AN: I hope everyone likes the direction I am going. I still plan on this being a ten chapter story with a sequel starting either before or after Syon's raise to power. I am still figuring that out.

Asunder

Labyrinth

Part One- T'Pring's Prince

Shortly after T'Uynal left did Prince Spock came for Princess T'Pring. T'Pring desperately wanted the Prince to see her not just as a wife, the mother of his son, but also as his lover. So she put on her beautiful golden gown made of the finest Bajoran silk.

Candles gave the room a soft warm glow.

Whips of smoke from the incense filled the princess's nostrils and reminded her of her family's ancestral home.

T'Pring waited for her prince to arrive.

All her hopes depended on her ability to maintain her emotions and get the prince to desire her once again.

Prince Spock entered the room and seemed totally uninterested at the atmosphere T'Pring or T'Pring herself.

"I've been waiting for you since …."

"Of course." Prince Spock interrupted.

T'Pring pointed to the table, "I had the servants make a small meal for us."

Prince Spock nodded his head.

The two sat down and ate in silence.

This wasn't what the princess had hoped for, she wanted the prince to talk to her and ask about their son. Ask if she wanted more children which she did, but nothing came from the prince's mouth expect for the occasional slurping of his soup.

"Sinok has made progress with the lute. He is going to play for a few relatives tonight," T'Pring broke her silence.

The prince wiped his mouth.

"I am sure you know there are more important things for our son to learn. What does an emperor need with a lute anyway?"

T'Pring felt insulted.

"Your father plays the lute."

Prince Spock raised his eyebrow, "So?"

"So….an emperor has hobbies just like everyone else."

T'Pring leaned back in her chair, "Sinok tries really hard to please you."

"Then perhaps he should be more like Syon," the Prince spat.

The princess's heart sank and her blood began to boil, "Syon isn't the heir to the throne…Syon is just the son of your whore. Don't compare my son to him."

Prince Spock sucked his teeth human gesture of rudeness.

"Syon since the moment he could talk has proven to me and everyone else he is capable of doing what Sinok can't. I don't care about if he can play the lute, paint a mural, or sing….I care about the boy's ability to someday lead this empire!"

T'Pring lowered her head, "Your hatred of Sinok is nothing more than your hatred of me."

"And why is that? You took Stonn to your bed! You allow him to impregnate you with a child you would have tried to pass off as mine! The only reason you are alive is because you didn't love him enough to commit treason."

"You abandon me for Nyota. You never wanted me!"

"Is that an excuse? Correct me if I am wrong, but I am the prince. A man doesn't have to explain himself to his wife, a wife's job is to stay loyal, obey, and produce offspring."

"I did do this…" T'Pring shouted.

Prince Spock stood up, "You did nothing. You have given me a weak son who I wouldn't want in command of a freighter let along run an empire. You have shame me with your affair and pregnancy. And you say… what?"

T'Pring couldn't stop herself, "You and your father made me betray Stonn! I loved him because he cared about me. He wanted me to be with him. He wanted me happy. You made me kill my child! And if Sinok is weak it's because of that damn human blood running through his veins. Human blood your father introduced into this family by taking your human mother as his concubine!"

Prince Spock eyes flash a hot red.

T'Pring over stepped her boundaries, but she didn't care.

"I went to the doctor and allowed them to kill my baby! A full blooded Vulcan! And then what happens? You bring your human whore to live in this palace with your half-breed son who now you claim is better suited to lead the empire than your own legitimate son! Are you trying to breed out the Vulcan blood in this family? Do you not care? Or is it that you are too human to see past your own selfish and foolish desires!"

"That is enough! Stop now before you go too far!"

T'Pring moved towards the Prince, "I am no longer ashamed of my affair, I am ashamed of being apart of this cover-up involving you, your father, T'Rea and your mother…."

Prince Spock punched T'Pring in the face so hard; she fell backwards and landed on the floor.

T'Pring struggled to get up when the prince wrapped his hands around her throat and began slapping her.

"STOP!" T'Pring screamed.

Prince Spock began tearing off the beautiful gown T'Pring was wearing, a gift from her mother, "My father wants another grandchild. So he is going to get one."

T'Pring struggled in vain as the Prince tore off her clothing as he continued to slap her.

Pushing his weight down, T'Pring felt her legs being pried open and then she felt the Prince enter her.

It was painful.

The Prince held her by her throat as he thrust harder inside of her.

T'Pring's cries felled on the deaf ears, as even the servants who heard her were unable to do anything. Prince Spock after all was the Prince and marital rape wasn't even thought of as a crime in Vulcan society.

When he was done, the Prince stood up and adjusted himself.

"I HATE YOU!" T'Pring shouted after him as she struggled to get up.

The punch to the face nearly broken her jaw and her body was covered in green bruises.

Her body erupted in a shudder as she started crying.

A servant rushed into the room, "Your highness, are you okay?"

T'Pring shook her head, "No. I am not okay."

Part Two- Dinner Discussions

Syon sat across from me pretending to be interested in my mindless conversation.

I asked in to join me because I wanted to know how things were going with his studies and with T'ula, the mate his grandfather had chosen for him.

Syon hated answering my questions and especially hated when I asked about T'ula.

"Syon played with his food avoiding eye contact.

"I understand the embarrassment you must have felt with the other families refused their daughters to you…."

"My human blood makes me undesirable." Syon mumbled.

"T'ula's family isn't exactly of noble birth but they are wealthy. Her father lived on Earth as a merchant for a long time and perhaps his experience with humans was positive enough to allow you to enter a relationship with his daughter."

"She was born on Earth and lived in Europe for a time before her family came back to Vulcan. I enjoy T'ula's company. She is beautiful, smart, and I believe she will make a great addition to the family."

I smiled. My son was talking to me.

"T'ula is very good with the lute and…."

"And what?"

Syon hesitated, "Sinok has met T'ula and taken it upon himself to express his own desire for her. Mother, I don't want Sinok involved with T'ula. She is mine. I want her for my wife. Why does Sinok have to be this way? He has even joked about making her his mistress!"

My heart dropped, Sinok was a coward and a bully.

"I will talk to your father…"

"T'ula isn't even of a noble house. Her family has no political power. Sinok….it's just like Sinok to do something like this. He can't match me intellectually so he pulls this….using his rank to try to bend me to his will! It won't work!" Syon slammed down his cup.

"Calm down. I will talk to your father."

Syon put his hands to his head, "I am better than this! I can't stand how I am treated. Sinok can't rule! He can't take the throne!"

I felt exasperated, Syon hated Sinok with a passion, and I didn't see any way it could be fixed.

Syon pointed at me, "I blame you!"

"Me?"

"Because no matter how hard I work, no matter what I accomplish, I can never rise beyond my status as the son of my father's concubine!"

My body shook. I felt dizzy from the boiling rage.

"Don't you speak to me like that! I have to deal with it from T'Pring and others but I won't deal with it from you!"

Syon jerked his head back.

"You think your father is such a great man and I was some seductive whore who tricked him into brining me here. Why would I have done that? To live on Vulcan?"

"Mother…"

"Mother," I mocked him, "You say that word as if you are ready to vomit. Syon, you don't know everything. You don't!"

Tears streamed now my face.

"I sacrifice a lot for you and had so much taken from me. No matter how old you think you are…..you can't begin to understand."

Standing up I pointed to the door, "Leave."

Syon abruptly stood up and walked towards the door. He turned around, "And you can't begin to understand me."

He walked out.

I sat there for a moment still fuming over his words and then a smile broke out across my face.

Syon's rambling about my concubine status made me think of how I became one in the first place. Of my pregnancy and the chaos between feuding noble houses and then a random person came into my thoughts.

Hiraku Sulu.

Despite our young ages, Hiraku or Duke Sulu saved my life by protecting me from those who wanted to harm me. Even though his power hungry mother used my pregnancy as a way for her own family to gain power, Hiraku only cared about me. In fact, if it wasn't for him, I don't know what would have happen.

I touch my lips remembering the passionate kiss he gave me before our departure. Over the years, I had to suppress my feelings.

I am a concubine.

I belong to the Prince.

And I would never return to Earth or see him again.

I smile harder.

And Syon's words hurt me no more.

Part Three- Prince's Seed

Syian wiped his hands, "You are pregnant. Nearly five weeks along."

T'Uynal closed her legs and pulled down her clothes, "Pregnant?"

"Yes," Syian answered.

"Then you know what you have to do then. Just like before. I don't want this child growing inside me."

Syian closed his eyes, "T'Uynal, I have already preformed three of these before. The prince…."

"You mean my half-uncle?"

"Of course."

"Syian, you know why I am here," T'Uynal reminded the doctor.

"How could I forget? I help you get here."

"I am grateful for all your help. Your family has been so loyal to us during the war and afterwards."

"How we managed to hide our allegiance from the Emperor is nothing short of a miracle," Syian sighed.

T'Uynal reached up and touched Syian's face, "I have missed you greatly."

Syian responded by kissing T'Uynal's hand, "I missed you as well, my love."

Tears fell down T'Uynal's face, "How can you stand to even look at me?"

"Because I love you."

"Syian, I need you to get in touch with my father. I need to speak to him."

Syian nodded his head, "The Emperor is dying."

T'Uynal's eyes widen, "Dying?"

"He doesn't want anyone to know especially his son. Prince Spock is a monster. His human blood has made him incapable of controlling himself. I remember performing the abortion on T'Pring after it was discovered she had an affair with Stonn. The Prince and his father made me force T'Pring down and inject her with enough medicine to almost kill her too."

T'Uynal bit her lip, "And now you must do it to me."

"Let's begin the procedure."

AN: The drama continues.