White-hot fury cursed through Sonic's veins as he saw Raif moving toward Amy. How dare he go to touch her in such a way? He clenched his fists in anger. He had made a promise to himself for Amy – he would not cause Raif any damage. Not physical anyhow. But as Raif brought his hands up to cup Amy's face, Sonic seriously began to rethink his morals.

It was not just because he was jealous – it was mainly because he did not want any harm to come to Amy. He knew what Raif was capable of, the damage he had caused. Hell, he had even hurt Sonic before – even though Sonic knew it was his own fault. If only he had turned up...

Sonic shook himself. No point dwelling on the past, he told himself. Focus on the present.

Now all he had to think of was a way to distract Amy, if only for a moment...

Amy's lips parted in shock, her breath coming in deep steady heaves. Part of her mind was screaming at her to stop, but the sweet smell of Raif's unearthly aftershave and his crystalline blue eyes boring into hers made her ignore it. She was not sure why, but she knew that somehow, she wanted this. She wanted him to kiss her.

As he brought his hands up to her face, Amy's breath quickened. His thumb stroked her cheek, his face moving ever so closer until...

RING!

Amy jumped back in shock, and ran for the front door. Upon opening it, she realised that in fact, no one was there.

The realisation of what she had almost just done hit her, and she stood up straighter, pulling her robe tighter around her. She kept the door open, and, without even looking at Raif, she said with her voice stone cold and hard, "I think you should leave."

"But Amy -" he tried. Amy cut him off.

"Now."

Slowly, Raif turned and left, but not without purposely brushing against her. Amy felt herself shiver at his touch, but she mentally chided herself, disgusted.

She closed the door after him and rubbed her hands over her face, pressing the heels of her hands into her eyes. She groaned.

"Amy what are you doing?" she asked herself.

She picked up her now cold cup of tea and tipped it down the sink.

Sonic could not help the grin that spread across his face as he saw Raif leaving, cursing under his breath. He could not resist walking up to him and saying, "Made you leave without what you came for, Raif? You know it won't work on her. Daisy was naïve, Amy's not. She's seen way too much for someone her age."

Raif smiled cruelly, "You know that what happened to Daisy was nothing to do with me. That was all your fault. If you'd only turned up to meet her."

"No. It wasn't my fault," Sonic protested angrily.

"Oh yes it was, Sonic. You see, I saw a beautiful young woman... and I wanted her. So I took her. You spent too long playing about. And you were late – you forgot about your meeting with her. It's all your fault Sonic, not mine."

"No," Sonic said again, only this time weaker.

"Just think about it. Think about her. I know you haven't in a while – imagine her again, her long hair cascading down her back, her pink eyes, that little dress she used to wear. Remember it Sonic? The way she used to smile..."

"Shut up! You can't talk about Daisy like she's just some character in a fairy tale! She was a real person until you got hold of her!" Sonic's fists were clenched in anger again, and he took a step closer to Raif, who merely chuckled.

"Come with me, Sonic. I'll show you what truly happened to your precious Daisy."

As much as Sonic wanted to protest, as much as he wanted to just walk away or hit him or wrap his gloved hands around that perfect throat, he followed.

Because really, he knew, that he still loved Daisy, dead or alive.

Wow. I know I said update wasn't going to be for a while but I couldn't resist. I'm finally getting to the point that I want with this story, I just need to work it in. Thanks to everone who reviewed. And thanks to my anon. reviewer, Jasmine, but please, get an account, if only to review, 'cause then we can reply! Thanks to my amazign beta Isilthrar who I forgot to mention last chapter - sorry!