* hiding in a dark room*

I know! You're all going to kill me, even my friend has threatened to do it and shes not even read my story yet. *looks round and then locks the door*

This took longer than it normally does as I wanted to give you a nice long chapter to make up for the long wait.

In this Roze isn't master magician so im pretending she doesn't exist because I don't like her. And there will be swearing, so don't say I didn't warn you.!

Hopefully you all had a good valentines day.

St. Paddy's day in 9 days! WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!

Valek's POV

My mind reeled from Irys' confession. I knew in the back of my mind it was true. Look at my dream for goodness sake! That alone should confirm it. Sudden anger forced me to my feet. I rounded on Irys.

"Why the hell didn't you do as I asked! What did I ask you to do before you left? And now look, this happens." To prevent myself from hitting her, I began to pace. "Tell me something, how do they get her out of a guarded keep without you lot noticing something?"

I could tell the Generals were shocked, more of the fact I was in a relationship at all and the fact it was a woman. I had heard the rumours, Ambrose delighted in telling me them, when he had eventually stopped laughing in my face. Ambrose just looked at me with a mixture of fear, shock and sympathy. Irys spoke up.

"She wasn't at the keep. She was on her way farther south to see her family. They must have caught up with her once she was there as one night she went to sleep, the next morning she was gone. The Zaltana clan has searched everywhere but no trace was found but that letter."

I couldn't help myself. I started to laugh. The Generals looked at me with concern, the men behind Irys looked at me with anger and disdain, but the Commander looked at me with understanding and a small smile on his face.

"Oh this is just great. You do see the irony in this whole thing don't you?" Irys give a small chuckle and nodded her head.

"Let us just hope that this one ends a bit better, shall we?"

"You will have complete support of Ixia's military. God knows Yelena has done enough for both myself and this country to earn it." Irys bowed as Reydon came through the door with 5 other soldiers. Commander Ambrose shifted his attention to his advisor. "Reydon, please show our guests to the suites in the west wing.

"We thank you for your understanding Commander. And once they are apprehended, we shall of course allow the Generals to have a say in their punishment." Bowing one final time, Irys ushered the men out the door in front of her.

"Why do we have to…."

"Leif, don't argue. You were the one who said Yelena wasn't always the way she was when she came back. Where do you think she learnt it?"

Once the door closed, every head in the room turned back towards me. I didn't know what to do or say. I was still trying to get my head around the fact that I could be a father if everything ended well.

"Valek. Go and clear your head. This is a lot to take in and even you aren't immune to the feelings it will undoubtedly create." Realising he was right, I decided not to argue, but I had something I needed to do first.

"I will but I have some people to talk to first. If you'll excuse me sir." With a slight dip of my head I left in search of Ari and Janco. I found them quickly enough with some of the men from my intelligence corps. My face must have forewarned bad news as the grin fell from Ari's face, his expression series.

"Valek what's going on? We heard that two of the Generals are here and we saw Irys show up with some really scary looking men." Janco beat Ari to the punch. I opened my mouth and closed it several times; I always hated being the barer of bad news.

"The generals are here because of what happened with their daughters, and Irys is here because… ammm….. Yelena's been taken hostage of sorts and a death threat has been placed on her head if I don't kill the Commander." Janco started laughing and Ari just grinned. I could almost guess what they were going to say.

"They honestly don't now Yelena then. Magic or no magic, she could kick their arses in her sleep. She was trained by us after all." Ari sounded confident in my sweetheart's fighting abilities and under normal circumstances I would agree with him but…

"Ari, its not…" I never got to finish before a voice sounded behind us and two of my men drew their swords.

"I don't think Yelena's kidnap is funny you sick son of a bitch!" Turning we saw the four men who arrived with Third Magician, storming across the training field. Every soldier who was training stepped up around us. No one in Ixia trusts magicians.

"I didn't say it was. And Janco doesn't know the full story or I can assure you young man that he wouldn't be laughing." There was something about him that I couldn't quite shake, but I really didn't want to deal with this. I was stuck between a rock and a hard place with no way out. One of my fellow advisors, Thanatos, a man I have been friends with since childhood, noticed I wasn't in the mood for some whiney little kid's antics.

"What exactly is your problem? And what is going on with this Yelena person?"

"The food taster is not held in high regard here before you ask." I could see the outrage on his face. I still couldn't figure out what was annoying me about him.

"Why do I fee like I know you?"

"I'm Yelena's older brother, Leif. And you have a lot to answer for you bastard. Did it not figure that you couldn't just leave her to do this on her own.?" Finally! I know what's wrong with the annoying little brat. Every soldier in the yard was transfixed on the argument, small discussions breaking out around us. Janco and Ari looked furious but I was just pissed off to a while degree now.

"And pray tell, what makes you think that I left her to do this on her own?"

"You weren't there!" Leif lost it and tried to attack me with a knife. I disarmed him in an instant and grabbed the collar of his shirt in one fist. Now I was angry.

"If you think for one minute that I am a man to shirk my responsibilities then you are sadly mistaken." I threw him to the ground at my feet, contempt for the little jerk dripping from my tone. "I love your sister. If I had known for one moment that Yelena was pregnant I never would have let her out of my sight. Believe me, it was hard enough to do it without knowing this." The silence that rang around the training yard was deafening. The men had never seen me so much as bat an eyelid at a woman yet alone confess my love for her.

One of Leif's companions spoke up.

"You were the one that gave her the necklace? The butterfly?" I shifted my attention to him. Nodding, I brushed dirt off my clothes and turned to go but Janco stopped me.

"Yelena's pregnant? How long?"

"4 months. I didn't know until earlier and the men that have her have threatened the chid as well."

"What are you going to do about the commander situation?" I looked up at Thanatos. He had to be the one to ask that question. As an old friend, I couldn't lie to him.

"Honestly?" Everyone nodded. "I have no idea."

YAY! Another chapter done. I promise they won't take as long to update in future.

OH DEAR! Valek's secret is out. What will happen now?

Next chapter, you find out about The Royal Brotherhood and what has been happening in Sitia since Yelena left. It may take a little time but it will be a long one I promise! So pretty please stick with me.

Read and Review along with your ideas of how Yelena's homecoming went and what happened when they found out she was pregnant by Valek. I'm drawing a blank and your input is really helpful. !

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