She broke the kiss, looking into his eye, and then to his eye patch. "What happened to your eye?"

"It's not a story I like to remember" he closed his good eye and sighed. She knew this wouldn't be a pretty story.

"BRING HIM HERE!"the queen yelled to some cards. They did as they were told and brought a man with his hands and feet tied together. "Ilosovic Stayne, why'd you do it?"

"I don't know what you're talking about" he told her looking away from her.

"Don't lie to me, Stayne. I know you did it" she placed her hands on her hips and glared at him evilly. He continued to ignore her, which only angered her more. "I don't have time for this. Get on with it" one card gripped his shoulders pushing him down on his knees while another stood in front of his face, and jabbed the knife through his left eye.

"Ilosovic!" Margaret was shaking him roughly by the shoulders. He looked at her with a look of sadness in his eye and she pulled him close and hugged him tight.

"I'm fine" he told her and she brushed her fingers along his eye patch.

"What did you do that made her want to stab you eye?"

"I don't remember. Knowing her, it's probably something silly" he smiled and kissed her roughly on the mouth causing her to moan. She couldn't believe she was kissing another man.

"STAYNE!" called the glass shattering voice of the red queen.

"Coming, majesty" he said, helping Margaret to her feet.

"Have fun" she sarcastically said; he smiled and rolled his eye at the comment.

"There you are" her face lit up when her precious knave walked into the room. "I don't understand why everyone loves my sister, and her tiny head.

"I haven't the faintest idea. You are much superior" he had no idea what he was saying, but anything for her to shut up.

"Oh well, I don't need them. I have you" she walked up to him and gave him a bear hug. He was happy she had stopped complaining, but wished she would let him out of her grip. After releasing him she started to complain again. "But what if my sister brings Alice or someone else back to defeat my Jabberwocky.

"They will surely lose. Remember when she lost the first time. The next time will be no different" he actually told that from his mind, not just making it up. He really truly hated Alice, but was unknowingly in love with her sister.

"You seem so confident. Are you sure?" she quietly asked him.

"Would I lie to you?" he gave her a fake, but convincing smile.

"I suppose not" she said looking up into his eye.

"Then what are you worried about?"

"I don't know" she walked away, probably going to get some caviar or scream at someone else, he thought.

Margaret sat in the library, able to finish the book she started because the library was cooler than last time. She was in the library for what seemed only for minutes, but what let her know she had been in there for a while was the fact that she had read two books about 700 pages each. She walked out and the sun was no longer shining. "It's quite empty. How late was I in there?"

She walked into the kitchen to see if people were eating dinner, but it was empty. Next, she opened a few bedrooms slightly to see if people were asleep and they were. "Oh my, I must have been in there for a while". she walked into a room and found Stayne sleeping on the bed. "Ilosovic, what are you doing here?" Margaret shook him gently to find out why he was in there.

"You're in my room" he told her and she looked out the window and saw the moon, which never had been visible in her room.

"Oh, my mistake" she blushed and slowly walked out of the room, to be stopped by a hand gripping her wrist.

"But I don't quite think you came into here on accident" her eyes grew wide at the comment, but before she could protest she was silenced by a tender kiss. "Goodnight"

"Goodnight" she told him and her knees felt like jelly.

i know the chapter is short, but i wanted to get something written. the next chapter should be here really soon