A/N: I am so sorry this took as long as it did. I didn't have the feeling to do it until now. Thanks to those that asked me to finish the next chapter and I will try to update as soon as I can. But here is the next chapter of 'What is Past Cannot be Changed'. I hope you enjoy this one as much as you did the other chapters. Dragonlord's Knight

Giulietta stood silently at the window in her apartment. The sun was setting and Shido still hadn't woken up. She sighed and watched the colors of the sky change. Her mind still strained to remember what had happened the night before. She could remember the face of the man, who appearance to Cain was uncanny. She closed her eyes, trying to get his eyes out of her mind. There was something else bothering her though. She remembered hearing Cain's voice that night as well.

"Forgive me love. For I cannot forgive myself…" She whispered to herself. "What am I supposed to forgive you for Cain?"

Giulietta brushed her fingers across her lips. She could feel him, Cain had touched her again. She growled and continued to stare out the window. Shido opened his eyes. Smiling, he watched Giulietta. She was in his shirt, but that didn't matter at the moment. He rose and stood behind her. Wrapping his arms around her waist, he spoke.

"How do you feel little one?"

"Fine... For the moment. I just hate not remembering things." She replied. Shido smiled.

"I haven't remembered a thing about my past before I became a vampire. You're one step ahead of me."

Giulietta smiled a bit. She leaned into him and sighed. She felt sorry for Shido but also envied him. How much she wished she could forget what happened in her past. Forget everything and never turn back to retrieved them. The void of anguish, vanishing, melting away comforted her. It always seemed as if these peaceful moments never lasted long enough. Even in the past. Her destiny was evident even then. If not to be alone, to be cursed with a love that had destroyed her completely. Neither she wanted, but she couldn't fight it forever. Her only prayer was that this moment lasted longer than the others did.

However, that brought her back to the past. How much of it she wanted to cherish for the rest of her damned life. A time when everything, although dangerous, was simple. How simple he made it. There was part of Shido that reminded her of him in those times. A time when he wasn't so possessive about his mates, a time when he wasn't complete crazed with what he was, what he had become. But Giulietta also knew that it would never be again. Dreams, wisps of air, but nothing of substance. As long as she could remember, Cain had changed. She remembered the night he took everything from her. The night he showed his true self to her. Now, all she could do was damn him for it.

"Hello…" A voice came from the front door as it opened. Pulling Giulietta from her trance and into her reality. She turned as Shido loosened his grip on her. Neither of them could speak as Riho stood in shock. What was going on? What happened? It took her a moment before everything set in. She had taken him from her. A woman that she had never seen, a siren from his past, had taken the one thing she needed away from her. Before Shido could speak, the girl was out of the room and out of the club. Everything was taken away from her in one night. And he promised…but what did promises mean anyway to a Vampire?

"Shido…"Giulietta whispered. She could feel Riho's pain. She had been there once before. For once, she regretted allowing him so close. No matter the hidden passions, she overstepped her bounds.

"I'm sorry little one…but…" Shido started.

Giulietta placed a finger to his lips and shook her head. "There is no reason to apologize. Go to her. She needs you more than I do now." The look in the other almost made cry. But this was more important than her safety. She loved him. "Don't worry for me. I'll be fine. Riho is more important than I am. You have a connection that I will never be granted again. Go."

There were no words from Shido. Just a nod and a small kiss as he threw what remaining clothes that were on the floor on and made his way out the door. What was he supposed to feel now? He had hurt the one person that he cared about for a woman from his dark past. But did he not love Giulietta as well? Even if he did, she had made it apparent that Riho was the one he needed over her. Maybe she was right. She had gone through more than him. Things he could not imagine enduring. She was right, she would be fine. Now was a time to take care of another that meant more to him than running from Cain. However, in the back of his mind, he had a feeling that his old friend wasn't as safe as she thought.

Giulietta lay unconscious in the arms of a blonde vampire. Her penthouse in shambles from the struggle against him. He had to admit she was strong. But in the end her strength could never amount to his. And it would never amount to his when he had his revenge. He would make her suffer for abandoning him as she had so many years ago. Mother's love indeed. Pushing a strand of her dark hair out of her face, he examined her.

"I understand why my father was entranced by you mother…"He whispered before kissing her brow lightly. "You are beautiful…it's a pity that you will suffer before you die…"

Looking out the window, he smiled to himself before vanishing into the darkness. His revenge was soon to pass.