DG was sitting in the sun room of the palace late morning the next day. The palace was all abuzz around her but she seemed to be in her own element. She was biting an apple and staring off into nowhere. She was supposed to be writing vowels but under the circumstances, it seemed a little awkward.
"So I heard about your little blow up last night," Her sister said from behind DG.
"Did Cain tell you about that?" DG asked wide eyed as she faced her sister. Azkadellia looked over happily.
"I'm talking about the blow up with mother and father, but I think your version is a lot better. I'm intrigued. Do tell all." She walked over and pulled a chair over next to her sister. She sat down and fluffed her silk dress. DG rolled her blue eyes and sighed. She told her sister about the disaster that was the night before. Azkadellia listened intently and made sure not to say a word until after DG was done.
"Have you talked to him since last night?" Azkadellia asked after DG finished explaining. DG shook her head.
"He left after I feel asleep and I haven't seen him at all this morning." She turned to her sister. "I really think I'm screwing this up Az. I mean, why do I really have to know everything about him? Isn't there something to be said about trusting a person?"
"I wouldn't know anything about that." Azkadellia reached across her sister and grabbed a pear out of the bowl. "Me and men really don't seem to mix at the moment." DG looked over and frowned at her sister. Azkadellia waved her hand at her sister.
"It doesn't matter anyway. Mother's called off the coronation until after the wedding. Apparently planning two major events is taxing on her nerves. To be quite honest I think just having two daughters is taxing enough."
"Oh Az, I'm so sorry." DG shook her head. She put her apple on her napkin and placed her arms on the small desk. "You can't even begin to know how sorry I am. Look at me being selfish." Azkadellia held up a hand.
"Don't worry. I'm more than fine with the idea of holding back the coronation. I knew it was too much for mother to take on. A wedding AND a coronation, please! Besides, I still have so much to learn before I can fully take the throne. That is an entire story of its own." She patted her sister's arm. "Now this gives me time to help you out, relieve some of your own stress." DG nodded reluctantly.
"So what are your plans today?" Azkadellia took a small bite out of the small fruit, chewing it carefully.
"I have a meeting with Rebecca about the music in half an hour and then I'm meeting John later to discuss more wedding stuff. After that I'm supposed to have lunch with Raw and Glitch."
"You do too much with those two." Azkadellia noted.
"I can't help it Az, they're my friends." She simply said with a shrug. "They're all I have sometimes." She looked over at her sister and smiled. Azkadellia smiled back.
Azkadellia was at the stable when Cain rode up on his horse that evening. He'd avoided the palace all day, opting to cover all shifts out on the parameter of the palace boundaries. His horse stopped a few feet from a stern looking Azkadellia. Her arms here crossed firmly at her chest, her raven black hair pulled back into a bun. She meant business and Cain was trapped.
"What do you want?" Cain groaned as he slipped off the horse. He handed the reigns to a nearby boy and watched as the horse was led into its own stall. A stall big enough to house an entire family. "I'm really not in the mood to deal with you right now."
"Well trust me; I don't want to deal with you right now." Azkadellia looked him up and down. Cain nodded.
"Good we're in agreement. Now, if you'll excuse me." He started to walk past Azkadellia.
"Are you going to avoid her now?" Azkadellia asked. Cain stopped a foot away from Azkadellia and straightened. "If you are, I think that's a shitty thing to do." She glanced at him but kept her face forward, only moving her eyes. Cain's jaw tightened.
"What business is it of yours?" Cain asked, angered by this meeting. Azkadellia didn't know how to respond, his anger caused her to loose all forms of speech. Cain leaned over, inches away from Azkadellia's face.
"Exactly," He said slowly and smooth. He brought his face away and pushed past her. Azkadellia stood firm for a moment and spun around and glared at him.
"What is it exactly are you after? Why do you want to hurt her?"
"I don't! I just can't get past her asking so many personal questions. It's not like I really want to open up and share everything."
"Then don't. That's your prerogative. Just don't take this out on her. She doesn't deserve it." Azkadellia softened her face. "You knew getting into this that she would be curious about everything." She gave him a knowing look. Cain looked over at her and cocked his head. She nodded. He shook his head. Of course, she had access to private and personal files when she was in power. He pursed his lips. He turned to the stable and yelled out to the stable boy.
"Ready me a horse. I'm leaving in as soon as possible." The young boy nodded and went to work preparing a new horse for the man. Cain ignored Azkadellia and turned around, heading back to the palace.
"Wyatt!" She yelled. She watched him stomp across the grass. "Where are you going?"
"Somewhere I can think." He yelled back. "Somewhere far away from here." He muttered as he pulled open the wooden door, letting it slam behind him.
Cain was in his room rifling through papers when DG walked into the doorway. She hadn't heard the argument with Azkadellia so she was unprepared for what was about to explode. She watched as Cain threw papers around the room, looking for something very important.
"What's wrong?" DG asked. She watched as Cain jumped slightly, surprised by her sudden appearance.
"Have you seen a blue folder around here?" DG shook her head. Cain's face fell as he continued to throw stuff off his desk. "I need it before I leave tonight."
"Leave? Where are you going?" She uncrossed her arms and entered his room. Cain sighed heavily and turned to her.
"I'm going to see Jeb."
"Now?" DG asked. Cain looked over at her, his face giving away the fact that he was obviously annoyed at the moment. "I don't understand. This is so sudden." She walked over and put a hand on his shoulder but he jerked back. "What?" DG said pulling her hand away as if his touch were fire.
"What? What do you mean what? Can't a man go see his son?" Cain went back to the desk and sifted through a stack he knew he'd been through before. "What is the damn problem with that?" He muttered.
"Nothing." DG said, suddenly very worried about Cain. Had he snapped? She chewed on her bottom lip, crossing and uncrossing her arms. Cain looked over at her.
"What?" Cain asked, now incredibly perturbed.
"What's going to happen when we get married?" DG asked softly. She knew this wasn't the right time to bring it up, but she had to know.
"What do you mean?" He sighed, sitting on the edge of his desk.
"I was just meaning that I don't want to be Adora." She held her breath, waiting for Cain's response. He looked normal to her but did seem a little tense at the mention of his dead wife. "I don't want to get upset every time you leave to go on a mission or you leave. I want you in bed in the morning beside me. This can't work if you work in security detail. I was thinking that maybe you can take a break when we get married. You know, become less involved in the workings of the palace just until we get acclimated." Her eyes filled with hope.
"So you want me to change?" Cain asked, suddenly getting a little steamed. DG shook her head quickly. Her face fell.
"No, that's not what I want. I want you to be you. The man I fell in love with."
"So you want me to be at your beck and call while you run the kingdom? I would have no job to support you and would sit idly around doing nothing?" His voice started to rise.
"Now you're just changing everything I'm saying? Why are you being so difficult?" She walked over and tried to put her arms around him in a hug but he pulled away and turned back to the desk. "Wyatt fucking Cain, TALK TO ME!" DG yelled. Cain grabbed a blue folder and turned around to face her.
"What do you want me to say?" His temper was really staring to rise.
"Anything! Just don't ignore me. I won't pry into your life anymore. I won't ask questions. Just don't push me away. I was out of line pushing the whole Nora and Jacob thing. I know that now."
"I don't think you do." Cain turned his back on her. "I don't think you have it in you to keep from prying." He stormed over to the other side of his desk and grabbed his gun and holster. He threw it on and searched around for something else.
"Well then maybe we shouldn't get married." DG yelled at him. Cain spun around and looked DG directly in the eye.
"That's the best idea you've ever had, Princess." He practically spat out the last word. DG looked up at Cain. She'd never seen him this angry before. She watched as he grabbed his coat and the folder. He brushed past her without much of a glance. He slammed the door and made DG jump.
Akadellia watched as Cain stormed down the hallway. Whatever she was going to visit her sister about was clearly not important anymore. She stepped forward, closing in the distance between she and door. Raw placed a hand on the door and looked over at Azkadellia and Glitch, his face not happy.
"A lot of pain. Raw sees DG hurt." Azkadellia pushed past Raw and opened the door.
The three walked slowly into the door. DG's back was to them, but her tiny hands clutched her sides and she hugged herself tightly. She looked down onto the stables, her face clearly upset, but she wasn't crying. Azkadellia slowly walked toward her sister.
"Deeg," her sister whispered. She walked over looked out at what DG was looking at. Cain stomped across the grass towards the stables, looking for his horse. The girls watched as he grabbed the reigns from the stable boy. DG watched in pain as he jumped on his horse, not even bothering to look up at the window. Talk about being a coward. Raw had more courage than Cain did at that moment.
"We've never fought before." DG said sadly. "And now I don't think he's going to come back."
"Well that's not true." Glitch said from DG's side. DG looked over at him, hoping he was right. "He left his hat. He has to come back for that." DG watched as Glitch picked up Cain's hat and sat it on his head. He gave a quick pose, but frowned when he noticed it did not cheer her up like he thought it would. He ran off in such an angry manner that he forgot his hat, the one thing he couldn't be without. DG turned back from to the window. If he could be without his hat, then she was almost certain he could go without her.
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