"Lir!" Andronikos called from across the room. She had Xalek's hands in hers and was demonstrating a kick to take out an opponent's feet. Ashara was watching quietly for once from a box nearby.

Xalek said, "Master. Your husband." He bowed to her and then, to Andronikos' surprise, bowed to him too and sank into a kneeling position.

"Ashara, attack Xalek. Xalek, defend without injuring her."

They both got their feet, bowed to Liri and moved to a wider area in the room.

Liri approached him smiling. "What brings you here?"

"A couple of things, actually." She gestured for him to talk.

"I wanted to do this whole sharing thing and realized I forgot something. I killed Moff Trysan." Her face turned towards his, thrilled.

"When?"

"One of the first raids we pulled off was his flagship."

"Why were you raiding Imperial ships?"

Andronikos shrugged, "I never asked Decimus why he chose the targets he did."

"And it just happened to be my old Master's ship?"

"Feel free to ask him."

"Don't think I won't." She paused and looked at him, "Jorif told you I wanted to look up Tad."

"Tad?"

"Tad Trysan. The Moff's son."

Andronikos ran his hand over his mohawk. "Yeah, you want to fill me on why?"

"I told you, he was nice to me. Saved me from his father a few times. I even-" She stopped and peered at him. "Are you mad that I didn't tell you?"

"Yeah, kind of. What did you 'even'?"

She looked embarrassed, "Well, I lost my virginity to him. We did it so his father couldn't have that. His dad was so mad." She turned away to check on Ashara and Xalek, then turned back. "You really killed him?"

"Took my time about it."

"Why?"

"I remembered some of the stuff you told me about him. Felt right to take some of my anger out on him."

Liri's eyes gleamed purple for a moment, "Did you make it painful?"

"I did."

She threw herself into his arms and every nerve ending in his body flared to life. She kissed him hard and he forgot what else he'd wanted to talk about. He'd remember later, because right now, the most important thing was to get her robe off.

"Andronikos!" came Pella's voice like out of a nightmare.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" he snarled into Liri's ear. "Does she have some kind of radar?"

"You want to have a joint party for the bachelor/bachelorette night? Why?"

"Because I'm married already."

"But that's no fun!"

"What's the point in having a dancer slide up and down me when I'll just be wishing Liri was there."

"What if I was the one sliding up and down you?" Liri murmured into his ear.

His arms tightened on her roughly. "You've never danced for me before."

Pella clapped her hands loudly, "So, Liri you want a joint party too?"

"If I dance for you, you dance for me?"

"As much as I'd love to see you dance, I don't dance. Seriously."

"Okay, we'll figure out what I get later then." Liri turned to Pella, "Make it joint. Get in touch with my friend and make sure the group is appropriate for a mixed group."

"What group?" Andronikos asked.

"The dancers," said Pella absent-mindedly. "Now I'm having some problems with the flowers."

Liri shushed her and let go of Andronikos, moving to Pella. Andronikos kept hold of her and she removed his arms with a sigh. "I'll be right back."

Pella was still talking a mile a minute as the two of them left the room.

Andronikos scowled at their backs. Great, now I'm even worse off. He watched Xalek and Ashara spar for a bit. Ashara never quite seemed to get an advantage over Xalek. Andronikos analyzed the Kaleesh's movements and saw several openings. Surprising for someone training under Liri. Then he realized they weren't using the Force at all. He walked over and let Ashara know where Xalek's guard was dropping because he was depending on the Force to protect him. After that, the sparring got much more interesting and Xalek asked him what he'd told Ashara. He managed to give them both a lesson in non-Force dependant defense before Liri got back.

Liri came right to him.

"Get everything straightened out?"

"Mostly. Do you care about any of this?"

"I'm arranging the ceremony, remember?"

"I meant all the details. The decorations, the food, anyone I missed inviting?"

"You told you everything I wanted. I don't much care about flowers."

Liri nodded. Andronikos reached for the hem of her robe, "Speaking of which, we were so rudely interrupted..."

"Why does it bother you that I asked Jorif to look up Tad?" she said absent-mindedly.

Andronikos sighed, letting the hem fall again, "I guess I just don't understand why you want to know."

"He saved me, Rev. He made my life so different from other slaves' lives. I wasn't just chain raped or treated badly. There was some sweetness, some affection in my life for a time. We got to be kids together. When Trysan shipped me off to be a dancer, I was strong enough to stand up for myself." She sighed and looked away, "He did get rough with me and as he got older took advantage of our friendship frequently until the day he realized he could do whatever he wanted to me and it was permitted."

Andronikos locked his jaw. He finally gritted out, "What happened then?"

"He hurt me pretty badly and then, while he was trying to take care of me, he felt so awful about it. After that, he used to protect me from his father when he could because he finally understood my position in the house. He stopped being rough; he treated me like a person and not property."

"Why haven't you told me all of this before?"

"Because we never really talked about the serious stuff, Rev. When have you ever told me about your mother? Or any siblings?"

"A little sister, Twila. My father beat my mother to death and I came home and killed him. The local authorities assumed I'd killed him trying to defend my mother. Enlisted in the Republic army to send money home to Twila." Andronikos kept his voice even, "Twila ran away from the orphanage at seventeen, changed her name, vanished. I've never been able to find her."

Liri gaped at him.

Andronikos caught her hand and raised it to his lips, "I know you, Lir. Not your history or details, I know who we are together. Everything else will come with time. If we ever get tired of fucking each other senseless and spend more time talking maybe." She giggled. "I want to know about Tad because you're just now tracking him down. I'm curious why you didn't kill Moff Trysan yourself."

"As soon as I became a Sith Lord, he allied himself with Ravage."

"Son of a bitch. No wonder Decimus had me pull that job."

"I couldn't touch him without it being obvious. My hands were tied and I didn't want to endanger Tad by contacting him." Liri stroked the bottom her lekku, something he'd never seen her do before. "Of course, he never tried to get in contact with me either."

He caught her face in his hands, "Come and tell me when you find out, alright? Stop treating me like our lives are separate."

She nodded hesitantly. "I'm not used to-"

"I know, oh great Darth Oculus. No sharing of power. Suck it up, Lir. We're married."

She made a face at him and he grabbed her arm hard. "Any chance of Pella leaving us alone for ten minutes?"

"TEN?"

"It's been a week. Fifteen tops."

"Actually, I kind of like you all worked up like this. Maybe we just wait til the bachelor/bachelorette party."

"Then it'll be thirty seconds."

"I think you're better at controlling yourself than you want me to believe."

He growled, deep in his throat, frustrated and practically trembling with needing her. "Are you using your aura on me?"

"Yup. Mmm, you're all undone." Her eyes lit up, "Maybe you beg me for once."

He released her instantly, stepping back. He balled his hands into fists. "I don't beg, Lir."

"Why is that?"

"I don't beg for anyone."

"Tell me why."

"Not here."

Liri looked over at Ashara and Xalek. "I should have you help train them more often."

"Happy to help." Andronikos swallowed his emotions and turned to go. "I'll be back later, Lir."

She blinked and then kissed him on the cheek. "Alright."