I know people are reading it but I need reviews as well or I'm going to cry if I don't

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Oh… and I have no idea what was going on with the last chapter… quite strange ..

:S

Well, here's chapter 3. Its set a couple of months after the last one cuz nuffin was

going on.

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Whiney Smurf.

Valek POV

The plodding of the horses hoofs against the worn down track wasn't helping my efforts to try and stay awake. To keep my eyes open I hummed a tune that my mother used to sing to my brothers and I.

"Do you hear the people sing,

Singing the song of angry men.

It is the music of a people,

Who will not be slaves again.."

"Valek! Would you stop singing! It's really annoying me." Commander Ambrose was not known for his patience when it came to travelling, and the cold made him even more snappy. I only just managed to suppress my smile until he had turned around. Suddenly I heard a chuckle come from behind me. Turning, I saw Ari and Janco trying not to laugh.

"Valek! I will not tell you again!"

Resigning myself to the fact I was going to get shouted at when we got back I turned to face he way back to the castle, back to an empty suite, an empty office and an empty bed; n Yelena to share it with. "Well, at least Margg will be a lot happier."

Ambrose POV

The sight of home filled me with so much joy and security. After the last few months, I was in desperate need of some of that. A shudder rippled through me at the thought of how close everything had come to be destroyed had it not been for the courage of one young food taster. Looking across at Valek, I saw the sadness in his eyes, no doubt accepting the reality of life without her.

"You knew Valek would hate you for what you had to do."

"I didn't expect him to hate me this much, though. I underestimated the strength f his love for Yelena."

"Oh well. Nothing you can do now is there. Just hope he doesn't try and kill you!" My subconscious simply cackled evilly at the images his statement had elicited. An annoying sound filtered through my mind but before I could shout at Valek again, the words he was singing registered with me.

"Red; the blood of angry men;

Black; the dark of ages past…

Red; I feel my soul on fire;

Black; My world when she's not there

Red; The colour of desire

Black; The colour of despair…"

"Yup! Definitely going to kill you!" Ugh! I could do nothing to silence that stupid little voice in my head. Judging that he would probably kill me, I let the singing pass this time. I had seen first hand what Valek cold do when angry… not pretty sight at all.

Valek POV

Turning the key in the lock I slowly opened the door to my suite. Pushing it wide, I simply stood in the doorway, my eyes raking over every surface. Shutting the door, my feet took me to the first door on the right of the stairs. Funny how when she wasn't in her room, Yelena left the door open. The minute I sat on her bed, all those dreams, all those long nights of making myself stay in my own bed came to me. Giving myself over to the tearing pain in my heart once more, I lay my head on the pillow, caring nothing for the tracks on my face from flowing tears. Sitting bolt up right, I stormed to the dresser, my heartache forgotten. How dare Margg write something like that. Judging by the dust settling over the top of it, it was written when Yelena first came to this suite.

The noose waits. That bitch! I would deal with this, of that much I was sure. I couldn't hit her. No, since holding Yelena in my arms that first night, I made a promise to myself not to hurt another young woman with unnecessary violence. But somehow, Margg would pay for this. Pondering the amount of work, I suddenly remembered another aspect of Yelena's departure which I hadn't brought to mind. Sighing, I hurried to my office. Once there the first thing I searched through was the execution orders. Ambrose was going to have to wait until I'd finished with this little hiccup. With my love gone, I was going to have to train another food taster. Ugh! The stress of it all!

"Sir? I was wondering if there was an…" My head snapped up at the sound of the housekeeper's voice.

"How dare you leave Yelena nasty little messages like that in the dust? What were you even thinking when that was written? I want an explanation, and a damn good one at that or you will get out of my office this instant!" Margg stood in the doorway dumbfounded. Never! Never had I lost my temper with her before. However, I was beyond being nice at this point. My angel was gone and I had no one to calm me down. So I stood there waiting for Margg to answer my question. Unfortunately, what she did next landed me in a lot of trouble. She burst into tears and fed my office, her apron pulled up round her face.

Aww shit. Now I've gone and done it. Oh well at least no one saw that.

"Valek, please tell me you did not just make one of my staff cry for no reason?" Looking up I saw Ari, Janco, and worst of all, Commander Ambrose standing in my office doorway, the latter looking on the verge of sending me to the mad house. That voice in my head wasn't helping my already shattered nerves either.

"At least it wasn't Yelena that saw you, or even worse, that you made cry."

This chapter took so long. If anyone else is doing GCSEs they'll know what I mean when I say I have no free time. Plus I have a detention tomorrow after school because my maths/form teacher decided to pick on me last Friday. Anyways the lyrics in this are from "Do you hear the people sing" and "Red and Black", both from my all time favourite musical, meaning that sadly I don't own them. Ill send a special hug to who ever can guess the musical. If you're really quick, ill tell you a really important plot twist for later on in this story.

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