Sorry for the short chapter this morning but it was important... Here's my appology!

gaarasgrl19: Yes, Isaac was wierd last chapter but eventually (and I mean in a couple more chapters though I'm not sure how many) you'll understand though it'll take a while. Also Isaac is insane (Isaac: Hey!) but he has a reason for the things he does that hopefully he will allow me to reveal ASAP.

The dedication is to all you readers and I hope you like this chapter! Please forgive me for the short last chapter.

Feng's P.O.V.

Maximillion Castle

It was a week after I moved into the castle and Sara and I spent a lot of time together getting to know each other. Sara'd actually manage to wheedle some of my most guarded secrets out of me while David completely ignored me and Isaac… Well, Isaac was being Isaac and there was no changing that. I actually have no clue what he'd been up to that whole week and I'd hardly seen him except for that first day when I'd asked him where Sara's room was after she fell asleep in my room after bawling her eyes out- he told me to find it myself so I let Sara sleep in my bed…

I'd only managed to go exploring a few times since coming but I'd managed to find quite a few of the secret passages (weren't they supposed to be hard to find since they were 'secret'?) I'd even found a medieval torture chamber with most of the torture instruments still there! When I told Sara about it she said I was insane and refused to go exploring with me. I have no clue why, though…

A week and a half went by when Dad called for a family meeting- the first one I'd ever be too and hopefully the only one because Isaac and David glared at me the whole time. Richard told us that one of Isaac's 'friends'- does a guy like him actually have friends?- was coming over to stay with us for a couple months and we were all to be on our best behavior- I think Isaac invited him over on purpose to get on my nerves.

The friend in question was one Dante Belikov, who'd been born and raised mostly in Russia. He was supposedly coming over that Thursday- it was already Tuesday- and Isaac persuaded Richard to give him the room next to mine… What was even weirder was that Isaac was being semi-nice to me… I think he kinda lost his mind when he went where ever he went after I got to the castle.

In Second Life I'd been traveling around and looking for information to put into my next book because the first couple had been big hits and I'd made quite a bit off of them- I'd even been able to buy more than just red, green and black ink plus my own house which was actually quite stunning. I'd met up with Elrohir again and we'd seemed to hit it off quite well- though was it my imagination but it seemed like he was flirting with me…

So Tuesday turned into Wednesday and Wednesday turned into Thursday. That morning I was going through another of the torture chambers that I'd found when I heard the telltale bell that always rang throughout the castle whenever a visitor arrived- we'd had several in the past week and a half- so I dropped what I was doing and quickly went to my room to change into the outfit that Sara- sadly- blackmailed me into wearing for the occasion. I would've been all for wearing the clothes that I'd been wearing while exploring but they were covered in dried blood and dust from the torture room much to my displeasure…

When I finally made it outside it was to see a very tall and dark Russian man- with a very charming accent I might add- shaking hands with Richard. When he noticed my presence he asked Richard who I was before walking quite gracefully over to me before taking my hand and placing a kiss on it. I think saying that I turned red was an understatement. Sara however squealed in pleasure- later she started making plans to make us a couple because she said we'd look 'cute' together.

"Pleasure to meet you, Ms. Maximillion," he said when he looked up from kissing my hand. I couldn't even correct my last name I was so speechless. "My name is Dante Belikov. I hope we'll become friends during my stay here."

That just made Sara squeal again- this time louder- and my half-brother's glare at me harder- though I think that Isaac was forcing it a little which was ANOTHER weird thing to add to the list of weird stuff he'd been doing. I just glared at the three of them before replying. "Don't hold your breath, Isaac wouldn't like that. Want to know what we might actually become friends just for that reason."

Isaac glared harder as Dante started laughing. "I've been told that you and Isaac don't exactly get along. I can see that the feelings are mutual between you."

"Aren't you supposed to be HIS friend?"

"Yes, but I prefer to be Switzerland," He smiled at me. Hmm, maybe he wasn't that bad and we could become great friends- minus the fact for me pissing Isaac off.

That night when I logged onto Second Life, Elrohir was waiting for me outside of my house with a bouquet of flowers- blood red roses to be exact.

"My, my, my, I thought you hated my guts," I teased.

"I'm in a good mood," He said smirking at me. "So don't ruin it."

"Something to do with real life?" I asked as I put the flowers in a vase on my kitchen window. I'd only returned yesterday night from the northern end of the continent.

"Partially," he said simply. I looked at him to continue. "I'm glad you're back; it was getting pretty boring here with no one to antagonize."

"Oh, really?"

"Well that and I want to ask you something…"

"Shoot."

"Will you go on a date with me?"

"Quite blunt are we? Aren't guys supposed to start by serenading us girls for weeks on end?"

"I'm not most guys."

"One date, but it better be worth it, lover boy."

"That's not nice," Elrohir chuckled.

"And what were you when we first met?" I reminded him.

"Touché," He outright laughed before hugging me. "You're perfect, you know that."

"Tell that to my Elder Half Brother," I mumbled under my breath.

The next day I woke up early and put on a set of clothes out of a rack that I'd put together with all of my 'exploration' clothes. The outfit consisted of very heavy yet skin tight jeans that I thought were cute but smart and a long sleeve, dark red turtle neck that would protect me from most of the dust and would be easy to hide the evidence of what I find. I also put on male tube socks- the ones that go up to the knees pretty much- along with heavy duty army boots, gloves and a hat to keep as much of what's down in the tunnels and passages off of my immediate person.

As I was leaving my room to go to the nearest entrance- behind the tapestry in between my room and Dante's sadly enough- I ran head first into the Russian who was supposed to be passed out in bed at that moment seeing how it was only 4:30 in the morning!

"I'm so-" The Russian in question did a double take when he realized it was me and he saw my attire. "What are you doing? And do I even want to know?"

"Well," I said as I tried to slowly retreat without him realizing it. To put it plainly, I wasn't that lucky a person. He grabbed my arm to prevent my retreat. Damn it all. "Alrighty then, I found an entrance to some of the secret passageways in this giant castle because you know how nobles and royalty loved their secret passageways and such. Well I found a couple torture chambers down there and I've been exploring and investigating and then drawing as accurate of maps when I come up as I can because I believe that they could be somewhat useful in the future and so on and so forth…"

I peeked at him to gage his reaction. "Please don't tell anyone?"

Seeing how my luck is so terrible, Dante did the last thing I was expecting… That unfortunately was to burst out laughing his butt off. Seriously, he dropped my arm and started rolling on the floor clutching his sides he was laughing so hard. I glared at the annoying monstrosity rolling in front of the tapestry of the 'Dark Angels Fall from Heaven' that housed the entrance to the passageway I wanted to get into.

"You know, it's really not that funny," I growled at him. "And I'd really like to get through that tapestry, if you don't mind."

He just continued laughing and laughing so hard that he could hardly breathe. I just kept glaring as time ticked away and the awakening of the castle drew nearer. It took him ten minutes to calm down.

Standing up finally, he wiped the tears of laughter from his eyes- yes he'd been laughing that hard- and took deep breaths while still laughing a couple times in between. "I'm sorry but that was the last thing I expected. Usually females run from those places yet here you are exploring them and making maps of them."

"Humph," I glared at him and pushed him aside and then walked around the tapestry and opened the secret door behind it. Unfortunately for me he followed. I muttered under my breath just barely loud enough so that he could catch a gest of my words. "Bastard…Stalker…Get a life…Stop following me Ass…"

"Sadly, you've intrigued me to I won't stop following you Ms. Maximillion," He said chuckling.

I whirled. "It's Ms. Hua, and I'd appreciate it if you'd address me as such and I would also appreciate it, Mr. Stalker, if you'd stop freaking stalking me!"

He just kept chuckling- the bastard- and followed me further into the depths. I took the most confusing way to the chamber that I was working on at the moment and eventually I lost him…only to realize that I had lost myself along the way as well.

"That mother fucking Bastard," I screamed and was pretty sure that even the maids who slept on the other side of the castle could hear me. "He got me lost, asshole, dimwit, mother fucker! I'll kill him when I get my hand on him next!"

That was how I spent the next hour of my life- cursing at a man who was probably in some other tunnel just as lost as I was- until I found my way to the first torture chamber that I'd found which had the bastard in question looking through my finds. I stalked up behind him quietly and then screamed "I'm gonna kill you," at the top of my lungs- which was probably a mistake considering the situation.

That's how I ended up on the floor of a medieval torture chamber with a hot Russian holding a knife to my throat…

Cliffhanger! And my first one at that ;}

Hope you guys liked this chapter and I'll be updating soon but I want FIVE REVIEWS (I realized that the seven was a bit farfetched) before I upload.

Thanks for reading and tell me your thoughts,

Sero