Was pretty busy and trying to get inspiration for this story. Thanks for all the reviews that have pushed me to go on with this story and I hope for more if you don't mind *wink*. Well, as I said before, Aubrey, Fala, Silver, Jessica, Jager and any other character that sounds like an AAR one is not mine. Enjoy!

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Anger filled the whole common room that Sahaid had summoned me to. He was enraged and I knew that the outcome of any argument that we had would be fatal right now. I was tired too after my little scene with Aubrey but I felt that I should let Jessica know that I was not someone to toy with. It was anger and jealousy that had made me do these things but above all, it was the bitterness of the years that we had lost together. I tried not to think on any of this as I looked at Sahaid who looked as if he was about to destroy anything in sight. Thankfully, he checked himself and looked at me, once again seeming to be the calm and cool vampire that had introduced me to darkness long ago.

"Why didn't you come when I first summoned you?" he asked me, his voice sounding as if he was trying hard not to yell. His blue eyes pierced me and for a moment, I thought he was going to hurt me, something that he had never done or tried.

I answered quickly to not anger him any more and told him the truth, which did not seem hard at first. "I went to where Silver summoned me and an argument with Aubrey held me back." I could see Sahaid tense up at the mention of Aubrey and quickly I added something else that would make him more at ease, "I can't stand him and I had to say some things to his face before I left." I could see a small smile creep into his face, a smile of satisfaction at the mention of my hatred for Aubrey. If only I really did hate him fully the way Sahaid thought I did, I thought silently.

"Well," Sahaid sighed, obviously fooled. "I am sorry that I had to summon you this way, dearest. A bit of a problem has come up here too. My brother has decided to come here while I am away on important business."

I was surprised to know that Sahaid had business outside of Ardid but then again, in order to protect Ardid, he must know of the outside mortal world. I only wondered which of his brothers would come while he was away. Would it be Zein, his horrible brother who made it a habit of watching my every move and not letting me rest or, Asper, my favorite? Sadly, Asper had only graced me with his visit once and that was long ago, when I was new to Sahaid's world. In my most sweet voice as to sound so curious, I asked him which of his brothers was coming.

"Zein has been rather busy and so Asper, my foolish brother, will come here instead. It will only be for a while but hopefully he has gotten more common sense after all these years." Sahaid walked over to me, kissed me on my forehead and then bade me to leave so that I could rest. I smiled and thought about how good he had been to me all these years. Could I have lived like this with Aubrey? I walked off out of the common room and walked down to the right of the hallway and into my room. The large, golden door opened when I touched it and it revealed my room. Golden veils were being blown by the wind while the incense of Sandalwood burned in a far corner. My large vanity mirror was at the very back of the room but well lighted since the constant moon shone on it through the large window. This had been my home for many centuries and yet, I still felt strange in it. This was covered in gold, many which were gifts from Sahaid over the years. As I walked in, hearing my long skirt rustle through the marble floor, I was greeted by two of my servants which had kept me company for many years. Ysis, with her dark auburn hair and large brown eyes and Zora, with her soft brown hair and nearly black eyes greeted me, asking me about the mortal world. I smiled at them and only told them of how I had not really gone into a mortal world at all. Still, they wanted to know everything about it but I dismissed them by saying that I would tell them the details later. I looked around my room, where more of my servants were coming in and was relieved when I found the face I was looking for.

She stood far off, watching as all the other women in the house flocked around me to ask me about the other world. She was so serene and quiet that I remembered why I liked her the most. Unlike the others. She did not wear extravagant clothes or jewelry, just in white with a red, long veil thrown across her left shoulder and tied at her the right side of her waist; her usual daily garments. Her hair curly hair was up and she only wore her eyes rimmed in black charcoal pencil, just like I did.

"Asryn." I said as I managed to pull away from the other girls around me. She smiled, understanding that I needed to talk to her. She and I walked into the small chamber in my room where we could talk safely without the other girls flocking around noisily discussing mundane things.

"You saw him didn't you?" she asked me straight away. She took her seat in one of the golden cushions, her legs tucked neatly under her. I just stood and walked around, trying to remember what had happened earlier.

"Yes, and I met Jessica too." I said. The thought that I had dared to help Jessica from the brawl with Moira and Fala surprised me. "I walk in and see that everyone is intent on watching a fight between Jessica and Fala with her companion, Moira. I know Fala and she may not be powerful but she is cunning and somehow, I just thought I needed to help Jessica. Then, Aubrey comes in and..." I break off, wondering about that moment.

Asryn only looked at me and then responded calmly. "Aisha, you know the dangers of this, don't you?" she asked me, her eyes searching for any response. I nodded and then turned away from her and faced the window so that I could look at the large moon.

"I must go back there Asryn. I must! So many things have been left undone and Silver, he needs my help. How cruel can fate be! I go there only to find out that their threat is not only but Julia. Do you remember her?" I asked her.

"Julia? Isn't she the one whom you said Aubrey had that affair with."

I had forgotten how much it hurt to remember all that again. "Yes, it is her exactly." I sighed sadly. I hadn't noticed that I was playing with the necklace that Sahaid had given me all along. It was made in the Moroccan style with emeralds embedded all over it and it was made of solid gold. I still had Sahaid and he would not leave me. He, at least, was mine.

I turned from the window and faced Asryn, trying to smile. "Well, Asryn. Let us not talk about Aubrey anymore." I said as I tried to change the subject. "Sahaid's younger brother Asper is to come here instead of Zein. It seems that Sahaid has some business to attend to that calls him urgently and Zein cannot come."

"Who is Asper?" Asryn asked laughing. I had forgotten she had never met him.

"You will love him! Unlike Zein, Asper is more lenient and he and I have managed to get along well. He is handsome too! He looks a bit like Sahaid but his hair has a bit of waves and his eyes are blue, like the ocean instead of like Sahaid cold ones."

"I only hope that Asper, can get along with us too." Asryn said worriedly. "When Zein came here, he treated us as if we were slaves. I don't mean to sound conceited but we do come from well known families."

"Asper is not this way, I assure you. I have not seen him since I first came her but, he is kind and an adventurer with an open mind."

Asryn laughed. "He sounds fascinating! Let us hope then, that we don't all fall in love with him here!" she joked around. I laughed too, happy that I would at least have Asper and not Zein to watch over me and Ardid.