said, unable to take that first step.

"You come in here or I go out there," Jareth told her, his tone indifferent. He laughed through his nose as she stumbled into the room catching her self before she fell.

"You act as though you're a virgin."

He laughed at his comment as she sat down on the floor, placing her back against the wall as she stared at the floor.

"I am just nervous."

She knew him to be in the tub and that she couldn't see anything from the angle she was currently in but she still couldn't find her self to look up.

"You're such a child."

Kaye's head quickly snapped up and turned in his direction.

"I am not a child."

Jareth smiled as he crossed his arms along the side of the large clawfooted tub, laying his head on his arms as they made eye contact.

"There we go. Much better."

They both stayed that way in comfortable silence until Jareth let out a sigh and grabbed a sponge. She watched as he would fill the sponge with water then ring the water out over his self. She bit her lip as she followed the trail of the water along his pale toned body.

"I don't apologize. I find it to be a sign of weakness." Jareth suddenly said as he reached out to a bottle of body wash. Kaye jumped at the sound of his deep voice. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye, a smile playing on his lips.

"So when I say this, listen well."

She nodded as she tried to control her racing heart.

"I'm sorry you had to be involved with what happened today. It should have been taken care of before getting to you."

Kaye watched in silence as he lathered up his chest.

"Did you kill her?" She finally asked, her voice soft. Jareth looked at her, his eyes cold and indifferent as a worrier's should be.

"You know the answer to that. Why ask such a foolish question?"

Kaye cast her eyes down, not able to fight her submissive nature any longer.

"I can't let someone that challenges me live. I would be seen as weak. Other lands would fight me for my crown. My land would be at war. Things are different in the Underground than Above. If you can't see that, maybe you aren't meant to be here. Possible mate or not."

As the words spilled Jareth couldn't believe he was saying them. But his fear of her rejecting him over what he had done was outweighing his heart. He turned his face away from her as she stumbled to her feet and rushed from the room.

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A/N: Oh dear. I bet you all hate me right now /.