I just wanted to say a quick Thank You to all of my wonderfull reviewers! Sorry this chapter is so short. In two weeks I finally get a break from school! Please bear with me until then. Now please enjoy the story!

Sonja was sad to see Lucian leave. She kissed him goodbye and told him to use the back doors in the northern corridor. Hardly any vampires used that side of the castle so early in the morning. She was now sitting in front of her vanity brushing her long hair and thinking of his dark mysterious eyes when a knock at her door startled her and caused her to drop the ivory brush. She pushed out of her chair noisily and rushed to open the door in case Lucian had forgotten something. To her great displeasure she found Kraven smiling at her.

"What do you want?" she snarled.

He looked taken back by her statement and cleared his throat to try and recover. "Why good lady I merely wish your company. You make it sound like such a crime."

Sonja scowled at him. "You have never wished my company before. Why now?'

"My dear darling Sonja you ask so many questions so unbecoming of a lady of your status." Kraven took a couple steps closer to her.

Sonja shut the door so only her glaring blue eyes were peering at him. "Well if it is so unlady like of me and you disapprove than perhaps you should leave."

She tried closing the door only to be stopped when he put his hand in the way.

"Good lady I surely meant no offense, I only wanted to speak to you in the new developments your father had decided to implement on you…but if you insist I leave I suppose I could tell him you were too busy… surely he would understand." Kraven smiled a crooked smile.

Sonja let go of the door. "What do you mean? What has my father done? If it was important he would have told me himself."

Kraven brushed his way past her and went in her room setting on her bed. "Why milady you father is worried about you."

"What are you talking about? He has no need to worry about me." Sonja proclaimed confused.

"Why it is not just your father but the whole castle is worried about your well being." He said smiling playing with a lock of his black hair.

"Stop speaking in riddles. Tell me why is everyone worried about me?"

"Why my dear you have been walking around in a sad trance for the past week! Your father has taken it upon himself to find you a proper companion. One you could tell your inner most thoughts to." He said dropping his lock of hair and smiling up at her wolfishly.

"Who would that be?" Sonja asked certain she knew the dreaded answer but, praying to any god that would listen that she was wrong.

"Me of course. Now why don't you tell me what has been troubling you." He asked leaning forward eagerly.

Sonja was at a loss of what to say. Her father expected her to tell this man her troubles when she couldn't even tell him?

"I see you are at a loss of words. Perhaps you shall tell me at breakfast than."

Sonja stared at him a ghast. "I'm not eating with you!"

"Yes you are dear until everyone at the castle sees that you are healthy again and in the right mind."

"I am perfectly fine there is nothing wrong with me!" Sonja cried.

"Oh then what was troubling you last week?" he asked amused.

Sonja couldn't think of anything to say to him. She couldn't tell him about Lucian. If she did Lucian would surely be killed. She stood there racking her brain for any answer but couldn't find one on the spot.

"Well that settles that. I shall see you at dinner in a quarter after this hour. Don't keep me waiting." He made his way over to the door and left.

Sonja slowly sank to her knees holding her head in her hands. This was more horrible than even her nightmares. She could only hope that Kraven would get tiered of her and leave.

The night stars were shining beautifully and bright as they did every night. However to Sonja they just looked like small specks in the sky continuing to go on forever and ever. She didn't normally think of them that way. She supposed the stars still looked brilliant it just all depended on the company you shared them with. She glanced over to where Kraven was sitting and frowned. Yes it definitely had to do with the company one had. She was sure if Lucian was sitting by her they would sparkle like diamonds but, she was not with Lucian. In fact she hadn't seen him all day she was slightly glad and hurt at the same time for that. On the one hand at least he wouldn't get caught by Kraven but a small part of her felt slightly betrayed that just after last night when they had kissed he hadn't even come to see her.

She forcefully told that voice to shut up and tried to look like she was reading the book in her lap while devising a plan to get rid of Kraven.

Kraven had turned to be the biggest pain she ever encountered in all her years. He kept to her father's words exactly following her to all her meals and pestering her where ever she went like a lost puppy. She tried numerous amounts of times to get rid of him and millions of excuses all of which had failed. She tried her hardest to come up with a good excuse as to why she was depressed last week. She came up with the excuse that she was upset at Sophia for taking her dear dead mother's beloved necklace without asking. Kraven seemed to buy it but still stuck to her side like glue all day. The other problem Sonja now had was to find Sophia and ask her to play along with her before Kraven found out.

Sonja closed the book with a huff and put it in back in the shelf. Kraven twitched and sat up fully in his chair and asked rather bored "Where are we going now?"

"We aren't going anywhere. I'm going to my room to write."

Kraven frowned at her response but didn't protest it was improper for a young vampire to follow a lady into her room not like he hadn't done it before but, everyone knew in the castle that he hated reading and writing anything longer than two paragraphs.

"Fine. I'll just be in my room if you need me."

Sonja smiled as he got up and was walking out of the room. Finally she could be alone.

Kraven paused at the door frame and called over his shoulder "See you at breakfast tomorrow then." He then vanished out the door way.

Sonja felt her foul mood return at the mention she would have to spend another day with that creature of a man. She sighed and laid her head back against the chair closing her eyes pretending none of this had happened.