Kel woke up with a smile on her face. After dinner with Dom, she was sure he returned her feelings.

"Good morning, Neal," she sang as she sat down next to her best friend at breakfast.

"Someone's cheerful this morning," he commented dryly.

"I slept well. Do you want to practice after breakfast?"

"Want to? No, need to? Yes." They stood and returned their bowls. Kel left to retreive her practice sword from her room. Taking a shortcut through the garden, she headed toward the courts to find Neal. She head a giggle from an alcove. Those courtiers are everywhere, she thought.

"Oh, Dom..." What? she snapped. Walking toward the voices, Kel saw Dom--her Dom-- kissing a tiny blonde. She dropped her sword, making it clatter on the stone path underneath. They couple sitting on the bench looked up sharply.

"Kel--" Dom raised a hand to stop her, but Kel had run away, leaving the practice weapon on the ground. He stood up to go after her, but thought better of it. She would need time to cool down. He felt a hand tug at him and he looked down into emerald eyes.

"Dom," she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Go away, Ann, please." The girl tried to capture his eyes, but failed. When she didn't leave, he did, picking up the dropped weapon.

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"Kel, are you in there?"

"Go away!"

"Kel, it's Neal. Why didn't you come down to the courts? I thought we were going to practice." The door was opened and he found himself staring at red-rimmed eyes and tear-stained cheeks. "Kel, what happened?"

"I don't want to talk about it." Kel avoided his gaze. She shut the door and leaned against it. Neal could hear her sobs through the wood.

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"Kel, it's Yuki. Please talk to me." Kel opened the door and stared at her friend.

"Neal told you," she accused

"About what? You didn't tell him anything. He's worried about you."

"I can't," Kel said softly.

"Kel, what--who--hurt you?"

"I--I don't want to talk about it." Yuki sighed in exasperation.

"Kel, we are no longer among the Yamanis. You can tell me what's wrong."

"Dom."

"What?"

"Dom hurt me. Not physically! He tore my heart out." Yuki made an encouraging noise as Kel continued, "I have--had feelings for him and I thought he returned them. He sure acted as if he did. I took a shortcut thought the gardens on the way to practice with Neal and I found him--" Kel choked back tears, "kissing some court beauty." Yuki wrapped comforting arms around Kel.

"I'm so sorry."

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Kel walked through the halls of the palace, making her way to dinner.

"You bitch!" Kel looked to see who would say such a thing. The girl Kel caught kissing Dom was standing behind her, hands on hips. He eyes blazed. "Whore, you took Dom away from me. Theif!" Kel turned to leave, not wanting to listen to the girl's words anymore. "Don't turn your back on me!" A prim hand grabbed Kel's shoulder, spinning her around. The girls fist connected soldily with Kel's nose, bloodying it and bringing a sharp pressure behind her eyes. Kel grabbed the girls wrist and pulled her over her waist. Kel pushed her to the ground, placing her knee in the small of the blonde's back.

"Kel!" Both Dom and Neal rounded the corner. Dom ran to pull Kel off her attacker, allowing Neal to see to her nose. Dom held the woman's arms behind her, marching her to see the king after hearing what happened from Kel. Neal stopped Kel's nose from bleeding and gently felt it.

"My darling Keladry, that frail girl has broken your nose." Kel heard amusement in his voice.

"Just fix it," she hissed. Her head was beginning to throb. Neal did just that and led her to her rooms for rest.

AN: stupid Dom...anyways, please review!