Chaol hadn't shown his face all day. And that was a good thing because if Rowan had seen him again he would've had hard time not punching his Aelin kissing face. Aedion hadn't come back after he stormed out, Rowan understood his anger but still... yelling at her like that. Rowan grimaced, Aelin had been avoiding everyone, mostly spending time on the roof after her and Aedion's argument. A horrible part of him was glad for it because all he could think about (even with her not around him) was her fragile weight atop him, her soft lips brushing his, her hopeless words, and the horrible relief he had gotten when she had awoken with no memory of their time. Rowan shook his head as he opened the door to Aelin's bedroom. He had considered not sleeping in her room, but it would've called attention to the tension between them, if you could call it that, it was all him. She was blissfully oblivious.

He tensed as a soft mournful melody floated through the apartment.

The voice was distinctly Aelin, it was mesmerizing, it was soft, mournful, open and closed. Why had he never heard her sing before? Well he had.. but only when he had been tattooing her..

She was approaching the bedroom, while Rowan just stood frozen in front of the bed, not quite able to get past the beauty of that voice.

Aelin opened the door with a soft click. Oblivious to Rowan.

Her voice faded as she saw Rowan. He was staring at her, his eyes unreadable. They stood there in silence, both frozen.

Until Rowan's cold, calm, and collected voice cracked the icy tension,"You never told me you could sing."

She raised an eyebrow, a mischievous glint in those turquoise eyes.

My apologies Prince.

Rowan looked away before his eyes could slide to her lips. She eyed him suspiciously before walking to her closet. No doubt to change into one of those insufferable nightgowns. He stood in the same position, same stance, the song drifting through his mind. Until he look up as he heard a sharp tapping on the window. Small rocks were hitting the window, after glancing at the closet, he approached the window, opened and leaned out, his hand automatically resting on his dagger.

There below in the dark alley, was the man from the bar, the one who had been touching her. Rowan blinked away his anger. He was slim, and smartly dressed. The man had dark hair and the eyes to match. His puzzled expression lasted for only a second before melting into an amused smile.

"Umm.. sorry, I thought this was Celeana's room." His voice was rhythmic and smooth, dripping with charisma.

"It is.", Rowan growled.

The man raised his eyebrows and smirked, "Oh..." He glanced around him, "Should I come back later?"

Rowan snarled, but Aelin pushed past him clothed in one of her scandalize nightgown.

"Shut it Ray."

The man's smirk grew, "Not before I complement you on your attire, been awhile since I've seen you like this." His eyes rolled over her body.

Rowan growled again, and advanced but Aelin pushed him back.

Ray glanced at him, "Are you sure I shouldn't come back later?"

Aelin shifted away from Rowan and sighed, "What do you want?"

The man tensed and became deathly still, focusing solely on her, his voice losing all warmth, "He knows you're here. You should have never taken that job."

Aelin nodded, dismissing him, and closed the window. Leaned against it, he watched as she adjusted to the weight of yet another obstacle.

And strolled into bathroom with not as much as a glance in his direction. Nor an explanation for the man that had been fondling her, who apparently gave her a contract showing up at her window and seen her in a nightgown, or who knew she was here.

She emerged from the bathroom to a very pissy Rowan leaning against the window, scowling at her. Aelin grimaced and looked away, preparing herself for another stupid argument.

"Anything you want to tell me?" Her eyebrows furrowed at the unexpected softness in his voice, she glanced at him. Damn, he was acting weird...

Aelin's brows rose and she met his eyes. "Anything, you'd like to tell me?", she questioned, her eyes narrowing.

It was his turn to look away, "Who is he," He scowled,"Ray?"

Rowan still didn't meet her eyes. She pursed her lips, "A friend."

He looked up at Aelin, the softness gone, "Didn't seem that way."

Her brows rose higher, Jealous?

Rowan growled and looked away. Yes, he was jealous. Insanely so. Just the thought of... Ray, drove him mad. And the thought of Chaol, that he had kissed her, and after all he had done, she had let him, made him want to tear down buildings. But he said nothing has Aelin walked over to one of her lavish chairs and slung herself across it.

A moment of tense silence passed, before Aelin leaned forward in her chair.

"Rowan.." She said with such softness, it made him want to tell her everything, what had happened last night, how much he loved her, how beautiful and perfect she was, how he never wanted to leave her side. How he would go through hell for her, and how every time she touched- or even looked at him it set a stream of happiness through him. How she had dragged him from his hell, how all he wanted was to hold her, kiss her, and cherish her for the rest of his immortal existence. How when she bled, he bled. What nightmare jerked him awake each night, and made him want to hurl his guts out, how it had stop being Lyria, and started being her. He no longer reached across the bed for Lyria, he reached for Aelin, for his Fireheart, for his... for his nothing .. she was his nothing.

He flinched at the realization that made him want to stop. Just stop. Because in the end he was her nothing, and she was his nothing, and it killed him.

"Who knows you're here?" Rowan said, still not daring to look at her, for fear that all his thoughts would be read in his eyes.

Aelin hesitated before answering, her eyes still inspecting Rowan. She sighed and look at the ceiling, "Abroynn. Abroynn knows."

Rowan's eyes snapped to hers, "What are you going to do?"

Aelin look back, but her eyes were empty, "I'll deal with it."

"Aelin"

Hai! Back from the US of A, but school starts next thursday for me... ehhhh. Originally had lyrics for the song that Aelin was singing, but I got rid of them, hope it still works. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ONLY A MONTH TILL EoS COMES OUT!

Someone (a commenter on ) brought up that there are a few spelling mistakes (or grammar) in these works, I couldn't reply to them, but here's why: So, spelling, I just suck at it, and these mistakes my spell check didn't catch, so, yeah. Grammar, just stupid mistakes, and I hate proofreading so yeah. Sorry. They also brought up that sometimes when it should be 'he' it's 'the', that is bc I guess one time I wrote he instead of the, and my spellchecker got it, but instead of clicking correct it I clicked always correct it, so now it automatically 'corrects' he to the, I try to go through and fix it, but I guess I missed some. Sorry for all of it.

Also I'm planning on making a ACOTAR (well actually ACOMAF) and TOG crossover, so tell me if you would want that?

I'm reading Cursed CHild right now, almost done, I really like it, like 3.5 out of 5(I LOVE the characters, but the plots ehhh?). QOTD: Who do you ship more Scorpius X Rose or Scorpius X Albus? ANS: Scorpius X Albus (I also really like him with Rose though)