Author's Note: Do not go crazy about King Endymoin being unfair. There would be no story without a problem. R/R I need to know what you guys think! ********************************************************************** Elios woke with the sun in his eyes. His thoughts flipped to the dreams of the night before, in which he had dreamed of Selenity, and of what might have happened if he had not stopped yesterday. Quickly, he put on his tunic and opened the door. Outside was an angry looking mob. He chuckled, and looked to see how many he had to push aside when he saw Selenity leaning against the wall in the corner. A sword was flung at him, and he threw up an invisible barrier, just as he had the night before, and then caught the sword by the hilt and wrenched it from the hands of its owner. "I trust that you had sweet dreams?" Elios asked Selenity, and she smiled a close-mouthed smile. "Of course, you always make my dreams sweet." The crowd parted, but only because he made them as he walked towards Selenity, took her in his arms, and gave her a very greedy kiss just to irk their audience.
He started out gently, but then, he gained access to her mouth, and the kiss became deeper until they had to stop and breathe. Then, he dove in again, and nipped her lower lip, causing her to sigh into his embrace, and making him all the more pleased with himself when he heard the people complaining about their very public display of affection, and then starting to leave. When some of them still wouldn't budge, he moved to her neck, as he had the night before, and heard her take in her breath rather quickly. "Are they gone?"
"Yes." Selenity answered, but there was something in her voice that was different from before. He pulled back, and looked at her; she was shivering. "Are you all right?"

"Y. yes." She tried to keep her voice steady, because there was an assassin aiming a gun at her, and he was threatening to shoot Elios as well. Selenity was at a loss as to what to do now. She heard feet thundering down the adjacent hallway, but they would never be able to get there in time. Then she whipped her wrist up at an angle, and her bracelet reflected a glare into the man's eyes, causing him to drop the gun. Elios whirled around, and she slid down the wall to the floor.

He shot his hands out and the man flew into the air. "Who sent you, and why are you trying to kill the princess?" "I work for myself, and all of the other nobles that think that you would change her into someone unfit to rule our universe." The guards zoomed around the corner, and he dropped the man onto them. Elios whirled around, and pulled Selenity up into his arms. "Why didn't you just tell me?" He asked half-seriously, half-sympathetically. "He was threatening to kill you too if I did; it would have been too dangerous because I.I.
"I want to be the face you see when you close your eyes
I want to be the touch you need every single night
I want to be your fantasy
And be your reality
And everything between

I want you to need me
Like the air you breathe
I want you to feel me
In everything
I want you to see me
In your every dream
The way that I taste you feel you breathe you need you
I want you to need me
Like I need you

I want to be the eyes that look deep into your soul
I want to be the world to you
I just want it all
I want to be your deepest kiss
The answer to your every wish
And all you ever need

I want you to need me
Like the air you breathe
I want you to feel me
In everything
I want you to see me
In your every dream
The way that I taste you feel you breathe you need you
I want you to need me

'Cause I need you
More than you could know
And I need you
To never never let me go
And I need to be deep inside your heart
I just want to be everywhere you are....

I want to be the face you see when you close your eyes
I want to be the touch you need every single night
I want to be your fantasy
And be your reality
And everything between

I want you to need me
Like the air you breathe
I want you to feel me
In everything
I want you to see me
In your every dream
The way that I taste you feel you breathe you need you
I want you to need me
'Cause baby I taste you feel you breathe you need you

I want you to need me
Like the air you breathe
I want you to feel me
In your everything
I want you to see me
In your every dream
'Cause baby I taste you feel you breathe you need you
I want you to need me
Like I need you
©Diane Warren is a genius!

"Oh Selenity, I already do." His lips brushed her own, and she felt tears coming to her eyes. This kiss was different than his other kisses, this kiss was not deep, but it was soft like air, and more meaningful to her. When he pulled back, she saw her father over his shoulder. "Come with me Selenity." It was an order, so she quickly followed him, leaving Elios to be by himself for a time. "Sit." Another order, she sat across the table from him in his office. "Selenity, Elios is bad news. He is endangering you, and your crown, and I will have none of that. Your mother may be all right with this fling of yours, but I am most displeased. The nobles are in an uproar, and I do not want a civil war on my hands, so I will make this quite simple for you; leave him, or I will find a way to make him leave you." Selenity's eyes widened and her heart stopped. "How could you?" "I have to protect this family, and by the gods, I will keep doing so after I die, so I do not care how you do it, but leave him, and leave him today." Tears came to her eyes, and she stood unsteadily. "But I love him." She whispered, and he shook his head, his face softening. "I know Selenity, I do, but it is for your own protection. You saw what happened today, and I surely do not wish for the same thing to happen, but with a different outcome." Understanding that she had achieved, but willingness was out the window. No longer could she look her father in the face, so she ran to her room and slammed the door, sobbing into her pillow.
"Of all the things I believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by

I've been searching deep down in me soul
Words that I'm hearing
I'm starting to get old
Feels like I'm starting
All over again
The last three days were just pretend
And I said

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

I get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't spend a day without you
Closing my eyes
And you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light
But it's not light out

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

And it hurts to want everything
And nothing at the same time
I don't want what's yours and I don't want what's mine
I just want you
And I'm giving away this too

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

And when the stars are out
I'll lie awake
You're my shooting star."
©Michelle Branch; dammit, they were too cute for this!