A/N-If its a little OOC, blame sleep deprivation. Or me. I prefer the former. Anyways, here's chappie 20!

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And you're probably wondering about the next chapter, so here it is: (again!)

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Eight hours and two terrible tasting drinks later, Daine was sober enough to be interrogated. She sat on the bed, Kaddar on the chair.

"So," he began, "Why are you in Carthak?"

She struggled for a suitable lie.

"To…pick up a souvenir."

He rolled his eyes. "You are the absolute worst liar I have ever met."

She sighed. "If you really want to know, I'm here because some of the sailors were getting rowdy in nearby bars, and I was sent along to watch over them."

"Gods, you should take lying lessons. Your left eyebrow goes up when you lie. You said, under the influence of alcohol, that you were looking for Kalasin. Is that the truth?"

"No…"

"So you were looking for Kalasin. So am I."

She jumped up.

"What! I am not looking for Kalasin!"

"Eyebrow," he replied coolly.

Daine was seriously considering burning off her eyebrow. Her orders were to tell no one of the Kalasin problem.

"You've been sent," he continued, "to find Kalasin. I have no idea of how you know she is missing, but we need to work together." He stood up. "I know who took her. The bastard's name is Lukiem, my royal advisor."

Her right eyebrow went up. "So I take it you don't like this Lukiem person."

"That's an understatement. I mean, I hardly knew her! And when I did talk to her, it went over horribly! I'm years older than her! But I have to find her."

"Why," said Daine, hoping to get him to say the magic three words.

"I don't know."

"Yes you do."

"Shut up! I don't know!"

Daine hadn't expected that, until:

"I do know! But I don't want to admit it!" He slammed his fist against the chair. "I'll let you know that I would never tell anyone else this. But do you, really, really want to know! Here it is: I love her! Dang it, Daine, I love her. I barely know her, but I love her! Why? I don't know. I really, really don't know. But I do. I love her. I met her for five minutes, but I'm already in love with her, and if I knew why, I'd tell you. Are you happy now?"

"Surprisingly so."

They both said nothing. Then Daine's soft whisper said:

"Next question."

He smiled.

"Why do you know about her?"

"Secret message."

"Well, I'm impressed," he commented. "So, what are we going to do?"

"I don't know, I was hoping you knew."

He scratched his head.

"Well, I have to get you into the palace, but we also can't let the public find out about Kalasin. If they did, who knows what would happen."

And then he looked at Daine in a peculiar way.

"You know, Kalasin is tall for her age, and she hasn't been out in public."

"What are you suggesting?"

"How would you like to become a temporary princess?"

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Kalasin sat in her rooms, bored. There was nothing to do, so she sang softly to herself. Once her voice was horse, she went over various plays in her head. When the plays were over, she decided to think over ways to get out of here. She could attack Kaddar when he came and gave her food, but he was much stronger than herself. If she somehow managed to get past him, she would have to find a way out of here.

She could dig herself out of the room, although she quickly shot that one down. It was plain stupid. Maybe she could simply talk to Kaddar…

The door opened, and not surprisingly reveled Kaddar with bread and water. Kalasin was about to talk to him, maybe how he might be able to get her out of this weird place, but he simply slammed the door in her face.

That wasn't very nice of him! She thought, amused at the fact that the sentence she had just thought didn't contain any insults or swearing.

She went back to her thoughts of getting out of the room.

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A/N-It's short, I know. Please review!