Author's Notes: It isn't completely finished... Milliah Korsokov, Dmitri Hitachi, Yae Hitachi, Tom Hitachi and Colette Monique are the characters that I own. All others are property of Tow Ubakata

Chapter Eight: D'eon .'. Lia

D'eon was trying to suppress it. It was the middle of the night, and he could hear Robin crying in the other room. He had to see what was wrong, but Lia was coming.

No! Not now, Lia, please…

He opened the door to Robin and Telliagory's room. He picked up Robin and carried him out to the balcony, trying his hardest to suppress Lia.

"Robin, what's wrong?"

"I…didn't…Colette…is…dead…"

"Colette?"

He'd heard of her before. She was the lady in waiting who had ran away to join the French Army. He'd heard about a palace boy finding her body, but he'd never thought it was…

"Robin, I…I can only imagine it, I'm so sorry…"

He had some idea of what he was feeling. When Lia had first possessed him, he found his friend Bernice dead, killed by Lia's soul, but by his hands.

"D'eon, have you ever lost a lover? No. All you've ever had was Anna, and you don't even show any love for her, and at times I wonder if you even love her at all. You cannot imagine my pain, nor can you take this burden off my shoulders."

"Robin, it will never get better if you don't talk about it. Please, Robin. Tell me."

"I ABANDONED HER! I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T STOP HER! I LET HER DIE AND SHE WILL NEVER FORGIVE ME! I HAVE TO BREAK AWAY! I DON'T DESERVE MILLIAH'S KINDNESS OR THE HONOR THAT I GET FROM BEING A MEMBER OF LE SECRET DU ROI! I WASN'T TRUE TO MY WORD! I DIDN'T PROTECT HER! I DIDN'T SUPPORT HER, AND I YELLED AT HER THE LAST TIME I SAW HER!"

"Robin, calm-" D'eon collapsed.

"LIA! NO!"

"Robin, none of that was your fault," Lia had taken over D'eon's body. "Do you really think that you could've stopped Colette? No! She knew she had to do it, or else women would continue to be looked down upon. Her death was horrible, but it was necessary."

"Was it necessary to make me a part of some awful plot? To break my heart so that women could be seen a warriors, too?"

"You have to stop looking at it that way, Robin. Just let her go. Your shame cannot bring her back to life. If you keep blaming yourself, you will lose yourself, and you will end up killing yourself. You're too sweet of a boy to do that Robin."

"Lia, I-"

"No. Listen to me Robin. You are so brave, strong, and kind for your age, Robin. You should stop blaming yourself. You will become cold, so stop. She wouldn't want that. You know that. So why do you keep doing this?"

"I loved her, Lia. I can't let go. If I do, I…I'd lose her…"

"Robin, you won't lose her. You'll set her free. She wants to be free, because she has nothing else to do until you join her in heaven. Please, let her go; set her free."

"I can't…I…I…I'll lose her.

"No you won't. You have to do it."

"I…"

He wasn't sure if he could. Colette had been a part of him for so long, he didn't know what would happen if he let her go.

He could hear her. She was in his head.

"Let me go, Robin. I want to see you happy, until we are together again. I'm sorry for hurting you, but I will always love you. I had a duty for the good of France. My death has changed the future. I love you, and I can't bear to see you like this, so don't make me see this. Let me be free! Set me free! I have to go, Robin, please let me go…"

"Colette, I love you, I'll let you…I will let you go…"

With those words, Robin collapsed in tears. As he did, the morning light poked through the night.

D'eon had gone back to bed, but Robin just lay there, motionless, welling with tears.

"I'm letting you go…Until we are together again…"

"Oh, Robin," Robin looked up to see Milliah. How long had she been standing there?

She bent down and held him.

"I'm so sorry…"

They were crying together, for Colette.

They were letting her go.