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Chapter 30

The bright morning sun was rising slowly above the sparkling blue lake before the Fountain Palace on Hapes. It's steady glow cast light all across the water and the gardens surrounding it, giving the morning a spectacularly eerie feeling.

Strolling along hand in hand, Jacen and Tenel Ka watched the sunrise in silence. It had been two months since Tenel Ka had come out of her coma, and she was finally fully healthy again.

Jacen ran his hands slowly through her long auburn tresses before pulling Tenel Ka to a stop beside him and pressing his lips gently to hers. The feel of her full lips against his was intoxicating. She had been sick for so long that Jacen had almost forgot what it was like to hold her against him and trail his mouth of her neck.

Placing her hand against his chest, Tenel Ka reluctantly pulled away from her husband's kiss. "Jacen," she said, her voice coming out low and husky.

Not willing to let her go, Jacen stole one last quick kiss before pulling away. "Yes, my love?"

A small smile grew on Tenel Ka's face as she bushed her palm across his cheek. "Jacen, I love you more than you could ever know."

"I'm glad, because I will never let you go." His smile disappeared for a moment before he continued, "When I thought I was loosing you…I don't know what happened."

A spark of pain filled Tenel Ka's mind. She felt cold and swarmed in anger and hatred. But these were not her emotions; they were Jacen's. Speaking softly, she said, "I felt your darkness."

Taking a step back, Jacen looked into his wife's gray eyes. "What?"

Tenel Ka continued walking a few more paces before she settled down on an antique stone bench overlooking the lake. "Your anger. I felt it." She patted the seat beside her, but Jacen didn't move.

"I didn't mean to give into it. I was just so angry…I killed them. They were defenseless and I murdered them in cold blood. "

"I know Jacen. You did not need to try and hide it from me though."

As he walked towards Tenel Ka, Jacen said, "I didn't want to disappoint you. When I thought you were dying…"

"You can never disappoint me, Love. You gave into your anger, yes, but you also came back from it. You saved me."

Kneeling before her, Jacen questioned, "What do you mean?"

"I felt you turn away from the Dark. That gave me the confidence and the strength to fight my way back to you."

A smile slowly grew across Jacen's face. He leaned forward and captured his wife's lips once more in a loving kiss.

It was nearly dawn and Jagged Fel was still lying in bed awake. He had spent the entire time tossing and turning, but never managed to actually get to sleep. Unfortunately he had had several nights like this in the past few months. Ever since Jaina left.

Reaching over to the other side of the bed, Jag softly caressed his wife's pillow. He didn't know how long it had been since he had seen or spoken to Jaina, but he did know he missed her.

She was the love of his life; he had given every thing for her and she had betrayed him. And as much as he missed her and wanted her back, Jag still couldn't get passed the fact that his wife was pregnant and hadn't bothered to tell him yet. Plus there was that little detail about the baby possibly not being his…

Climbing out of bed, Jag quickly showered and dressed. Today was the day. It had been three months and he was finally ready to go talk to Jaina.

It was barely dawn but that didn't matter to Leia, who was currently seated on her living room couch sipping a cup of fresh jawa juice. Over these past few weeks of her pregnancy, Leia had hardly slept at all. Her life was too complicated for sleep.

Everything that had happened over the last couple of days was like one big confusing blur. First she met her long lost family, and then she received some rather disturbing news from her only daughter.

It turned out that Jaina's perfect marriage wasn't so perfect anymore. Leia could hardly believe what her daughter was saying when she told her of everything with Kyp and Jag. That didn't sound like her baby girl. Her Jaina could never cheat on the man she loved. But it was her Jaina, and Leia had to accept that. Everyone makes mistakes.

Leia had just risen from her seat to place her empty cup in the hydrocleaner when she heard a rather loud and desperate knock on her front door. Although she didn't sense any danger, Leia retrieved her lightsaber from the small weapons closet before she went to answer the door.

Pressing her palm to the release panel, Leia was shocked by who she saw on the other side. Jagged Fel was standing in her doorway dressed only in an old pair of sleep pants and t-shirt during the wee hours of the morning. Lowering her weapon's hilt to her side, Leia questioned suspiciously, "What are you doing here Jag?"

For the first time that morning, Jag realized how ridiculous he must look. After his shower he had thrown on an old pair of sleep clothes in his rush to go see Jaina. He missed her so much that he didn't even think about the fact that he would have to see her family as well. "Oh, hello Mrs. Solo. I'm so sorry to wake you so early."

"It's okay. I was already awake. One of the many joys of pregnancy."

While Leia and Jag had been talking, Jaina had come out of the guest bedroom unnoticed. The knock on the door had woken her up a few minutes before, and when she reached out with her danger sensed, Jaina had realized that it was Jag standing out in the hallway. "Mom. Jagged. May I ask why you two are having such a fascinating conversation this early in the morning?"

Jaina's sudden entrance took both Leia and Jag by surprise. While her mother turned to look at her, her husband quickly dropped his gaze, refusing to meet her eyes. She took a few steps forward until she was standing between the two. "Can I help you, Mr. Fel?"

Snapping his green eyes up to meet her brown ones, Jag snarled, "Why are you treating me this way, Jaina? I'm not the one who had an affair and became pregnant with another man's baby and then never bothered to tell her husband!"

"Maybe I didn't tell you because you kicked me out! Did that thought ever occur to you, Husband?"

Glancing over his wife's shoulder, Jag meet Leia's sympathetic gaze. "Maybe we should take this outside, Jaina."

Not bothering to respond, she grabbed his wrist and pulled him back out the front door. After hearing the solid click that meant it was closed, Jaina spoke again. "Why are you here, Jag?"

"I'm not sure."

They stood in an uncomfortable silence for several moments before Jaina said, "I've missed you, Jag."

Now it was his turn to have a smug grin on his face. "Oh really. Are you sure you just don't miss having a man in your bed every night? But wait a minute, I wasn't good enough for you was I?"

Getting angry again, Jaina yelled, "Did you just come here to insult me?"

"No. I came here to see you. You may very well be carrying my child inside of you and I haven't even gotten the chance to see it."

"Well, there's not much to see yet."

"You know what I meant."

"I did." Jaina dropped his gaze again. "You know that…it may not be yours, right."

"I know," he said stiffly. "Does he?"

"Yes."

"So you told him before me?"

"I kind of ran into him." Literally, she thought to herself, but intelligently left out.

"And what did he say? What are you going to do?"

"I don't know what I'm going to do yet, Jag!" she cried. "I feel so lost." A few tears slipped down her cheek, but she continued, "I know what I did was wrong, but do you think that maybe you could someday find it in your heart to forgive me?"

Jag turned to face the opposite wall, keeping a cold look on his face. "I haven't forgiven you Jaina for what you did. A part of me never wants to see you again. You're dead to me. You tore my heart to pieces that day. I can try to forgive you eventually, but I don't think I'll ever forget." As soon as the words left his mouth, he walked away without looking back.

Sorry this took so long to get up. I'll try to update sooner with the next one. Please review!