Chapter 12

DG, Az and Glitch were walking through the corridors of the Palace not really going anywhere in particular, when DG suddenly stopped. Glitch turned to her.

"What's wrong, Doll?"

"Glitch, Az and I need to go down to the holding cells." DG tried not to let her voice waiver.

Glitch looked at her studying her face. "Why do you need to go there?"

Az fielded this one. "We are going to try to heal Zero's mind. As long as we cast a Stunner as we enter we'll be fine."

"Are you sure you don't want to wait for Cain? I know I'd feel better with him there." Glitch stated nervously.

DG took Glitches hand in hers and looked up at him. "I don't want him there for this. It was hard enough to stop him out at the cabin."

"Alright, Doll, we'll go." They left for the cells.

As they entered Az and DG held each other's hand and cast a powerful stunning spell. All the LongCoats that were in there immediately fell to the ground. They slowly approached Zero's cell. Glitch opened the door and the princesses entered. They grasped hands again and placed their free hands on Zero's forehead. Together they sifted through memory after memory looking for damage or spells. They found none. All they found was anger and hatred at Wyatt Cain for always being better than him. They broke the connection and looked at each other. DG had tears in her eyes. Az placed her arm around her sister and led her from the cell.

"Lock it, Ambrose. We are done here. And tell Father to go ahead. There's nothing we can do. I am taking DG to her room."

"Of course 'Dellia." With that he locked Zero's cell and they all left the holding cells.

Glitch happened to run across Cain on his way to the Prince consort's office. "Oh, hi, Cain, if you are looking for DG, Azkadellia took her to her room."

Cain looked concerned for a moment, "Is she ok?"

"Yeah, she's fine I just think she has something she wants to talk to you about. "

"Thanks. I'll see you later."

"Ok later then. Ok later then. Ok later…" Cain punched Glitch in the shoulder.

"Thanks, bye." Glitch left and Cain continued to DG's room. He knocked. Az opened the door and the look on her face did not bode well for DG's mood.

"Princess, what happened?" Cain asked. "Is she ok?"

"She's fine, Commander. She just needs to talk to you and you need to listen and not interrupt till she is finished. Promise me you will not interrupt."

"I promise."

"Alright then I'll leave you to it." Az walked out the door as Cain entered. He found DG curled up on her bed.

"DG?" he said softly. "Sweetheart, are you ok?" He sat next to her and gathered her in his arms. She looked at him and tried to smile but just couldn't manage it. "Darlin', just tell me what happened."

DG took a deep breath as she started her tale. "After you left me and Az we had Glitch take us down to the holding cells. We cast a strong stunner as we walked in so that we wouldn't have to worry about anyone else. So then we went down to Zero's cell. Az and I went through his mind together looking for damage or any spells the witch might have cast on him." She paused to take a deep breath. "I saw your history. I saw what he did to you. It made me sick. Then we really started intensely looking. We couldn't find anything. There was no damage to his mind. No spells. Nothing. Just anger, resentment and hatred for you for being what he perceived as better than him. The only way he thought he could beat you was to completely destroy you. I'm so sorry, Wyatt. I wanted to help him but there was nothing we could do."

Cain held her to him tightly. "It's alright, Sweetheart, you tried your best. That's all anyone can ask of you. It's over now. He will stand trial and never bother us again. I can't believe that he was that angry. I know we had our rivalry as kids but it was always friendly. Then he got kicked out of the academy and we didn't talk as much then I married Adora and he was just gone. I guess he just started hating that I was successful."

"I'm so sorry that we couldn't help him."

"Don't worry, DG, you know he didn't want our help anyway. Lunch is in a little while do you want to start down or do you want me to bring yours up here?"

"We can go. I'm hungry."

"Alright," Cain said as he stood and offered her his hand. "Let's go then."

DG took Cain's hand and they walked down to the dining room. When they entered everyone else was already seated and it was clear that they were all looking at their joined hands. Ignoring the looks Cain led DG to her chair and then took his place next to her. Lunch was served and eaten in relative silence. And when they were finished DG told Cain that she just wanted to go back to her room.

"Wyatt, I got the impression that there was something else that you wanted to talk about earlier."

Cain turned her to face him. "Yeah, DG, this whole Soulbond thing is completely unexpected. And I know that we haven't really known each other that long. But I know that I have to be with you." Cain pulled the leather box that Ahamo had given him out of his pocket.

"Oh, Wyatt…"

"Shh, just let me finish. I love you DG. I think I loved you the day I met you. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" Cain opened the box and pulled out a gold filigree ring with what looked like a light blue diamond. It was beautiful. Not large but not so small that you couldn't see it. It was… perfect.

"Oh, Wyatt, YES! Of course yes. It's so beautiful. What is it?" DG could hardly breathe.

"It's an Ozian Diamond. Your father gave these to me. He said that they were made for my Great Grandparents. And that there is a protection spell on them." He slid the ring on her finger. "You need to know that I didn't exactly plan to do this right now. I was going to wait until you were more settled."

"Wyatt, it's been 3 months. Really I'm as settled as I'm gonna get without you."

"Also your mother forced my hand a bit. Your father told me that she was going to announce our Bond and engagement at the Ball, but he managed to convince her to keep the Bond quiet."

"Yeah she would do something like that. But it doesn't really matter. I have you, that's all I need."

"Are you sure? After all I am just an old Tin Man." Cain smiled as he pulled her close and kissed her.