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Chapter Nine

- - - Diana was willing to sleep the rest of the night too but her aunts woke her up. They had already gone to get blood from Dominick. Two bags full of blood. This meant that the Lord was not home. He was out with his wife to get her something to eat since she was weak from all the blood Lord Dominick fed from her. The Fury weren't feeling particularly welcomed so they all huddled inside Diana's room.

"Diana take a chair and go out on the balcony to get some moonlight" said Galena "Galen and I will prepare the pill. Xanthe go out with her"

Estrina and Floilana were sleeping while Zebina was keeping guard. They would take turns but they needed to rest and regain some energy. Xanthe and Diana stepped out into the balcony. Diana refused to take a seat on the chair. She was tired of being seated for long periods of time. Instead Diana leaned on the thick concrete rail. Xanthe took a seat and watched around. You never know when the enemies will least strike.

Diana suddenly turned to her aunt Xanthe. "I almost forgot. Aunt Xanthe is Neola okay? I mean she hasn't reach immortality. The explosion could have killed her unless Giulio teleported her away in time"

"Neola and Giulio were not found during the aftermath. We suspect that Giulio took Neola to the safety of his home. I haven't heard anything more about it."

"What about Valente? Is he okay?" asked Diana turning away not wanting her aunt to see her face

"I haven't heard anything about him since I was underground protecting you. I'm pretty sure he is screaming his lungs out wanting information of your whereabouts. No one besides Sophia knows where you are right now."

Diana smiled. That would be exactly the thing Valente would be doing. He would be out and searching for her until he found her. Day and night, not sleeping until he had her in his arms. She missed him. They really had never been parted this long. She turned around to face her aunt with a wide smirk. Valente would sure be suffering from something very different; she couldn't wait until she left this place.

"What are you thinking about Diana?" asked Xanthe smirking herself

"Oh, just some things that Valente would be eager to…what the…?" Diana turned around to the next balcony. The doors had slammed open making the curtains flutter. It was Dedrick getting busy with some Siren girl. Xanthe turned to Diana as she did the same. Both shuddered.

"And this is what your daddy dearest wants to marry you to?" exclaimed Xanthe pointing at Dedrick

"Not any more if I told him what his baby boy was doing under his nose" stated Diana

Dedrick turned to the balcony next to his. No one was allowed to go inside Diana's room without his or his father's permission. Some one would pay dearly. He glared at the Fury he would sitting on a chair. The Fury glared right back at him and gave him the finger. He ignored her and turned to the next Fury. His eyes widen in shock and dropped the Siren from his arms to the ground. His bride was here, in their home.

Diana scrunched her nose. She could see something in his eyes, something like hope. She glared at him before leaning off the balcony. She walked towards the entrance of her room but quickly turned to Dedrick when she watched him leap off his balcony to hers. Xanthe quickly got up from the chair and Diana went over to hid behind her.

"Diana we need to talk" asked Dedrick slowly walking to her

"Stay away from me!" yelled Diana

When she didn't see him stopping she ran inside her room. Zebina ran up to her. "What's the matter Diana?"

"It's that stupid idiot, Dedrick. He's after me" said Diana pointing at the balcony entrance

Zebina walked out to the balcony were Xanthe was holding Dedrick back. She kicked him and ran inside the room pulling Zebina with her. They closed the doors and held them tight when Dedrick tried pulling them open and banging them.

There were knocks on the wooden door. "Lady Diana is something the matter?"

"Yes, come in" yelled Diana. Several guards came in through the door. They were all armed ready to battle. Diana pointed at the balcony doors Xanthe and Zebina were keeping together and closed. "It's that Prince of yours, he won't leave me alone"

The guards looked at each other as they lowered their weapons. What were they suppose to do? They knew that Princess Diana was Prince Dedrick's destined bride. The pounding at the balcony doors ceased. Diana turned back to the opened door and yelled when Dedrick showed up in front of her room. She turned to hide behind one of her aunts but Dedrick took her by the arm and hauled her to him.

"Let go of me!" yelled Diana as she kicked Dedrick in the gut sending him out of her room "Get him and take him as far away from me as you can"

The guards stood there. They were amused at their Princess antics and the determination of the Prince to get his bride. Diana glared at them. How could they think this was a joke? She didn't want Dedrick any where near her. She watched Dedrick stand up with a grin and stalked up to her. Zebina and a woken Floilana got in front of her to protect her. Diana waved them away. She would deal with him on her own. She would make sure that he knew that there would never be anything between them and she would make it go through that thick skull of his.

Dedrick grinned as he neared Diana. What he didn't expect was a punch to the face that sent him out of the room again. Diana walked up to him and kicked him at the end of the hallway. The Fury followed after their niece. She was in no shape to fight. Not with an injury that kept opening and bleeding.

Dedrick stood up and faced Diana. He would not hurt her, he could never. Diana glared at him and she ran up to him and gave him a blow to the gut that landed him to the first floor. A bunch of maids who were cleaning stopped and stared at the pair. Guards stood frozen in their post staring wide eyed as their supposed future Lord and Lady. Diana jumped from the rail and landed not far from Dedrick.

"Wow! Go Diana go! Kick his ass" yelled Xanthe cheering as they reached the stairs

"Yeah go for it Diana!" yelled Floilana

"Tell him who is boss!" yelled Galen getting excited

The guards turned their attention to the Fury's who were cheering on their princess. Xanthe, Floilana and Galen were jumping up and down with their fists in the air.

"Break his nose, gauge his eye balls out! Kick him in the nuts!" yelled Xanthe

The Fury's turned to their sister Xanthe at the last yell. Xanthe stopped cheering and turned to her sisters. "What? If he doesn't have balls then there is no heir and Diana is free"

Diana watched Dedrick get up from the floor. Diana smirked when she saw that he had a bloody nose from the punch she had given him earlier. "Get up! I am not done kicking your ass"

Dedrick smirked. "You can kick it any time you want dear"

Diana glared at him and several guards and maids who chuckled at Dedrick's comment. Dedrick took the opportunity and ran up to Diana. He wrapped an arm around her dragging her to his body. Diana yelped in pain. Dedrick was gripping her too tightly and her wound was already opened. She growled out in anger and Dedrick chuckled.

"Aren't we eager tonight?"

"You might be but not I" Diana lifted her knee with force and it connected to Dedrick's privates. She pushed him away and kicked him up into the air. Dedrick flew up and to the other side of the room and crashed on the wall and down to the floor…again. All the guards and maids turned to their Prince. Some turned to Diana. They were amazed with her strength.

"Diana!" yelled Xanthe running up to her. Diana had placed a hand over her wound. Her knees were trembling warning her. Xanthe placed her hand on her shoulders and light place her hand on Diana's waist.

Galen approached them. "Let me see"

Galen removed Diana's hand. There was large stain of blood on her shirt. The wound had opened to its original size and bleeding at a rapid pace. Dedrick stood up as soon as he had smelled the blooding coming at a fast speed from Diana. He licked his lips. He had always craved Diana's blood. It was just another sign that they were meant to be together. He ran towards her but never reached her. Some one had taken him by the arms and pin him to the floor. Dedrick slightly turned to see who it was.

"What are you doing father? Release me!" yelled Dedrick

"I am your Lord not the other way around" stated Lord Dominick "Can you not see that Diana is hurt? She came here to get well and be protected during that time"

Dedrick was able lift his head enough to see Diana and the wound on her abdomen. He watched as the blond Fury took her in her arms and ran upstairs with the rest of the other Fury. He slammed his head on the marble floor. How could he want her blood when she was so badly injured? Lord Dominick released him and he stood up.

"Tell me what happened" stated Lord Dominick

"I didn't know Diana was here and she caught me…off guard and I went after her wanting to speak to her but she ran away from me. I kept going after her until I pissed her off enough that she started to beat me up. I didn't know she was injured otherwise I wouldn't have gone after her."

"Isn't it more like Diana caught you doing something you weren't supposed to be doing?" asked/stated Zebina still standing in the stairs. Every one turned to her. Some maids and soldiers made movements to keep quiet and silence. She glared and ignored them.

"What do you speak of Fury?" asked Lord Dominick

"You might want to ask your son and the half naked Siren in his room" stated Zebina as she walked up the stairs

Lord Dominick and his wife turned to Dedrick who was glaring at the Fury walking away. They were out to get him or more likely free Diana from them, her real family.

- - - Diana was placed on her bed and Galen re-bandaged her abdomen. She went over to help her sister finish the pill which was costing her a lot of trouble.

"What happened out there?" asked Galena

"Diana beat up Dedrick but the idiot took a hold of her too tightly and her wound fully opened" stated Xanthe

There was a yawn and Estrina sat up from the large bed. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and turned to her sisters. "Did I miss anything?"

They all chuckled.

"A hell of a lot. Diana kicked Dedrick's sorry ass" said Floilana

"I am finally done" said Galena. She took a glass of water and asked Xanthe to sit Diana up. "Diana here, through a pill on the glass of water and drink up"

Diana followed instructions and did as she was told. She chugged the entire glass and handed it back to Galena. Every one had stared at the glass. It was not broken but there had been lightning sparkling out from it which apparently did not hurt Diana.

"I hope this works" stated Galena as every one else nodded in agreement

How was that for Diana and Dedrick's first meeting after seven years?

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