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Chapter 4:

"I can't believe you! You kept me in bed for a two whole days!" Mac yelled, hoping her voice would reach Jericho. She sighed and lay her head back on the fluffy pillow, she was tired after everything that Jericho had done to her, repeatedly, for days. She was tired, exhausted and felt like she could never walk in her life ever again. She lay on the bed, black silk covers all around her. It was ten in the morning and Jericho had gone to the bathroom to have a bath, thankfully sparing her from joining him. She tried to turn to sleep on her side but it was impossible. She no longer had any control over her body and for her that was frustrating. She tried to raise her arms, but even they refused to obey her command.

"But they were a good two days." Jericho stepped out of the bathroom, wearing a robe and drying his hair with a towel. He looked at her and smiled, hoping to diffuse her anger.

"Oh! Don't you dare smile at me! You're in trouble and the minute I can move this body of mine, I will hunt you down and make you pay!" She was angry, her mood all over the place. "And besides, I haven't been able to open the store, what if there are people who want to buy books or something?" She tried to get up once more but it remained to be a fruitless attempt.

"I'm pretty sure people will not die if they can't buy literature for a few days. And as for making me pay, if you can't move then you won't be able to hunt me down, isn't that right? Hmmm?" He crept forward, throwing the towel to the ground. A smile spread across his face and he began to take off his robe. He climbed the bed and in fluid grace, towered over Mac.

"You're kidding, right? I mean you can't do this to me! I'm a pregnant woman. I need to move at this rate, I won't..." Her sentence trailed off in mid-thought as her breath hitched as she shivered. Jericho began to kiss and nip at her neck and slowly moved lower, savoring her as if she were a rare delicacy. Her senses were heightened and so was her pleasure.

"Since you're pregnant, I'm doing this. After all, you're mine. This body isn't yours anymore, surely you've realized?" He pulled her into a deep kiss, emptying her mind of any thoughts that it occupied.

I realized, that's why. She conveyed to him through her eyes, her voice lost. I Love you.

He looked at her, his eyes bright with passion as he began to make sweet love to her body.

He erupted inside and she screamed out in pleasure. He filled her and she still needed more. She was priya, once more. She needed him like a never-ending thirst. She was nothing without him. She was his and would be his forever...

Barrons looked at Mac as she slumbered in deep sleep from the exhaustion. He brushed aside her hair from her face and looked at her. She slept soundly, looking at peace. He wouldn't let anyone near her. He had to keep her down here. He couldn't risk anyone finding her.

"Jericho..." Mac moaned out load, catching his attention.

He had another chance, he thought to himself as looked towards her flt stomach. He lay his hand on her stomach, hoping to have connection to the life that bloomed inside her. He didn't know what the child was, but he was determined not to let anyone touch them.

He got up and put on the robe that he discarded earlier. He carefully closed the door behind himself and walked to his office. He entered the room and looked at the bouquet of flowers that lay on the desk. A single note had been delivered with the bouquet, addressed to Mac:

It's been a while, we shall meet again. My Princess.

He crumpled the note and threw the bouquet into the trash bin. He was sure it was one of the damn seelie/unseelie fey. After the entire world almost collapsing they had discovered that Mac was an Unseelie Princess. He knew exactly what they were like and there was no way in hell that he'd allow any of them back near her. His phone began to ring and looking at the caller I.D. he answered, "What is it Ryodan?"

Dani walked along the street in the temple bar looking for any of the fey that could be prowling about. The sky looked glum and dark, almost as if a storm was about to come. She was getting worried about Mac, everyday she would visit BB&B and the doors would be locked and no sign saying as if it would open anytime soon. Mac always opened the store everyday, but she hadn't been anywhere in sight. She sighed, Where are you Mac?

"Dani! There you are! I've been looking fr you!" Kat waved her hand through the air as she spotted Dani in the crowd.

"What the feck happened?" Dani asked as she saw Kat looking a bit pale and frantic.

Kat ran all the way to Dani and tried to catch her breath, "We've lost the Sinsar Dubh, again."

"WHAT?" All that Dani knew was that V'lane had turned out to be Cruce and he had absorbed the knowledge of the Sinsar dubh. Then the Unseelie King decided to make an appearance and trapped Cruce in some sort of freezing spell.

"He seemed to have broken the freezing spell the Unseelie King had put on him and everyone in the Abbey tried to stop him but they all got injured, thankfully no one was killed. He's too powerful and now he's got the knowledge that was contained in the Sinsar Dubh. I've trying to track him down but he's disappeared. I need to go get Mac, but the bookstore's closed. Do you know where she is?" Kat asked. She was in trouble, the world might be plunged into chaos and this time humanity would be annihilated as well.

"No. I've been trying to get in touch with her as well. What the feck are we going to do now?" Dani wondered as she stared up at the dark, ominous clouds. A storm had indeed began to brew over the city of Dublin once more."I'll try to get in touch with Barrons, he definitely knows where Mac is, he always knows." She informed Kat and began to walk to walk toward Barrons Books and Baubles.

As Dani approached BB&B, she noticed a presence had begun to follow her. She turned around and pulled out her sword. "Who the feck is there? Show yourself!" She yelled into the quiet abandoned street. The fog was too thick and growing thicker as she drew closer and closer to the dark zone. She tried to listen to the silence, hoping her enemy would make a fatal flaw in trying to hide their location.

"Always on guard aren't we, Dani?" A loud and familiar voice spoke from within the fog.

Dani felt a shiver of pleasure roll along her spine. It was a fey prince. One that she once trusted, the one that had betrayed everyone. "V'lane, or more precisely, should I call you Cruce? So, heard you escaped the abbey. Where the feck are you? Show yourself!" Dani yelled into the fog again.

"I know who you're going to see. Give him this note will you? It seems I've warded out."

Dani saw an envelope appear on the cold street, she picked it up and the feeling of pleasure had gone. He was gone.

She ran to the bookstore and banged on the door.

"You'll attract attention to yourself, come in." Barrons opened the door and locked it shut as she entered. He turned around, "What do you want Dani?"

"I want to see Mac! Where is she? We're in trouble."

"What trouble?" Barrons asked, his voice hardening. He knew whatever news Dani was going to tell him, it would not be good.

"He's back. Cruce is back. And he gave me this note to give to you." Dani held out the envelope.

Barrons ripped it open and read the handwriting, which match the note that Mac had gotten with Bouquet. He read, "I'm taking her from you. And this time no one can stop me. Not even you and your underlings." Barrons crumpled the note and fisted his hands.

"I have to go." Dani informed Barrons, she felt him grow dark and dangerous and wasn't about stick around for what he would say or do. She freeze- framed out of the store, closing the door behind herself.

Jericho Barrons threw the note down and opened his glowing red eyes.

A/N- Sorry for the late update but my health became really, really bad for a while. But I'm doing better and updating. So, I hope you enjoy this fanfic and Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ;)