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I guess my tear ducts reacted faster than my mind could because they began watering before I even felt the breaking of my heart. Two knocks sounded on the door before my visitor just walked in. Evander stood awkwardly in the doorway, obviously not knowing how to handle my sudden tears.

"What is the reason behind your sorrowful tears?" he asked. His voice soft and kind. He took a step forward and squatted in front of me. I couldn't help but look at him, feeling as though he would envelope me into his arms and keep me safe from the pain of losing my best friend…my brother. Evander extended his arm and cupped my face, gently. He wiped away the tears that continued to race down my face.

"It's Sebastian." I said, my voice breaking, "He hates me now." Evander sighed and took a seat next to me.

"That boy does not hate you, Miss Isabelle. I have seen the way he looks at you, and hate is far from it."

"That's changed. And I don't blame him, I got so caught up in the life of, well this!" I said, extending my arms to gesture to my magnificent bedroom, but I meant more than that. I meant this whole castle, my rank, and what now seemed to be my life.

"Is that so wrong?" Evander said softly.

"What?" I said, not sure if I had heard that right.

"Never mind." He said, shaking his head and then looked me straight in the eye, "Would you like me to speak with Mr. Brantley?"

"No!" I said, a little too loudly. Than cleared my throat, "I mean no, you shouldn't. It would only upset him more…"

"Yes." Evander said softly. He closed his eyes and mumbled, "I cannot believe that I am going to allow you to do this."

"What? What are you going to allow me to do?"

"You have the permission to go visit your friend, but you must take precautions and I will send six of our best guards with you. And you must call me every hour. If you even miss one hour, I will personally come and search for you."

After Evander had picked out the guards that would accompany me, he pulled up inside a large limo.

"Take this with you."

"Won't this attract extra attention?" I asked, skeptically.

Evander shrugged, "Perhaps. Would you be more comfortable taking the Ferrari?" he said. I grinned,

"I'd love too." I said, eyeing the red Ferrari that seemed like it was calling out to me.

"The guards will follow you in the black SUV. They will keep an eye on you at all time, even if you cannot see them."

I nodded, "Thank you, Evander."

Evander smiled, "I try." he simply said, and then left after handing me the keys to the beauty called a car. I slid into the driver's seat, looking around in amazement. I ran my hands over the steering wheel, the speedometer, and the gears. I turned the car on and it began purring to life. I felt my heart leap and then put the car into Drive. At first, I was slow. Not wanting to put even a mere scratch on the car. My bad leg was resting on the side. Then as I became used to driving the car, I began racing, even speeding. The car obeyed my commands and changed lanes with ease. Before I knew it, I had parked outside of Sebastian's house. The house that carried so many of my memories. I slowly walked/limped up and knocked on the door. Within a second, I heard footsteps coming towards the door. When it opened, it was a girl with gorgeous blonde hair, blue eyes and sporting Sebastian's white button-up.

"Uh, who are you?" she said rudely, then her eyes widened and she immediately dropped to one knee, "Your highness." she whispered, "I-I had no idea, I-I'm sorry for my appearance. I'll...go change!" she said hurriedly and sprinted away.

"Auriella, who is it?" Sebastian's voice came. My heart jumped at the sound of my best friend's voice. As soon as he stepped into vision, he paused. "Isabelle." he said. Then his eyes narrowed. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see my best friend." I said, lightly. "I came to apologize and to tell you that no matter what you say, what you asked me to do is something that can and never will happen."

"Leave." Sebastian said, as a breeze rolled in and rustled his black hair.

"No." I said, just as strongly.

"I said, leave. I do not want to see you. For all I know, you're not even the same Isabelle anymore."

That hurt, more than ever. But I stood my ground, "And I said no. I don't care if you don't want to see me. And for all I know, I would never change who I am because I'm a to-be Goddess."

Sebastian smirked, but behind it was no humor. "Ah, so you've come to terms with it, your Greatness?" he said sarcastically.

"I swear to the Gods, Sebastian. Why do you have to be like this? I was busy! Geez, I'm sorry! Do you want me to get on my knees and grovel? 'Cause I sure as hell will! Even though I was busy, I wanted to call you every night! You think I'm comfortable there? In a place where I know nothing and know no one? Where everything is unfamiliar and strange? You think I like servants running after me? Who are afraid to say my name? Why can't you just understand?" I screamed, tears running down my face. Sebastian's expression softened and he took a step forward, reaching his arm outwards. But right then, four guards ran up to the door.

"Your highness! We heard you screaming! Is everything all right?"

I turned towards them, annoyed. "Yes. I'm fine." They nodded and vanished.

"So you're being followed by guards?" Sebastian said, anger filling his voice.

I nodded, "In case something happens."

"You mean, with the Others'?" he said, quickly realizing. Again, I nodded. Wiping away my tears.

"Listen. You heard what I had to say. If you still don't want to forgive me, fine. I'll be waiting outside until you do." I said, but then Sebastian wrapped his hand arm my wrist and turned me into him.

"I'm sorry, Isabelle." he whispered, "I shouldn't have gotten angry. It's just...I've been one of the only people in your life and you in mine, and now I have to share my sister with the whole realm."

I nodded, "It's unfair. But," I looked around him, "Where's your girl?"

"Oh," Sebastian turned red, "She's not my girl... I met her at a Gifted party yesterday..."

I began laughing, "You slept with someone you don't even know?" I put my hands up, "I guess I'm not the only whose changed, huh?" I said, giggling.

"Sit down, I'll get you some tea but first... let me deal with her." he said with a wink and left for his room. I listened quietly,

"Uh, hey..." Sebastian said awkwardly.

"Why didn't you tell me your girlfriend was Sire Evander's fiancée?" she blasted angrily. Girlfriend? Oh... awkward... "Ugh! I humiliated myself in front of her, wearing nothing but your stupid shirt!"

"Oh... Isabelle's not my girlfriend. More like my sister... and now if you would kindly leave, I would greatly appreciate that." he said, in a sorrowful tone. "I mean, you can call me or something!"

She laughed sarcastically, "Yeah right!" she snorted then stormed out of his bedroom. Now fully dressed, she stood in front of me. I stood up and smiled at her.

"I'm Isabelle." I said, sticking my hand out, "And you must be?"

"Auriella, your greatness! My name is Auriella. And if it's ok with you, may I leave?" she said.

I nodded and laughed, "Yes of course!" She bowed thankfully and left. Sebastian came out, his face flushed. The moment I saw him, we both began laughing hysterically. After we calmed down, he got me a cup of tea and sat down.

"How has life been at the castle? Tell me everything."

"It's been good. I mean, not as bad as I expected. I have to go to training every day, working on my Gift. Each day is with a new Guard. That's how this happened." I said, motioning to my limp leg. "Tore my tendon, even the healers couldn't completely heal it. Then I always have to do some type of dress fitting or picking out a wedding hall. Liliac teaches me a Goddess' etiquettes. Hmm, what else?" I said wondering out loud.

"Tell me about Evander." Sebastian said, sipping at his tea.

"He's…nice. I know everyone says he's ruthless but I can't see it. It comes out occasionally but he handles me with such delicacy and kindness it's appalling after the stories I've heard. He's always trying his best to make sure I'm doing my best and feeling comfortable." I said, with a small smile. "I came to terms that this marriage isn't such a bad thing. Definitely something I need to get used too…but I may even begin developing feeling for him…"

Sebastian grinned widely, "It sounds to me that you already have."

And that's when it hit me. I guess hearing it out loud was different then wondering about it. I had developed feelings for Evander already. But, this is so much different than all the other times I had feelings for a guy. I feel so much lighter and carefree around him. Even when he was angry, I knew he wouldn't hurt me. I knew that… I was safe.

I smiled, "I guess so…" I shook my head, "Anyway. I have two main… maids, you can call it. But to me, they're more friends than anything. They're always looking out for me, and they're even badass!" I told him about how each God is, how they act. Then I told him about all the encounters I've had with the Others' so far, which caused him to be angry. Really really angry.

"Dammit! This is why I should be there with you!" I put a hand on his arm and told him to relax. Sebastian's anger slowly subsided. "I guess it's my turn." He paused, and then continued. "Well, I was really pissed off at you, if you hadn't noticed. Especially at the Engagement party. I mean, normally it's you who I'm sitting next too, but it was so different. All I could do was stare at you, sitting on your throne next to Evander and the rest of the Gods'. And I couldn't even talk to you because of those damned Guards. The most I had gotten from you was the note, which I said I would stay… but it hurt too much. After those, I started partying a lot. I thought I needed to find a new wingman.. er- woman. But, I never could find the right one." He said, winking at me. "I had a girlfriend for about a week."

My eyes widened, "Who?"

"Esmerald. But she was a normal human that some stupid Gifted took her to one of our parties. She was scared shitless, so I offered to take her home. Yeah, after I told her about my Gift she was scared and ran off. In truth, I kind of wanted her too. Anyway, I called one of the council members and he erased her memories of it." Council member…? Why didn't I hear of this? "Well, anyway that was it. Nothing special!"

I glanced at my watch and as soon as it struck 1:00, my phone began buzzing and Evander's name popped up. I put my finger up to Sebastian and answered.

"Hello?" I said, answering on the first ring because I knew that if I didn't, he would have come personally and raised hell.

"Isabelle?" Evander said, sounding relieved. My heart did a little flip.

I smiled, "The one and only. Well, I'm safe and sound, sitting next to Sebastian."

"I am glad." He said, "I was just checking in. Is everything alright?"

I grinned at Sebastian, "Everything is perfect. I should be home soon." Home. I had just called that place 'home', and I was perfectly ok with it. I guess Sebastian and Evander picked up on that as well, because Sebastian's eyes dulled but he kept the smile on his face and Evander's laugh rung through the phone.

"You called the castle home." He said, with a smile in his voice.

"I did, indeed. Now get used to it!" I laughed, then said my goodbyes and hung up.

"Home, huh?" Sebastian said.

I nodded, "I guess so."

"I'll only be ok leaving you there under a couple conditions!"

I raised an eyebrow, "I'm listening."

"One, you call me at least once a week! If not, text me. Two, I'm allowed to visit at any time, any day."

I wrapped my arms around his neck, "Deal!" Sebastian gave me a little squeeze. "But, don't get mad if I'm busy!"

He laughed, "Fine. Anyway, get up! We're leaving."

"We?"

"Well, our deal kicks in now. And I want a tour of the castle."

I laughed and held my hands up, "Stay till tomorrow then." I offered.

He went into his room and picked up a duffel bag then stepped out, "Way ahead of you there!"

I nodded then grabbed the keys to the Ferrari. As I stepped out the door, I realized Sebastian wasn't following me. When I turned around, he was staring at the Ferrari with wide eyes.

"T-That's y-yours?" he exclaimed, dropping his bag.

I shook my head, "Not mine, Evander's. But he let me borrow it…"

"Can I drive?" he whispered. I laughed and threw him the keys.

"If you scratch it, I'll have to kick your ass."

"If I scratch it, I'll give you permission to kick my ass!"

With Sebastian's driving, we got there in less than 10 minutes, not ignoring the fact he broke 4 red lights and 6 stop signs, along with almost running over a pedestrian and killing both of us with his sharp turns. All this with no police chasing us or no scratches on the Ferrari, thank the Gods.

We pulled up to the castle and our doors were immediately opened, Evander standing outside the castle with his arms clasped behind his back. He saw me quickly and smiled kindly. Turning to Sebastian, he stuck his hand out.

"Sir Brantley. What gives me the honor of you coming to my home today?" Evander said. Before Sebastian could say anything I stepped in front of him.

"Sebastian and I have tons of catching up to do, so I invited him to stay here for a couple days..." I trailed, kicking my toes in the dirt lightly.

"Ah, brilliant!" he said, his light British accent sounding mesmerizing.

I was shocked, "You're not angry?"

"Of course not. A friend of yours shall be a friend of mine." he said and winked at me. I couldn't help but smile at him. "He may stay under one condition."

Sebastian and I looked at each other than at Evander. "And that is?"

"Sebastian, you may not distract Isabelle from her training and classes."

He nodded, "I won't, promise. Although, if she's injured how will she train?"

Evander smirked, "We have some ideas in mind."

Yeah, well those ideas were me training my Gift but not with just anyone. When I got into the training arena, I saw Liliac standing in front of me. She was wearing a gorgeous green silk dress, definitely not something made for training. The second I stepped near her, I felt a wave of power. Then I realized it. Liliac, the Goddess of humans... and manipulation.

I felt the sudden urge to obey to her commands. To follow out any order that she gave me. See, this is where her power from Darak differs. Darak, being an empath, allows me to feel anything he wants me to feel, in return feeding off the energy I radiate and strengthening from there. Liliac's power makes me want to do anything that I don't want to do, to physically carry out anything she tells me to do.

Fight it.Use your gift.

I tried putting up the mental block that I was taught. But, it merely weakened it. I allowed my Gift to stir inside me and build power. Then slowly, I leaked it out. Made sure it was filling every area around me. The pull to Liliac weakened. I leaked more power out, this time adding a little extra. Liliac's pull weakened to a small tug. I felt my body weakening as well, sweat brimmed my forehead. Liliac knew I was weakening, that I was going to break. I felt my arms rise and then realized Liliac was able to get through to me. I broke out of the trance and lifted my arms, guiding my power with them. Pushing out completely, I sent all my power toward Liliac which actually made her stumble as her power disintegrated.

Liliac stared at me, her eyes flashing with something. Then she started laughing, "I underestimated your strength! You shall make a great Goddess."

I looked at Evander, his smile beaming proudly at me. I began to smile back when my knee's buckled. "Isabel!" Sebastian yelled, as he ran out and caught me before my body hit the floor. My eyes rolled to the back of my head in exhaustion. "Stupid girl, why'd you use so much power?"

I breathed heavily, trying to control my breathing. Evander kneeled beside me, "May I?" he asked Sebastian. I opened my eyes lightly to see Evander taking me into his arms. I felt myself snuggle closer into the steel frame of his body. Evander's chest rumbled as he chuckled. I felt Evander walking but I was too tired to care where he was taking me. Evander gently set my body on what felt like a counter. His presence left me for a second but it came back quickly.

"Isabel." he said gently, "Drink this. It will make you feel better." I forced my eyes open and looked Evander in the eye before taking the glass.

"Thank you." I whispered.

"Just a warning, though. It will not be a pleasant taste." he said but by the time I was already taking my first sip. He was right; it tasted like dirty socks and gross laundry. I resisted the urge to gag. Evander laughed this time and patted my back affectionately. I quickly drank it and set the glass down, no doubt making a horrendous face. Almost instantly, I felt a burst of energy.

"What was that?" I said excitedly, feeling as though I just drank all the caffeinated beverages in the world!

"A concoction of Fae juice, soybean milk, and a secret ingredient."

"Which would be?"

Evander leaned close to my face, my breath hitched and heart raced. "Something you do not need to know." he whispered, wickedly.

"Let's walk and talk!" I suggested, not being able to sit still and longer.

"I have to go fill out pap-"

"Don't say paperwork. Take a break from working once in a while, Evander!"

"Lady Ashworth, you are quite the bad influence." he said, but began walking nonetheless.

"Sire Evander, it is you whose the bad influence, are you not?" I said jokingly.

"Oh? And how so?" Evander said, smiling gently.

"Well, you have a lady stay in your home unwed?" I tsked.

He chuckled, "You do not seem to complaining. Just say it, Isabel. You enjoy being at the castle. Around me."

I narrowed my eyes, "Fine. You got me. I enjoy being at the castle."

"Is that so? And just the around the castle?"

I bit my lip, "And you." I finished in a mumble.

Evander looked shocked for a moment, as if not expecting me to really say it. But, then he smiled. "You never cease to surprise me, Isabel."

"Why's that? I'm not so interesting."

"Well, when we had first met, I believed that you would throw up a fight till the very end. Be a complete rebel."

"You describe me to be a teenager disobeying her parents." I chuckled.

"If you were a teenager, I would be a lot of trouble." I heard him murmur under his breath.

I raised an eyebrow, "Don't think I didn't hear that."

Evander looked at me, a sly smirk on his lips. "Hear what, Ms. Ashworth?" he said, innocently.

"Your remark right there about getting in trouble if I was a teenager."

"Ah that." Evander stopped and took my hand, lightly kissing my knuckles. I jumped in surprise but tried taking my hand out of his but he kept a gentle yet tight hold. "Do keep in mind that if I had not wanted you to hear that," his voice dropped to a whisper, "I would not have said it out loud."

I gulped and continued to stare at him. I tried calming my heart down but it wouldn't stop racing. His blonde hair was slightly messy and his blue eyes swirled with mischief. Where had this Evander come from? As I racked my brain for something to say, Sebastian magically appeared.

"There you are, Isabel!" he stopped then looked at Evander still holding my hand to his lips, "Oh… Am I interrupting something?"

I took my hand out of Evander's grasp, "Nope! Nothing! Let's get going, yeah? I'll give you the tour you wanted!" I said quickly and latched arms with Sebastian. I tried walking away but Sebastian stood in place.

"Wait! I wasn't looking for you directly, I was looking for Evand- Sire Evander as well!" Sebastian said to me then turned to Evander. "Have you ever been clubbing?"

"Clubbing? Ah, you mean the dancing places where humans go to?" Sebastian nodded. "I have been once or twice but that was nearly 10 years ago, on a mission if I remember correctly."

Sebastian laughed, "That's the same thing the other's said. Well, I guess that changes today because we are going clubbing."

"Clubbing?" I said, my voice almost at a squeak.

Evander looked at me then gave me a wicked smile, which was becoming too common now. "Perfect, I was in a dancing mood." He said, his voice sounding too amused.