Disclaimer: I do not own Inkheart or any of it's characters, Cornelia Funke does. I own Joy, Kat, Graziano, Rosalita, Katrina, Maura, Feliciano, and Carmelo.

Kat knew that after the vision that there would be trouble; however, Capricorn hadn't had time to listen to Basta's claim about my vision. Instead he was focused on the fact that Graziano, the chief constable, also worked for Capricorn. Sort of. But the man had crossed Capricorn and Kat had watched as the man was burned to death within his house; Joy and Kat together had managed to talk Capricorn into letting Sophia survive as a maid, promising she would be of no trouble.

Kat walked towards the kitchen area to bring her 'husband' a sandwich for lunch, she wished she could lace it with rat poison. I will NEVER pick up another camera as long as I live. Too much trouble. She thought to herself as she watched Joy and another black jacket leading Meggie towards the kitchen to get something to eat; Kat was surprised that after Meggie's attempted escapes that they even let her out to get something to eat. Being Basta's wife must have given Joy privileges Kat and the maids didn't have.

"Katrina!" Kat heard Cockerell shout her name through the walkie talkie on her belt, which had been given to her 3 days ago when she had her vision. It was so any time she had a vision (and Cockerell was away) she could tell him what it was about (of course she wouldn't tell him what she really saw.)

Kat did have another vision the day before of the Silver Tongue man had been shot and Elinor had been caught and Dustfinger had escaped. She had seen the police the other day but they left when seeing that their boss was dead; Kat had a feeling that her mother and the man she was falling in love with were coming for her. Secretly she hoped they didn't, she didn't want them having the same fate as Elinor and Resa. She also had a feeling the Silver Tongue man was alive and was going to bring help to free Meggie and Joy; they would free her to, she just knew it, she just had to believe.

"I am coming with your sandwich, Cockerell," Kat exclaimed, "but I am human with only two legs and two feet."

When she finally got to her so called husband she gave him the sandwich before he stopped her, "I don't like yer attitude towards me," he growled, "I am yer husband, remember that. Oh yes," he gave a smile that could scare Basta, maybe, "Basta was in an accident and is in the crypt with the old fat woman and the maid. I am now Capricorn's head black jacket, isn't it wonderful that I finally get the position I deserve? That means that you are now in Joy's position, she will soon be put into Capricorn's house with the child."

My stomach clenched, poor Joy! Poor Meggie! Poor Elinor and Resa! Kat couldn't say she felt bad for Basta.

"You have many new privileges now, but ye won't get them until ye start treating me with respect," Cockerell growled.

"I am treating you with respect, Cockerell," Kat replied doing her best to give the best wide eyed and innocent look she could, "but constantly I fear of being taken from you against my will. How is a woman supposed to cope with that fear?"

Cockerell paused, "are ye playing with me?"

"Why would I play with you? They're coming to take me away!"

"Whose coming?" Cockerell asked reaching for his gun.

"The police lieutenant and...and my old boyfriend, they don't want me to be happy with you, I saw it in my last vision while I was making your sandwich," I said, "see?" Kat asked as she held up my palm which I had accidentally cut while making his sandwich; Rosalia had suggested that Kat use it to her advantage, which she was doing right now.

Cockerell let out a shaky breath, "they will not take ye from me," he replied as he hugged Kat close, "yer mine. Yer my woman! I'll kill them!"

"What if they get me?" Kat asked, glad that she was such a good actress as she pressed herself closer to him.

"They will not," Cockerell replied, "I'll keep ye safe, walk with me, stay with me as I patrol the village. As the Head Black Jacket I can go to bed when ye do, if they try to sneak in I'll shoot them between the eyes!"

-----------

Fools. All of them. Graziano smirked, they had been stupid enough to think that they had killed him when it was actually one of their own they had murdered. He was no longer the head constable, or as Americans called it the chief of police, but that didn't matter to him any longer. The next thing on his agenda was to get rid of Capricorn...He paused when he saw Kat leaning into her husband with a look of fear across her beautiful face; no...First would be to kill Cockerell and take Kat as his, then get his daughter...Sophia needed a mother and he needed a wife, Katrina was all that he and his daughter could ever want.

She was beautiful, smart, and from the rumors a seer. Soon. Very soon she would belong to him.

--------------

"How come daddy went away?" Sophia asked.

"He had too for his work, sweetie," Kat replied as she knelt down in front of the little girl and wiped spagetti sauce off her mouth, "but he asked me and Ms. Joy to watch over you and keep you safe."

"Will he be home for Christmas?" Sophia asked, her eyes sparkling with curiosity. Outside Kat heard Cockerell yawn loudly with boredom, he was bored, well tough.

"I don't know sweetie, he might," Kat replied, she hadn't told the little girl her father was dead yet; for some reason Kat kept feeling as though the man was alive somehow and watching her; maybe she was just being paranoid. But her feelings were usually never wrong and she had learned to trust them.

"How 'come they put Ms. Joy in that small room in Mr. Capricorn's house? She looked so sad when they did," Sophia said softly.

"Ms. Joy isn't feeling good and she doesn't want to get you, me, Mr. Basta, Mr. Cockerell or anyone else in the village sick," Kat replied.

"Oh, I miss daddy," Sophia frowned.

"I know you do sweetie, come here," Kat said softly when she finished cleaning off the little girl's mouth, she hugged Sophia close and rubbed her back. She knew exactly how the little girl felt, she missed her mother so, so much.

(A/N: Hey everyone, sorry it took me so long to update. I was out of ideas and an idea came out of the blue to me today so I decided to start the story up again. I'll be slow on updating this story and the Stargate Atlantis story I'm working on because of college. But, I'm working towards my Bachelors' in Education now, yay! So wish me luck!)