Ack! It's been like three months since my last post but I had exams. I'm sorry its taken so long, I need to get back into the swing of things with writing and please don't hate me for the ending of this chapter. Oh! And seriously thank you so much for all of your reviews I hit 60! That's so awesome. Anyway, on with the chapter...

"That" is Elfish

"That" is Fey

'these' are thoughts

'these' are IV's words

'this' is Nuada when speaking in his head to Nyx or IV


Nuada stepped into the dungeon's of the Bethmora palace, he could see his sister conversing quietly with the blue creature, the man in the suit was sat silently with his back against his cell's door and the Daemon had his normal hand entwined with the human female's through the bars of their cells. At first Nuada believed that being the leader of the Golden Army would make things easier for him, but now that Nyx was pregnant he had to make his decisions very carefully. One of those decisions was in fact what he would do with his prisoners. His sister of course would remain in Bethmora, he loved her dearly and was perhaps too harsh on her when he spoke to her back at the BPRD headquarters, he would forgive her, eventually, but the trust he had once had in her had disappeared and he could not see himself truly trusting her once more for a very long time. But the rest of the BPRD team was another matter entirely, the humans were looking for them and just killing them off would not be a good idea, if not purely for the fact that his sister seemed to have a connection with the blue thing.

Walking forward he made his presence known to the group and watched as the Daemon and his woman both stood up, the human was angry he could tell, and by the scorch marks on the bars he could tell that she'd already tried to escape. "What do you want your royal assness?" Hellboy threw out, glaring at the prince.

"In truth I am unaware as to what to do with you all, Mr Wink tells me that there are humans above ground searching for a way in, looking for you and I cannot, and will not allow them entry into the city. So tell me Daemon, what is it you think I should do with you? Keep in mind you have to pay for what you did to my friend."

"You nearly killed Red!" Liz exclaimed, "I think he's paid enough!"

Nuada sneered at her, regardless of whether or not she was entirely human he did not like her, "And the Daemon nearly killed Wink! I do not treat those that would do harm to the ones I care about lightly. I will not let your...lover off so easily."

"Brother," Nuala interrupted before Liz did something she would regret later, "They only came here to ensure the safety of this world, let them go home."

"So they can mount another assault on this palace, unfortunately now that they know the location of Bethmora I cannot allow them to leave."

"Your highness," Krauss said and waited for the Prince to turn and face him, "Regardless of whether or not you use the Golden Army against the human race, you will start a war that neither side will win, humans for the most part are greedy, and selfish, if they do not believe they will win the war, they will destroy the Earth. They will use their weapons on the land and make sure that not even the magic of a fey can restore it. Without land neither of our people will survive."

"And what is you propose? Leave the humans to the land? It will be destroyed."

"Let us talk and perhaps we can come up with a solution that benefits both of us."

"You speak for the humans of this world?"

"No, but I do speak for the humans that are looking for us, the BPRD...our organisation is the only one that is aware of the magical community's existence. If we can come to some sort of agreement then I can talk to the human leaders, we can come up with something that will allow both of our people to survive."

"My father tried that once two thousand years ago, and our people were forced into the forests and underground while the humans broke the pact and destroyed our homes!"

"I know, but times have changed, if everyone knows of a pact between our kind then things will be different."

"Brother please at least give it some thought," Nuala implored.

Nuada eyed his sister for a moment, "First you must get your people to leave, I do not like them on my land."

"I will get them to leave," Krauss replied, "But we do wish to be moved somewhere more comfortable, Agent Sherman is pregnant and stress is not good for her or the baby," he nodded towards Liz and Nuada raised an eyebrow at her. He hated humans but he had no reason to hate unborn children, after all they weren't exactly human children.

"Very well, Mr Wink will escort you to the surface and De'Rowgh will take the human to a room." As if by magic both friends appeared by Nuada's side and awaited the Prince's instruction. "Wink, if he tries to escape, or tries to betray me, kill the humans, De'Rowgh if she tries anything...kill her," he said in Elfish. They both nodded and Wink and Krauss were the first to leave.


"You know I am curious," De'Rowgh said as he led Liz to an empty wing he had snapped a magical collar around her neck the instant she was out of her cell to suppress her powers so he would be in no danger, "you're clearly human and yet you love the Daemon, I suppose it has something to do with your powers but still, human kind has been terrified of the supernatural for centuries so how is it that you are able to deal with it so easily?"

Liz looked up at the Drow in surprise, she figured that if the elf was a friend of Nuada's then he would hate humans as much as the Prince did, yet there he was talking to her as calmly as if they were discussing the weather. "I grew up with Red, when I first...came into my powers my parents were the ones who suffered...Red's father took me in and helped me learn control. I suppose given the fact that I can light myself on fire and not get hurt then it wasn't hard for me to deal with someone like him. Other than the fact that he's red, has a stone hand, a tail and horns, he's just a normal guy who just wants to be part of the world. I don't see a reason to be afraid of him."

"I see," the Drow nodded thoughtfully.

"I don't get it, you don't seem completely disgusted by my existence, so why is that you're Nuada's friend, I mean with the way he acts towards humans is insane, I mean he tried to kill his own father-"

She was cut off by the Drow, wrapping his hand around her throat and slamming her up against the wall, "You will do well to keep your mouth shut on subjects you know nothing about!" he hissed, "Prince Nuada is one of the strongest most able leaders I have known, he is also my best friend for good reason. If I ever hear you speak about my Prince in that way I will remove your tongue." Letting go of her throat he dragged her the rest of the way to her room, "You will be staying here, the doors out of this wing will be locked and even if you somehow got out of here, you wouldn't be able to find your way back to your friends, the hallways here like to change." And with that he turned on his heel and stormed out, heading towards his wing trying to calm himself down.


Once De'Rowgh was back in his room he slammed the door shut and growled. He could never stand even the slightest word against Nuada, if it weren't for the prince he would be dead a thousand times over. If it weren't for the Prince his family, his mother and father and younger brother and sister would all be dead...

Flashback

King Balor and one of his contingents rode through a village that had recently been attacked and destroyed by humans; they stopped in order to see if there were any supplies that could be used by the Sun Elves. They would have looked for survivors but the village belonged to Drow, the 'mortal' enemies of the Sun Elves, and while they would offer the King their allegiance during a war with the humans, once it was over they would be back to fighting each other for control of the throne. On this particular instance a young 7 year old Prince Nuada was with them, and even though he had been told not to stray from the horses he'd decided to go and explore knowing that they wouldn't leave without first checking to make sure that he was with them. (This was of course before he had met Wink which would happen in a few months.) What Nuada and his father didn't know however was that village was only attacked hours ago, meaning that there were survivors both Drow and human.

Nuada turned a corner heading towards the blacksmiths knowing there would be something of use in there, when he heard a noise from behind him. Spinning around he saw a human pointing a sword at him with a sick grin on his face, "Disgusting creature," the human spat before charging at the Prince, Nuada didn't even get a chance to react before the human fell to a spear in his heart. Nuada turned back around to face a tall Drow with his hand clutching a bloody side, he gave the prince a smile before falling to the ground groaning. Nuada ran to him to try and catch him and only managed to fall under the dead weight, and of course his guards chose this moment to hear the commotion and ran to him. They pulled the Drow off of him thinking the worst and Nuada threw himself over the body before they could do anything else, "No!" he yelled and his father came running.

"Nuada!" Balor yelled.

"Father he didn't hurt me, he saved me, please! Help him, he killed the human," he gestured towards the fallen male that the other elves were just noticing.

"My children," the Drow managed to choke out along with his blood.

"Father please?" Nuada begged.

Balor nodded, "Take him, heal him, and find his family."

"Your highness are you sure?" one of his men asked.

"If my son says the Drow saved him then I owe him, do as I said, and take Nuada to the carriage."

Nuada was waiting patiently in the carriage when the door opened and a young boy and an older female carrying two babies entered. This was obviously the older Drow's family. The woman placed her children down before kissing both of Nuada's hands, "Your highness thank you!" she gushed, "We can never repay you for your kindness, you saved my husband!"

Even at seven, Nuada remembered his manners, "My lady, please, your husband saved my life and I was merely repaying that debt, your thanks while appreciated are not warranted, I fear had things been the other way around my father would not have done the same. Now please rest, you and your children look tired, and we will be heading back to the palace shortly." The woman nodded and uttered her thanks once more before picking her babies and bringing them closer to her.

When she and the babies had fallen asleep the young boy who was no more than a few years older than Nuada moved towards the prince, "Your highness I know what you said but thank you, you saved my father, even if you were repaying a debt, I will never be able to repay you for that. But I will try."

Nuada smiled at the older boy, "When we are in private, call me Nuada, as I said to your mother I don't need your thanks, but I will take your friendship."

It was at this time that their friendship had been formed and it would last for centuries to come.

End Flashback


During his reminiscing Almira had slipped inside his room, she had knocked but when she had received no answer she had entered. It had been hours since she had eaten and was now starving. She saw De'Rowgh sitting on his bed, head down and hands clasped in front of him, he didn't look happy with whatever he was thinking, and Mira debated disturbing him, when he wasn't leering at her or making filthy comments he was beautiful. His dark skin contrasting with his silver hair, and unlike the prince he more often than not preferred to go shirtless. His biceps bulged as he fisted his hands together and his stomach muscles tightened and Mira found herself staring. De'Rowgh's eyes were closed but as he came back to his senses he could practically feel the arousal coming from his princess, "My lady I do believe that you are staring."

Mira was startled out of her admiration and blushed, saying that she was hungry would only open herself up to a slew of dirty comments from the Drow so instead she chose to try and satisfy her curiosity. "You didn't look happy, is something wrong?"

He looked up at her sharply, "It is nothing of consequence."

Almira cocked her head to one side, she had never seen him so serious, "Something is clearly wrong, I mean you have yet to make one of your filthy comments, not that I'm complaining mind you." She moved over towards him and sat next to him on the bed, "What is it?"

De'Rowgh looked into her big blue eyes and saw nothing but sincerity in them, "The human, the Daemon's woman said some things about his highness..."

"I've noticed you really seem to care about him..."

"Were it not for him I would be dead, and anyone who knows him, knows that he is not a bad Elf, he just does things in ways that not everybody understands, he is my friend, my brother, and I will not tolerate anyone saying a bad word about him..."

"I get it, I mean, Nyx is different from many of my people, she enjoys fighting, and the way she works, my family never understood her but she did what she had to do to take care of me. If anyone even thought to insult her I'd end them."

De'Rowgh stared at the Fey before him, at the woman before him, he was beginning to question why it was that she was his mate, he found her beautiful, and when she was angry he wanted nothing more than to ravish her body, but he had yet to find anything in common with her. Here today he could see it, they both would die for the ones that had saved them, they both understood what the other was feeling when it came to the friends...their family. He bet that if they were to spend some more time together, they would find more in common.

Mira stared into his silver eyes in wonder, when he reached up and caressed her cheek tenderly, there was no burning lust in his eyes at the moment, just a simmering desire that she found she could not resist. Softly De'Rowgh pressed his lips to hers and allowed his other hand to rest on her hip. Mira threaded her hands through his silver locks and allowed herself to be pulled closer to him. His tongue ran almost tentatively over her bottom lip begging for entrance, almost as if her was afraid that anything more aggressive would allow her to come to her senses and realise that she was kissing the Drow that she swore not to touch. Her lips parted and she let out a low moan as his tongue battled with hers for dominance and he let the hand that was cupping her face wonder down her body, skimming the side of a breast before joining the other at her hips. Turning slightly De'Rowgh pressed her down against his pillow and allowed her hands to travel down the plains of his back and eventually grip his sides. His own hands moved of their own accord and pulled her dress up over her thighs and hips so he could settle himself against her core. The only things separating their most intimate parts were his breeches and her underwear neither of which left much to the imagination. De'Rowgh had already tasted her once and found himself growing harder at the thought of tasting her again, he imagined his lips at her core, sucking on her bud and making love to her with his mouth. The thought was almost too much to bear as he ground against her eliciting a delicious mewl of pleasure from her as she threw her head back and gasped for air. De'Rowgh's lips travelled along her jaw and down her neck as his hands made their way to her underwear and inched it down slowly, Mira had yet to protest to any of his actions and he'd be damned if he let anything stop him now. Once her underwear came off his fingers found her entrance warm and inviting, his thumb caressed the little bundle of nerves just above her entrance as he slipped one finger inside of her drawing out a wanton moan that he captured with his lips.


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