Kel fell asleep, tired after two healings. She heard a soft knocking in her sleep, and was woken by the bright light of the early morning flooding into the Chamber from the hall. The hall outside was quiet. When Kel had fallen asleep, it had been filled with the noise of fighting and running.

Dom appeared through the light, accompanied by his squad. More men flooded in after them.

Dom went quickly to Kel, leaving his men and the others to tend to the royal family. Kel smiled weakly at him. "Morning." She said sleepily.

He hugged her tightly. "I can finally know you're safe. Now maybe at least one of us can sleep at night."

Kel hugged him back. "I was never in danger." She said weakly.

"Kel, you are the most injured person here." Dom said with a smile. "Come on, lets get you home so you can sleep."

"I did sleep."

He nodded. "I noticed. You were slumped against a wall for an three hours while I was gone. It was very effective." He pulled her up and she put her arm around his shoulder. He took her by the waist and lifted her weight, and together, they limped out of the room.

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It was dusk when Kel woke again. A fire was burning in the hearth, and a candle sat on the table beside her. Dom was awake, reading in the bed beside her.

"Well, good morning," he said brightly. "Sleep well?"

Kel smiled. "Very well, thank you." She said, leaning on his shoulder. "Where did you go?"

He sighed, wrapping his arm around her and pulling her close to him. "I went to get my squad. I knew there were more men coming, that much was obvious. All that planning wouldn't go into twelve men. So I found Raoul, and together we rallied the rest of the knights in the palace. Lady Alanna was there, as well as Numair. He did the most damage, capturing many men without killing them. There were too many of us, and we beat them easily. With Numair's magic, we captured many and killed few, and it was said today that those left alive will be in prison until they stand trial in the next few months."

Kel nodded, stifling a yawn. "They won't be able to do much damage after that."

Dom nodded. "We found their leader." Kel found herself instantly wide awake.

"Who?" She asked.

"A man by the name of Vinson. They say he was a page, but he failed his Ordeal. He must have blamed the king for it."

Kel was shocked. She hadn't heard of Vinson since his Ordeal. She still remembered what happened, the bruises and cuts that magically appeared on his body… "I knew him," she said quietly. "He was one of the boys a year ahead of me who bullied boys. Vinson seemed to have a hobby of raping young girls. The Ordeal made him relive every blow he ever caused to a girl. We never heard anything of him after his Ordeal, he just disappeared." She shivered. "I always assumed he was dead."

Dom held her closer. "He was in the mines for rape, I believe, but he survived his sentence, and must have decided he wasn't too happy with the king after that."

Kel sat up. "I should go see the king." She said with a sigh. "Is he in his chambers?"

Dom frowned. "Don't you need to sleep?"

Kel grinned. "I'm a little stiff, that's all. It's not like I actually did anything."

Dom chuckled. "Only you could say that after being thrown against a wall by some very powerful magic. Come on, then, I'll come with you."

He stood up and walked over to her wardrobe. "What do you want?"

She thought about it. "Breeches and a nice tunic, please. Who knows what is still to come today."

The king was in his chambers. There were three guards outside, in case anything new happened, and the king and his family were recovering inside.

"Kel!" The queen rose and hugged her. "I wanted to thank you for your help. I felt so useless in there, knowing I couldn't do anything to help, because it was me they were after, and my children – thank you."

Kel smiled. "I was only to happy to help." She said. "I won't deny that I was a little sore when I woke up, though."

Jon blushed slightly. "Sorry about that, Keladry. If it makes you feel any better, you will certainly be earning a purse for the duty you have done for this country and my family." He walked to the door. "Come. We have a lot to do. I didn't want to start any talks without you. I will have a meeting called."

Over three hours later, the meeting ended. Kel was glad of it. She had been falling asleep in her chair and did not like the idea of snoring in front of all those important people. The king had finally noticed that the room was getting quiet. It was almost midnight.

Kel and Dom stumbled back to their room and both fell asleep instantly.

Kel woke the next morning strangely comfortable. She didn't have anything to worry about, for the first time in quite a while. She merely rolled over and lay against Dom until she fell back asleep.

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Sorry it's so short, but I didn't really have anything else to add to it at the present moment. I need more storylines… grr…

Caremel: I can certainly try. While the story is definitely winding down, there is always a chance that I have something tucked away at the back of my brain that I don't know about.

Wake-Robin: thanks! And it did go a little fast. I always seem to do that…

Horsiegurl: that's for you to decide.

Lady of Masbolle: sigh I have to take calculus this year. Please, mourn for me NOW.

Dom's Angel: well, Dom didn't really have much of a personality in the books, but I think that after 110, 650 words over two stories, I am allowed to develop a character in my own way. It's artistic license: we can all develop characters how ever we darn well choose, but they will still be the original character in some way.

BlackRosesofHell: wow, your name is incredibly emo. I love it! if you changed 'hell' to 'sadness,' it would be perfect. Anyway, I'm really glad you liked it.

Eternal Dragon101: yay, I always love to find new readers! Please read my other ones, too!

Dancer4eva: thank you! I love compliments like that…

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