Well here it is the next chapter, I hope you like it, I'm trying to make the chapters all over five pages long. Well let me know what you think I'll try to get the next one out just as fast. )

Kaleena sighed then muttered to herself, "I got to get out of this line of work."

"Did you say something?" Luke asked.

Kaleena laughed, "I didn't say anything, so why don't one of you tell me what this is all about. And the whole story, I'm tired of hearing half, I hate having to put the whole story together from bits and pieces. And don't think I wont call any of you on holding out on me, I'm not in the mood for it."

Luke looked at George then said, "You tell her, I'm not about to start pissing her off again."

George looked at both of them in turn before speaking, "Alright then, I suppose I should tell the whole thing as I haven't even told Luke the whole thing yet."

Kaleena couldn't help herself she just blurted out, "It's the Scanran isn't it? he seemed real intent on making trouble for other people. And let me guess this rumors been going around saying that I've dealt with him and your think of working that to your advantage. Well that wont really work you could almost say that I've managed to tick him off more than anyone else," she gave a laugh then added. "That is if he knew everything I did to get rid of him."

Luke raised his eye brows and George just laughed as if she had just bet him to the punch. "Actually believe it or not I had heard all of that, when you go through as many people as you did to get him away from you, you can't really keep that a secret for long form my people. Although I'll give you this people are very good at keeping one secret about you and that's who you really are."

That caused both Luke and Kaleena to bust out laughing when Luke had calmed down he said, "You can't but her face to a name in your head can you," He turned to Kaleena and said, "I know understand how you do it, people just can't put it together."

"No it's the fact that I hold myself differently, I'm more like two different people and I employ different technics in both, even though they're more or less the same job."

Luke turned to George and said, "She's the only daughter of Marcus Cadder the merchant."

George looked at her closely as he did she changed her posture taking a less watchful and less aggressive position and putting a sweet smile on her face then he saw it. "That really is amazing, I know your families shop and I've seen you several times but I'd never have put it together."

"I wouldn't be doing this job if you could, I've spent to much time into that shop to throw it away just to make more money on the side. It's kind of funny really, I mean I'm know for my pretty face you'd think that people would put it together."

"But that's just it," said Luke, "Doll Face is known for her face not Kaleena, you know I never noticed it before but when your not being Doll Face you kind of hide your face. Doll Face is all about the face and Kaleena's more about the figure." After he said that Kaleena changed her posture to Doll face again slightly insecure.

George then interrupted the two of them saying, "As I was trying to say it is about the Scanran, his name is Mallard Gerth and he wishes that the war with Scanra hadn't ended. He'll do almost anything to start it up again and if he can't then he'll settle with making life miserable for the royal family and anyone and everyone around them."

"That I'll believe, have either you meet him personally?" Kaleena asked. When both shook their heads no she said, "You have no idea how much trouble this guy is, he's very intense in a bad way, overpoweringly so. I've dealt with a lot of people and never have I felt so intimidated about someone as this guy. If this is really about I don't know that I want to help you with this."

Her reaction left Luke slightly worried he knew that Kaleena had dealt with some of the worst in since she had been doing her job and he had never heard of her acting as she was right now. It was kind of fear striking in his mind knowing that their must be some big reason for her acting this way, with out even a moments hesitation he asked George to step outside for a few minutes so he could talk to Kaleena. When George had left the room he asked, "What is it about him that you fear so much?"

Kaleena looked at him with scared eyes saying, "It's not what he wanted or even what he said, it's more like what he didn't say."

"Which was what?"

"Anything nice."

"Why would that strike fear into your heart?"

"You don't get it, even the worst scum says something nice, even if it's only a slip or to get you to believe something else, but he never did. His heart's cold and he'll do anything to get what he wants and I mean anything. There's a point where people set boundaries for themselves that they wont ever cross his guy doesn't have those or if he ever did he crossed them a long time ago. Do you have any clue what it's like to look into the face of a person like that, it's like looking into the face of pure evil." She took a deep breath slightly shaking with a deep fear that she could never really name, it all but broke Luke's heart to see her like this. "But I guess that means that I should do it."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because if I take it like this than I really can't not help, it the kind of thing that would cripple most people with fear. And there aren't that many who can really handle being around him for any length of time, I can but I can't really say anything about the state of mind I'll be in after wards."

Luke looked hard at Kaleena trying to figure out just what she was really thinking after a moment he said, "If your really sure that you what to help, other wise I don't want you doing it, no I wont let you do it."

"I don't but I do, in the end it comes down to the fact that I know no one will really work if I think I know what your up to. "

"What do you mean?"

"There are not that many people in the world that could handle having anything to do with the guy, and I'm sure that when we let George back in that's what he's going to ask. As long as I know what I have to deal with I can get myself ready for it no one will ever know what's really going through my head."

"If that's what you say but."

Kaleena cut him off, "Don't go thinking that you can protect me for him, and as it stands I still have the risk of having to deal with him. And if you have to deal with him your going to need all your strength just to deal with him yourself. He's has this vibe that surrounds him it's hard for people to deal with, Liadan only meet him once and she didn't know that I was dealing with him. After she meet him she locked herself in her office and wouldn't come out for three days, even the girls stopped working because of the vibe and they didn't even meet him."

"Your not serious, Liadan deals with some of the worst sometimes she doesn't."

Kaleena cut him off again, "Oh so your say that you think that I'm more likely to over react about someone than Liadan. I can held as much if not more than most I'll have you know. Look I've decided now I'm going to do it."

Luke was a little taken back by what she was saying, but she had made good point, and if what she said about Liadan was true then she was stronger than he had thought she was. "Fine, you win."

"Alright than let him back in and we can get this over with, I'm tired and I need to get some sleep in tonight some time or I'll be bitting everyone's head off."

Luke walked over to the door letting George back in, "Sorry about that just need to talk something over so what is it that you want us to do?"

George sighed knowing that sometimes it was better not to ask questions even if it was he's job to know all about everything going on every where so he just jumped into what he wanted form them saying. "What we were wondering was if you would actually work with Mallard Gerth."

That was what Kaleena had expected him to ask but she wondered if it was a good idea for her to leave out one important fact that she hadn't told a soul about this Mallard guy. And that was that for some reason she was slightly seduced by him, but she was stronger than that and she knew better than to give in. But still to have to deal with a man that struck fear in the hearts of those who knew him and to run the risk of being seduced by him she was going to have to be on her guard not only for her own sake but also for Luke's sake. She knew that Mallard was interested in her and that it would be big trouble for Luke if she didn't handle it just right. Now things had taken a turn that when Luke had just come to her and asked to help him she would have never imagined, now she had to convince her family, protect their image, help the kingdom survive a mad man, and protect Luke and herself from him and the funny thing was that she was the one holding out on everyone with information.

"Why do you want to help him?"

"We don't but we need to know what he's up to and have some method of controlling the situation."

Kaleena gave a short snort then said, "I don't know how much control you can really have, but I will give you this, you'll probable have all the control your going to be able to get. Your best bet is to get rid of him as fast as you can."

"We'd like to but it's not that easy, he's very careful about everything going on around him."

"Not as much as you'd think, he just scares people away really easily. I think that people just find him extremely intimidating."

"Well be that as it may we don't really have the people to deal with him, so think you can handle it?"

Kaleena gave a shrug, "I'll do it, handling it that another story, but I can do what you want."

"Consider it done," said Luke.

"Great, then I'll keep in contact with you every now and then. Oh and it would be really great for you to have your um, WEDDING, just after next month. Your father is going to getting a title then, that way even more people can hear about it." George added the last part on his way out the door.

"Great just what we need," Kaleena grumbled to herself. "Well now that is over with what were we talking about?"

"I don't really remember any more," answered Luke with a sigh.

Kaleena looked at the candle on her desk it was late even for her it couldn't be more than an hour before sun up and that didn't make her happy if she went home now she wasn't getting any sleep. There wasn't even anyone else awake in the building but the two of them, "I guess I'm going to have to come up with one good excuse cause I'm sleeping in my office tonight," she said to herself then to Luke she said, "Why don't you head out of here so a girl can get some sleep. It's times like this that I'm glad I move to the top floor of a brothel and didn't take the bed out."

Luke looked at her then said, "No way I'll just sleep here also it to early and it's quitter here in the mornings."

"Well your not staying in here," she stated flatly.

"Ah, and why not? We are married after all doesn't it look weird when you make your husband always sleep some where else?" he teased.

"Oh but you are forgetting one thing we're not supposed to be married yet," She answered in almost the same tone he had used. He gave her a sad puppy dog look and she said, "fine if you really want to sleep here you can sleep on the floor." She garbed a blanket and threw it at him then climbed into her bed, she was a little confused with her own thoughts going over the day in her head mostly thinking about what Luke had said earlier.

She knew that she did really care for Luke she just really hated admitting it to herself, and with what she was going to do now she was scared for both of them. Not knowing how she was going to handle being around Mallard again or how Mallard would react to knowing she was married she had a lot to chew on when she got up in the morning.

As she was running these thoughts through her head Luke looked at her as she climbed into bed some what surprised at how easily she had given in to his staying in her office over night. After a few minutes of just staring at her he smiled blowing out the candles in the room and laid himself out on the floor thinking, maybe she really does feel something for me after all.

The day had started long ago by the time that Kaleena opened her eyes she didn't move she just stared at the ceiling she wasn't really thinking about anything the only thought in her head was this is not my room. Then it hit her that's right she was in her office she was still just laying there in there bed when she heard a sort of snorty snore of someone sleeping in the room, she rolled over onto her side and looked to where the noise had come form and there laying on the floor about ten feet from her bed was Luke. He look like he was sleeping peaceful the only really problem was that every now and then he'd give a soft sort of snore.

Kaleena shook her head lightly as she stretched her muscles she wondered what Liadan would think if she knew that Luke had stayed in her office with her that night. She slowly sat up in her bed wondering if she should wake Luke or let him get some sleep knowing that he likely wasn't going to get much soon. She decided that it was easiest to just let him sleep so she climbed out of bed and looked down at her clothes aside for being wrinkled here and there they didn't look to bad, she was sure that her hair was a mess but it didn't really bother her. She knew that she would have to wait for Luke to get up so that when they left she could get her office all lock up, but that was fine she needed a good excuse to give her family for why she was gone when they got up.

She walked over to her desk carefully so as not to wake Luke up, she looked down at the paper on top of all the others and was suddenly very glad that everyone had been to busy to be nosy last night. The paper that sat there was one that if you glanced at it there wasn't anything special but if you really read it then there might be a problem. She read it over one more time:

I know your not going to like this one "Doll Face" and I hate

to be the one to tell you this, but it looks like you've got big

problems with this one. Not only can I not find a soul that's

very heard of it but this guy is trouble and that now makes

two big trouble makers in your path. The only thing that I

really know is that their's no way that I or anyone else is

going to find it. Please drop this one he may not seem it but

I'm getting the feeling that he might have something to do

with the other guy and if that is the case, well you know.

With all that said I did find The Spell, for the Short Man

and your really going to love this one it wasn't any where

you would expect. It was in that public library in the

City of the Gods, I've sent it with this letter as I'm sure

you've already seen. I'm also getting the Seer Stone, I

shouldn't have to much trouble with that one but it's

going to take longer then expected, figured you like the

warning on that one as I know how it can be.

I really didn't want to put this in here but the Scanran is

asking around here about you and I think he's trying to

get people here. I just wanted to say that to you, and

before I send this off I just wanted to ask you one question

for you to rap your head around. Do you realize that you

almost have a better network than the than any other

country? Just rap your head around that one.

With that the letter ended maybe it wasn't that bad but she knew that if Luke or maybe even George had seen it they might start asking questions. Taking the letter over to the fire she threw it in as she stirred the coals and started it back up putting a log on it. She walked back over to her desk and sat down looking at some of the other papers on her desk she was sorting them and putting them away when Luke finely woke up. "Oh so you finely woke up, get yourself up and ready to go I need to head home so that I can tell them all some fantastic lie about my where about."

Luke just stared at her groggily for a good five minutes before his head clicked into any kind of working order, "So yeah, I'll get going, should I come by tonight or do you thinks they need a little time before I come by again?"

Kaleena laughed softly before she said, "Yeah go ahead and come over, now get your ass out of here so I can get my room locked up."

Kaleena was staring at her father all but praying that he would buy her story not that she doubted he would, she didn't get into the business that she was in you got really good at coming up with lies. Her father didn't like what she had told him he believed it, her mother on the other hand seem excited with what she had told them. So much so that she wouldn't leave her alone for at least three hours it wasn't until Kaleena said, "Mom do you think that you could back off? I know your happy that I'm know engaged but really your acting like I don't even need air. I have things to do today to you know, please back off a little all right."

"Sweety, I'm not smothering you, if that what you thinking but I'm just trying."

Kaleena cut her off, "Mom, shut up, I'm going out right now and your going to leave me alone alright," she said it so forcefully that her mother was shocked and couldn't help but do as she said. "Luke's coming over for dinner again so save you energy for that all right." With that said she walked out of her families home and headed toward their shop so what faster than she would have normally would have.

When she got into the shop she saw her brother Thomas helping a customer who was trying to get something way to cheap, after a few minutes of listening to all of this she jumped in. "Martha don't you dare try that, your going to pay what it's worth and nothing less we have to make money too you know."

Martha frowned, "That's not fair I hate it when you're here go away already Thomas was doing fine on his own."

"Weather or not you hate it isn't my problem you still come here all the time so get over it."

"Fine," she said throwing the coins on the counter and walking out.

"That's not very nice Kaleena."

"Your just to kind hearted for you own good, you'll never make any money in this business if you don't change your ways. Luke's coming over again tonight so, whatever. Look I need you and Jeremy to keep her off my back, ever since I told her that we're engaged she wont leave me alone."

"Alright I'll see what I can do, are you going to hang around here?"

"No but if I hear that because of you that we're losing money I will come back and you wouldn't like that now would you?" With that she smiled and walked out the shop, then she frowned what was she going to do now she didn't really have anything to do. That wasn't something that she was used to, she always had something to do and to not have something to do.

So she just walked around the different shops which was something she hadn't done in quite a while, browsing around places was kind of fun. Not that she would ever buy any of it. She unlike most had no problem with taking stolen things, most the things she owned had at one time belonged to someone else who had no intention of giving them up. She knew that she was going to have to stop some time but she didn't care about it right now, right now she really needed to work on making everyone believe she and Luke were really getting married. Which was a little bit funny when you think about it they were already married, but no one knew it and now she had to get people to think that they were going to get married after spending so much time making people think that she wasn't. Well maybe it was just not telling them that she was but she didn't care.

As she walked around she ran into Jordan, who didn't seem like he was happy to see her, "What did you do to Luke last night?" He asked angrily giving her a slight push.

"Jordan, back off, I didn't do anything to him."

"Right, and he wasn't up set last night after you left."

"Jordan, it's none of your business what goes on between the two of us. Just because your in love with him."

Before she could even finish he landed a punch on the side of her face, she had expected him to but not quit so fast as she reeled back from the punch she crouched down and looked at him he wasn't just going to settle for just the sucker punch he wanted to fight her. She decided that she was going to have to end this fast before they started attracting any more attention so she went in as fast as she could so as to catch him of guard and landed one on the side of his jaw dropping him out cold. She quickly turned around and headed away before someone recognized her and headed toward Liadan's so she could deal with her eye before she headed back home.

Liadan looked shocked to see her face when she showed up immediately showing her to the back in kitchen to help her take care of her face. "What happened?"

"Jordan."

"Luke's not going to like this."

"I realize that, I already have enough to deal with now I have to deal with this too."

"Sorry, let me know if there's anything I can do to help."

"Will do, trust me on that one I will."