A/N: Here we go! Next chapter! Oh, so sorry for the delay, I was away. Oh, and sorry for the rhymes. I didn't mean to.

SHOUTOUTS!

Queen Tigeress: Yes, I know. Evil me... but that's all part of the plan, my dear.

Thayet1231: Special? What's so special about this? How is it different? Well, thanks.

tortallanrider: HHAHAHAHAH! Oh, yes. That is what she gets and what she deserves, I guess. She's just a foolish little girl.

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There was a knock at Kaden's door one morning, one week before the Spring Equinox. She had gotten up, washed and dressed and she was glad she had. The King met her in the doorway.

"Good Morning, Kaden. I see you have dressed already." Jonathan said in his most casual voice. It was the voice he used for everyone, and the one he used for Kaden when they weren't alone. She wished they could be normal around each other.

"Morning, Your Majesty." She said formally.

"May I come in?" He asked politely. 'He's a great actor.' Kaden thought.

"Yes, you may." She smiled. He walked in slowly. "What is it, da?" She asked when they were alone.

"I need to ask you a favour," He said as he touched her shoulder. "How do you feel about being one of my personal spies? I know you don't have anything else to do, so I thought you'd jump at the opportunity to be occupied." She smiled and laughed a little.

"Yes, you're right! I would love to!" She hugged her father and he squeezed her protectively. "So, what do I do?"

"Well, I have a job for you to do already. I'd like you to check out one of the Shangs. He seems quite intent on somehow coming to see the Dominion Jewel, and I'm afraid he's thinking about stealing it."

"Who is he?" She asked slightly hesitantly.

"Eadulf Reduald." Kaden felt her heart stop.

"What did you just say...?"

"Eadulf Reduald, the Shang Wolf," He looked at his daughter. "Are you okay, Kaden?"

"You... you want me to... to what? Spy on him?" She started to raise her voice a little, which started to scare her. She hadn't ever had a fight with her real parents and never knew it would happen.

"Yes, why? Kaden, are you sure you're alright?"

"No, no I'm not. I can't. I won't. No, da, I'm sorry. I can't spy on him. Not him." She started to stutter, thinking about the reality of what her father said. Her da, the King, possibly the most trustworthy man in the palace had just asked her to spy on Eadulf, that he thought that the man she loved was a theif? A rascal, a lier, an enemy? No, it couldn't be. She rubbed her head instinctively. It was too much for her to stand.

"You're not okay, Kaden. What's happened?"

"Nothing happened, da. My head hurts, that's all."

"It's more than that. Let me see." That was too much. She broke.

"No, da. I'm fine! Just leave me alone! I'm not going to spy on the man I love, that is totally out of the question! He's not a theif or an enemy, he is an innocent man and I love him!" She could feel her breath increase as she heaved and her eyes felt like they grew and shrank.

"Calm down, don't yell. Has something happened?" He sounded like he was trying to keep himself from blowing up. It was scaring her, underneath her insanity.

"Yes, actually, something has happened. You technically asked me to spy on the man I love. Basically you told me you thought he was an enemy. That he was up to something. Do you expect me to spy on him? Do you?" She was forgetting that she was talking to the King.

"Hey, I had no idea, Kaden. All I knew was that I had suspicions." He started to yell at her, and then backed away. "I mean, it's fine. I was just asking," He cleared his throat. "I'll leave now."

"Yes, please do." She said, calming down enough to actually say words that meant something. Then, she realized what she had said to her father. It was a little harsh. "Too late now." She said to herself and sat down on the bed, feeling tears brush her cheek.

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After taking a walk and visiting a sick Ambrose, Kaden came back to her rooms to find a bouquet of yellow roses by her doorway. It struck her as strange. Why would Eadulf put the flowers outside? He had his own key.

She picked up the strange flowers, looking for a sign of who they were from, and found nothing. Nothing at all. Just a bouquet of yellow roses.

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Eadulf had sneaked up behind her in the evening while she was talking to one of the fellow servants and scared her. She was about to get mad at whoever it was, but when she saw his face, she melted. He swept her up in a hello kiss.

"Eadulf, it's a relief you're here, I wanted to talk to you about something." She said as he led her to his rooms. The room was dark and he lit a candle. "I mean, I haven't seen you all day."

"I know you haven't, sweet. Now come over here." She obediently came and sat down next to him.

"Where have you been all day?"

"I was busy with my business things in the city, darling." He swept her up in another daring kiss and they went deeper and deeper. When he pulled away, she moved in to kiss him again, and he dodged it.

"What is it?" She asked, smoothing out her skirts and her tousled hair.

"You wanted to tell me something?" He kissed her hand and up her arm.

"Mmm, that can wait," She said as she was pulled in for another tight kiss.

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