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No One's POV

"You tell him."

"No you, I did it last time."

The men continued to argue as the neared Vladimir's study. Finally Uri stepped forwards.

"I'll tell the boss," he grumbled, raising his hand to knock on the door.

"Come in." Uri gulped as he opened the door, the other men following but keeping close to the door as it shut behind them. "Vat is it Uri?" Vladimir growled.

"I'm afraid the spell failed to complete its mission sir. The boy stopped her from jumping," Uri said, trying to refrain from looking timid. Vladimir's expression darkened. "B-But I have some good news!" he said quickly and Vladimir cocked an eyebrow. "After the two returned to their room the Dreamer stayed, observing them and we now have an idea of where they could be going…" Vladimir raised both eyebrows.

Uri gulped as he stepped forwards, placing a map with a circled island on the table in front of his boss.

"Ve believe the girl is intending to go home." Vladimir looked at the map, his eyes narrowing on the circled spot.

"Vell that is interesting," he mused, leaning back in his chair. "Clearly sending all of you to do my work for me is proving useless. I vill go myself. Uri, book us three plane tickets to Rio De Janeiro."

Molly's POV

My eyes opened as footsteps bombarded my hearing from above. I groaned, not wanting to wake up just yet. I was far to comfortable. When sleep failed to come back I started to sit up. A groan came from beside me before the arm, that I hadn't noticed wrapped securely around my stomach, pulled me back down.

"Not yet Molly. You had a rough night, get some more sleep." I looked over to see Max, his arms wrapped tightly around me while his eyes stayed closed. I tried moving again but Max just held me tighter. "I mean it Molly," he said sternly.

"I have to go to the bathroom," I said and he instantly let go. I giggled as I got up, smoothing out my shirt. "I'll be back sleepy," I said, smoothing his hair slightly before leaving the room.

"Hurry back," I heard him mumble before I was gone, a blush spreading across my face.

After finally finding the bathroom on this huge ship I started to make my way back to Max. People were busy rushing all over the ship, working to keep the ship running smoothly. 'Max is probably asleep, he won't know if I don't come right back' I thought. With that in mind I headed up to the deck.

My eyes widened as I walked up the steps, watching the slim figure of Tess as she soared through the air before being caught by another acrobat, both of them swinging from the riggings.

"Wow…" I breathed, walking out and sitting on one of the crates. I watched until Tess finally climbed down, spotting me as she did. With a small smirk, she jumped from the riggings, did a couple flips and summersaults before landing with a soft thump in front of me. I clapped, smiling at her.

"Well thank you kindly, just practicing our routine," Tess said with a smile. "Would ya'll like a go?" my eyes widened.

"Me? I-I couldn't! I mean sure I took gymnastics when I was younger b-but I couldn't do something li-"

"Don't be silly darling," Tess said, cutting me off while grabbing my hand. "Just climb up there, swing and my partner Jimmy will do all the work," she said, pushing me up the riggings.

I shook as I climbed up. "Just swing…how hard could it be?" I asked as I reached the rope. Taking it in my shaking hands, I clutched it. I looked down, which was a bad idea.

"Don't look down! Just jump and swing! Let your body do the work!" Tess yelled up at me. I nodded, sucking in a deep breath.

If Max has taught me anything, it's to not think. So I jumped.

I screamed of course, who wouldn't? but the scream soon turned to a laugh as I swung up, feeling weightless.

"That's it!" I heard Tess yell. "Now when you reach the peek of the scream, let go and Jimmy will catch you!"

"Ok!" I laughed. As the rope reached it's length I dropped my grip, launching myself forwards. I could see Jimmy reaching for me and I reached out for him. At first I felt confident…but then I watched his face fall as he reached further. I reached out to, wondering what was wrong. Suddenly I realised what was wrong as his fingers just brushed mine, his reach short as I started to plummet towards the deck.

"MOLLY!" Tess cried. "Somebody get help!" she screamed across the deck as I fell. I knew there wasn't enough time for someone to get here, or for Jimmy to climb down to catch me.

I was seconds away from becoming a splat stain on the deck.

Three

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"Gotcha!" I screamed again as I suddenly stopped, halting so abruptly I'm sure I'm dead. "Didn't I tell you to come straight back?" the familiar voice was smug and deep. I slowly cracked my eyes open to see Max staring down at me, smirking but with anger in his eyes.

"Max?" I asked.

"Yes Princess?" he asked as he started to walk towards the stairs.

"I think I should go back to bed." I felt him chuckle as he carried me back to our room. I pressed my cheek against his chest, just realising now that he was shirtless. He must have come to look for me as soon as he woke up.

As soon as we reached the room Max dropped me on the bed before he started pacing. I sat up and I could see he was mad.

"What the hell did you think you were doing Molly?" he finally snapped and I flinched back.

"W-What?" I stuttered timidly. I don't think I had ever seen Max this angry before, especially at me. "Tess said I could handle it," I offered, slinking back. Max walked towards the bed, standing in front of me.

"And what if I hadn't caught you Molly?" he said sternly. I lowered my head, staring at my feet. I heard him sigh before the bed sank as he sat down in front of me. "Molly…if I've learned anything about you it's that you're a free spirit." I blushed and I heard him chuckle. "But I also know that you can't resist a challenge…which is what worries me." I looked up to see Max staring at me. "I've already told you that I care for you Molly but I can't take it if you're going to put yourself in danger constantly. We're going to be in Africa soon and from what I hear there's an airport close by where we can get a flight to Canada straight away."

My eyes widened. We couldn't go to Canada, if we did then I would never get my chance to try and get home…my real home.

"I have a better idea Max," I said. He raised an eyebrow. "How about we get off at Africa but then we take a flight to Rio?" his eyebrows shot up.

"Rio? You want us to go to Rio? As in Brazil?" he asked and I nodded. "Yeah…no Molly, we're going to Canada and getting a cheap flight home from there," he said, standing up.

Desperate, I grabbed his wrist and pulled him down so that he was back on the bed, a bewildered look on his face. I quickly pulled on a smirk, getting on my hands and knees as I crawled towards him.

"Oh come on Max," I drawled as I crawled over his legs. His eyes widened as I sat on his lap. "Rio is sunny and lively and filled with dance clubs. Plus we could get a plane from there to." Max gulped as I sat on his lap, my legs wrapped around his waist.

"M-My answer is still no," he said weakly, his hands making their way along my thighs and up to my waist. It was working.

"Oh come on, there must be some way I can…persuade you," I said, a seductive tone to my voice as I leaned forwards. Max's chest was heaving against my own and I knew I was getting to him…but I needed to have him completely in my control and there was only one way to do it. It was dangerous but it could work.

I shifted on his lap and he groaned. My eyes widened as he gripped my waist tightly, holding my hips against his. I hadn't realised I could effect him this much.

"Please…stop moving," he pleaded, his voice weak and husky. I fought to keep up my act, feeling warmth pool in my stomach at the hungry look in Max's eyes. 'It's for home. It's for home' I kept thinking.

"Can we go to Rio?" I asked as I shifted again, rolling my hips on purpose this time. His head fell onto my shoulder, him biting my skin to keep from crying out while a muffled groan rumbled against my skin. I gasped at the sensation that shot through me.

'Who's controlling who now?' a small voice said through the thick haze that was starting to cloud my mind. I shook my head slightly. I had to stay focused.

"N-no," Max moaned, lifting his head to look me right in the eyes.

He was challenging me. He was strong, resisting my powers for this long. I sighed, realising I would have to really bring out my force without resulting to using my most dangerous weapon. With a deep breath, I leaned in and connected our lips in what was supposed to be a short, chaste kiss.

But Max wasn't having that. His hands, that were almost bruising my hips now, flew to my face and neck, pulling me harder into the kiss. I gasped and he took the opportunity to shove his tongue into my mouth, his body filled with heat. I moaned, the warmth exploding throughout my body as I clutched Max to me. He pushed me backwards until I was lying down, his body covering mine. He forced our hips together again and I don't think I have ever felt anything so amazing in all my life. I started to run my hands over his stomach and chest, feeling each muscle tighten under my fingers.

Max started to grip my shirt and I realised how much he really wanted to continue. He wanted to...wow. Did I? I mean Max and I had definitely grown closer and now that we had started this little fake-romance thing on the ship I was definitely liking the way his lips felt against mine, how his body felt against mine right now.

"Molly…" Max moaned as his mouth left mine, trailing kisses down my neck.

"Y-Yeah…Max!" I cried out as he bit my neck, definitely leaving another mark.

"You really want to go to Rio?" he asked as he started to dip towards my chest.

"Enough to start this," I breathed out, running my fingers through his hair. He stopped abruptly, lifting his head to look me in the eye. I could see the lust raging it out in his eyes, as well as feel something poking at my thigh.

Oh God how good that would feel somewhere else.

"That's the reason you're kissing me?" he asked, hurt in his voice. I sat up, forcing him back.

"Well yeah…there's no one here so we don't have to keep up our cover story and I already told you I wanted to go," I explained. Max's eyes narrowed and he stood up.

"So that's all that was to you? A chance to get me to go along with your stupid plan?" he asked/yelled at me. I stood up, facing him.

"I already told you Max! It's just a cover! It was your idea!" I yelled at him. His eyes narrowed.

"Fine! Well when we get to Africa and then Canada and then home…we just won't talk to each other and you can run away to Rio!" he snapped.

"Are you saying you won't want anything else to do with me?" I yelled, my voice cracking slightly. Max's angered expression softened slightly but he was still glaring at me.

"I-I guess it does!" he yelled.

"Fine!" I said.

"Fine!" he snapped back.

"Is everything ok in here?" Tess asked as she opened the door on us, nose to nose and glaring at each other.

"Everything's fine!" I snapped before picking up my bag and walking out of the room.

"That's right just run away from the problem!" Max yelled after me. As soon as I was out of the room I ran, my tears pouring from my eyes as I headed for the deck. When I got there I went to the railing, watching the sea to calm me down.

How could Max say those things to me? I thought he was in my power. Am I getting that weak? He should have been agreeing with me in a second flat but no…he managed to resist it. How? Did I need to start using my last resort? I couldn't do that to Max.

"Are you ok honey?" I turned around to see Tess behind me. I quickly sniffed, wiping my eyes before pulling on a smile.

"Y-Yeah I'm fine, Max was just being a jerk," I said. Tess sighed.

"Well he seemed really upset when you left, something about you being a stubborn Princess?" I couldn't help but laugh at that before I remembered I was supposed to be mad at him. "So why were you two arguing?" she asked. I sighed.

"Max wants us to get a flight from Africa to Canada while I want to go to Rio." Tess's eyebrows shot up.

"Well…that's certainly a good reason," she said slowly and I chuckled. There was a moment of silence, my mind slowly kicking into gear.

"Hey Tess…how much would you say a flight to Rio is opposed to a flight to Canada?" Tess looked a little surprised.

"Uhhh…considering the space between them I would say…Rio would be about $2,000 for the both of you and Canada would be about $7,000." I nodded, opening my bag.

Inside was the remainder of all our money, Max feeling I should take care of it since he could be a little…forgetful. $10,000 was all that was left. Sighing…I took a handful, counting it. In my hand I held $6,000.

"Tess," I said and she nodded. I handed her $2,000 and she gasped. "Thanks for taking care of us…can you not tell Max what I'm about to do?" she nodded. "Thanks." and with that I threw the remaining money into the ocean.

"Get us to Canada now Max."

Ohhh Molly's thrown the money away...How will Max react when he's forced to go by her way? And what's Molly's secret? And the biggest question: Are Molly and Max in love...or is Molly just using him to get back home? Answer in your reviews...so...

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