I had finished writing the terms and conditions, but I was going to review it a few times to be sure it was what I wanted. I also had to get this preapproved through Eli. As much as I wanted this, I might not ever be needed.

Breakfast had an extra person at the table, it was not someone I expected to see. Kalego, and he was sitting next to Iruma. He remained quite the whole time, looking between Sullivan and I. When Iruma left the table, Opera took Eli. What the heck was going on, this better not be some love confession, I would have to sorely disappoint him.

Sullivan crossed his fingers, propping his elbows on the table. "Are you going to explain, or do I have too?"

Kalego was not looking up. "Grandpa, explain what?"

He set a small vile on the table. "Opera found this when he was cleaning your room. It was under the bed."

"You went into my room? I told you I would clean it, and I have been."

"You were gone for over three days, he was feeding Zve and then started dusting. You know how he gets, once he starts, he does not stop. Tell her exactly what this is."

Kalego looked up. "It is a dream potion."

"And?"

"It allows you to enter the dreams of someone else. You brew it, and then had a stand of hair." I heard of that, but the other person had to also be asleep for it to work.

Grandpa opened the vile, pulling a long green hair out. "We were trying to figure out who, and he was the only one ever sleeping in your room."

"You went into my dreams."

"Yes." Straight forward lines. "I wanted to remember Eli. I did, but then I did not stop. I was fascinated with the human realm you showed me, and you. I wanted to get closer to you, again."

Everything we had gone through. The months in my mind of dates and alone time. It was really him. I thought it was a vivid dream from being in a coma. The kiss, and other things we had almost done. He was controlling all my dreams.

"Viola." Grandpa put a hand on mine. "Breathe."

He kept me around him, cutting me off from work. He kept me to himself. His quietness from the flight to Narnia's, trying to protect me from things. The frustration in his voice when he wanted to have a civil conversation. The jealousy in his eyes when Narnia and I were fake dating.

All of it, it clicked one by one. All the pieces like a puzzle came together. How could he do that to me? All the memories I had after I woke up, would those have been sooner and played in order if he had not meddled. Narnia, what about him? How do I face him, and this, or both.

Grandpa tapped my hand. "Viola."

"Grandpa, I could have gone the rest of my life not knowing that. Here I thought entering my room or personal space was an invasion. I did not realize it could be so much worse and by someone I used to trust. Get out."

"Vi."

My vison blacked, and slammed my fist on the table, splintering it. "Only Nari is allowed to call me that."

"So, you have a nick name for him, now?"

"I do not have to explain a single thing to you, and if you must know, we are closer than average demons. Leave before you make me do something I will regret in the future." He pushed his chair out and left.

"My most precious granddaughter, is there anything you want me to do?"

"No, just keep him from this house, and if he must be here? Let me know so I can vacate myself. Do not tell anyone of this, I will work through this on my own."

I pulled my phone out, there was no way I would be able to go in and face Narnia. I would tell him everything, but if Kalego got defensive over his older brother, then he might do the same. I was planted in the middle of a love triangle, and I hated it.

Eli went with Opera to school, I crawled into my bed. Tucking myself under the covers. I never had such a roller coaster of emotions in such a short time. I was not tired physically, but mentally I was over it all.

Kalego texted me. 'I know you're mad, but you can't tell me that you did not feel something between us during that time. I did not control the way you felt. I let that be, let you decide.' I left him on read, tossing my phone across the room. I raised a shield over me, covering my head.

All the thoughts swirled in my head, repeating the words, the memories. Everything I had felt was mushing into a cauldron and it was starting to boil over. I soaked my pillow, I threw it, pulling a new one to me. She told me it was time to remember, what if he messed with that?

Instead of Lala date land, what if I was supposed to have all my memories given to me as a walk through. Not the choppy mess I received afterwards. Nothing was lined up; it was all over and so short. I only saw the impactful things, not the whole picture.

That potion was able to let the user manipulate the dream realm and make it what they wanted. Influencing emotions, place, and even time. It allowed them to access my memories and comb through them as they pleased. I threw almost every pillow I had eventually. He knew and saw everything.

My stomach growled for what felt like the hundredth time. It must be close to lunch. Flicking the blanket off, I looked outside to the nighttime sky. Dinner time then. I took my blanket and wrapped it around me, dragging it along as I went into the kitchen and raided the contents.

Making the tea, I drank it as took food with me back to bed. Opera had cleaned all my pillows, making my bed just for me to tear it apart and turn it into a nest of pillows to surround me. I did not plan to go to work the following day either, my phone was still on the floor across the room.

He probably made me trust him in that restaurant and influenced my actions to kiss him. Beforehand, I would not really do something like that. I liked him, but he was a friend. That was it. I wonder if he saw and felt how I really felt about him and pushed things a little for himself.

Damn demon eating needs, I flipped the blanket off. It was still dark; my phone was next to me on the bedside table. I looked at the lock screen, no, I was in my bed for another full day. There were about six notifications from calls to messages, I was sure one of them had to be from Narnia.

Probably a message that says, 'the world is plummeting into chaos and you're in your bed crying.' I threw it across the room again, letting it land on the carpet. I will deal with that tomorrow. I am sure two days gone, one without a word would be enough to get me in some kind of trouble. Make him hate me and leave me. Then I could cut ties with both and not deal with it.

I trudged to the kitchen, there was a note. 'You touched my Jello.' – Opera. I wrote. 'And?' then processed to get the Jello out. I turned. A displeased Opera perched on the counter, tail twitching.

"Kitty, no. Down."

"My Jello." He snatched up the bowl from my hands, and ran to the fridge, putting it inside.

I narrowed my eyes, reaching for the bowl. He took the bowl, running off. "Okay, your Jello."

I rolled my eyes, taking a bag of chips to my room. On my desk was a note and some flowers.

'It's okay to feel bad sometimes, never forget all the good you have done. From the lives you have touched, and to the ones who look to you as the greatest thing to grace this world. -Narnia'

I didn't even know how to sort out my feelings. He must think it is about him. I never found the bug he put in my room, that thought he could watch me, and know what I was doing. Those two would be the death of me. I picked up my phone, reading Narnia's messages.

'I understand, feel better soon.' Missed call. 'I see you are not coming again today.' Two missed calls. 'Vi, if your avoiding me, tell me what I did.'

Henri called once and texted me while I was out of the room. 'I do not know how much time you need off, but we have a lead on one of the six fingers. Could use you.' He sent a location. 'I have Fenrir looking into it now. If you plan to go, text him to meet up.'

'You were not there when I came by; text me to let me know you're at least alive.' Fenrir.

I texted Fenrir. 'Where?' Buffer, looked.

"The princess is up and walking." I turned to Fenrir. "Get dressed, we are heading west." He grinned.

I ran up and hugged him, and he gripped back tightly. "It was not you." I let go, changing into my field gear. "Let's bring one of those bastards in."

He teleported us into the sky, we separated, and I swooped up following him. "They were spotted by the prison we had placed Baal in." We had purposefully put him there for the security and distance it would be to get there.

I nodded, taking out my suppressants. "Ten, four."

The prison was in the distance, an explosion erupted from the side. Debre fell down the side, flames hitting the trees. I summoned my violin, projecting my barriers to hold the prisoners in. They were not wasting any time.

Fenrir teleported to the opening, looking back. I opened a hole, and he slipped in. Magic erupted from the inside. I increased the barrier to in case the whole prison. No one was getting out of here, not while I was here. All my instruments were out and playing; I barreled into the prison.

I teleported those around me back into the prison cells, doubling up the prison cells that were still intact. A familiar face in the crowd, I teleported behind her. She whipped around with a kick; I shoved it down. I pushed a barrier on her. Shoving her to the ground and cuffed her.

Her eyes were black. "Be a good girl and stay right here until I or Fenrir comes back. Now, sit." She sat, gritting her teeth.

"We are almost there; we will return to origins."

"And if you do, I will be able to control everyone. Counterproductive, is it not?"

"Exactly, no more king, but a queen. A hive of origins. Does that not sound nice?"

"Yeah no. Any more of you here?"

"No." Swirls. She was lying. I back handed her.

"I hate liars."

I continued putting prisoners in cells, sifting through the halls. I had not been to this prison before and found myself lost. The chaos had died down, and I teleported outside. I floated above. A flare was let off, heading towards my instruments.

I placed a barrier, watching it explode in the air. I formed spears with the barriers and shot them back. I watched a demon barrel out of the way. He had a skeleton-like face. I shoved him to the ground, soaring down to the ground.

"That was stupid." I cuffed him, sitting him up. I could not see his eyes through the hollowness. "Answer me truthfully are there more than two of you here?"

"There is not. Me and Miki." Straight lines.

My phone buzzed. 'Prison cleared, I also found one cuffed on the ground, said she was waiting for you.' I summed my instruments.

'Take her in. I also have one.'

I teleported to the front gate, pushing the one I had forward. I dropped him on his knees in the lobby. Fenrir did the same. Several officers flooded the room, chaining and leading them away. It felt good seeing two of them brough to justice.

"Good job princess, Narnia is in his office waiting to talk to you. See you around."

His office, this was where I was going to hear it from him. I sat in the lobby for a minute trying to collect my thoughts. I had to face him eventually or I really would lose him. I put my mask up, teleporting to his office.

He looked up. "Vi, if that is you in the corner you need to come out."

I walked closer, pulling my mask off. "How did you know?"

He flipped a page over, filling out another form. "You did not shield your sound, a mistake like that could get you caught in the future."

"Noted."

"Why were you gone the last two days?"

"I needed a break, from everything."

"And that meant shutting yourself in your room and crying for two days?" I nodded. "Come here, Vi."

"Do you find me too clingy?"

"No, now come here." I took two steps forward. He said no, so I must be fine. He held his hand out to the side, and I walked up to it. He gently grabbed my hand. "Are you afraid of me?" I shook my head, and he pulled me into his lap. "Then why are you acting that way?"

"I noticed I was doing certain things and I don't want you to think I am too clingy."

He pressed me to his chest. "I never once thought of you as clingy. Why would you think that?"

"It's dumb."

"Not to me."

I took a breath. "The thing I noticed was on me. You got up to get the tea so suddenly, and I reached out because I wasn't ready for you to leave me. Then when I was hugging you, you pulled my arms off and told me to get Eli and go home. It's dumb, and I knew these things as me being clingy." I grabbed at his clothes. "Don't leave me."

He tilted my chin up. "I am not leaving you, so get that thought out of your head. I have never had someone look at me the way you do. Do you remember Kimora?"

My eyes turned in. "She's not talking to you, is she?"

He smirked. "No, now listen. I will tell you a whole story, the full truth. We were lawed long before I joined Border Patrol and had met a few times, but all she really talked about was the latest gossip. I took it like a grain of salt. I gained a reputation long before I succeeded my father. The time came for us to initiate courting, and she refused any time for us to be alone.

Either Kalego, Father, Uncle, or a few servants had to always be in the room. When I asked her why, do you know what she told me at the dinner table? She was afraid I would hurt her, and she wished she was not lawed to such a sadistic demon. She listened to the gossip and drank it all in like fresh tea. Father was no help as he bragged how well I did.

Events like Balls and celebrations, she would lash out at me in front of everyone and storm off like you had seen, that is why not a soul batted an eye in our direction. She spread things like me being dismissive of her feelings, but she had no real reason to break the lawed marriage. I had done nothing of the sorts and was abiding by the contract.

Gifts, time spent. Things like that, but I requested a change in contract to lessen the amount of time I had to be around her for my Job's sake, but it was to get away from her. This was before she became an adult. When she was an adult, she changed a little.

Suddenly, I was no longer allowed to speak or dance with anyone of the opposite gender. Per contract, it was forbidden to Court another or carry a relationship with anyone else as it was terms to break it and face punishment. She was hoping the amount of distaste would be enough, but it was not.

I used Baal as my in-between demon, I had him whisper sweet words to her. Promises of marriage and a happy life with him. One problem, I also had to find someone, or she would be punished. Real or not, they just needed to look the part."

"And that was me."

"Yes, I choose you. You were the only one who did not know all of what was happening in the noble world of demons. Don't hate me, but you were an easy and powerful target. I did not know I was going to like you the way I do now."

He smirked. "You were never afraid of me like others. Most tremble at the mention of my name, and you never cared. You have yelled at me, hit me in the chest for a sideways comment. Drugged me…"

I poked him in the chest. "Hey, you're making it sound like I am an awful demoness who bewitched you with abuse."

He chuckled tapping my nose. "You did, but… you also had a beautiful bewitching smile, and it was towards me. You do not share your genuine smiles generously, from the note until now, they were few and far between."

I nuzzled under his chin. "My smile isn't that great."

He hugged me with both arms, squeezing tightly and I let out a soft hm. "To me, it has become my whole world. I don't know if you know this, but I can feel your emotions. The closer you are, the stronger it is. I felt you cry for help when you were dying, and I had almost not made it in time."

"You felt me die?"

"I did not understand at first, until I realized what I was feeling was the same thing from the Note, the carnival. It's always revolved around you. That looming feeling, I dismissed it at first, then Yodh sought me out. He yelled at me, asking why I was not going to you."

"He did?"

"He requested I heal you, threatening to break the blood contract for abandoning you. I told him to tell no one I was there. When I did go, your heart was gone, but you were still alive, fighting. I removed the flesh-eating spores and waited. When you took a deep breath, and the color in your face returned; I left.

That was when I dug deeper into your claims. If I am honest, Yodh scares me because he does hold power over me, and the abilities he gave my blood line. I know you know that too, you listened to our conversation. Even that fact did not stop me from coming around to you."

"You would really risk being around me, knowing what I can do if you were to upset me?"

"Yes, and before you ever messaged me. I felt your anger, and then deep sadness that followed."

I shook my head. "It was just me, don't…" I looked at the door, light footsteps. I tried to move, but he held me down. I shoved my mask up. Narnia dropped his arms and I clung to him.

The door swung open; Henri came in holding a pack of papers looking down. "Narnia, we have two of the six fingers in custody, Miki and Maemaro. You two did great, flawless job." You two? I was with Fenrir. Does he know?

Henri looked up, handing the paperwork over to Narnia. "I am sure you would love to take the reins on this one, but the princess might be of more use. Did she come by here at all to talk or is she still upset?"

"She did." He motioned with a hand to something on the desk, Henri picked up a small bottle, rolling it over in his hands. He opened it up and sniffed the contents, pulling a long green hair out. His eyes narrowed, at it felt like he was looking into my soul.

"You didn't use this on her, did you? You know why we stopped using this. You can't be manipulating her mind like that, no matter what you feel for her. Don't think I have not noticed the two of you spending time together recently. A lot more than a check in."

"I wasn't the one who used it. I would not do that to her as a desperate attempt, not when I already have her. Do tell, why did we stop using that?"

"Don't play games, Narnia. You know damn well the side effects of lost reality because of the dream scape. If not you, than who?"

"I was just about to ask her when you showed up." He pulled my mask down, my eyes widened. "If my princess was not so strong, she might have had it worse off with how much was used."

I turned my head in, hiding my face. "Traitor."

"I went against your advice and visited. Lord Sullivan was more than willing to tell me everything, that's why I told you to wait it out. This person used it throughout the time she was in a coma. While she said to do nothing, I requested Kalego be forbidden to leave the school grounds. It is an illegal substance, I could not do nothing, brother or not."

"I see, it is not easy when it is family you must punish. Viola, are you willing to coax answers out?" I shook my head.

"She is not in the right state of mind. Do be a little lenient, all those in the south are now home with family. I will be there shortly, let me finish cleaning up a mess."

"I do not care what you two do in your off time but keep work and life separate. We have responsibilities to keep upheld."

"Understood." I heard the door open and close. "Vi, I want you to tell me what happen in your mind." I shook my head. He cupped my face, making me look at him.

"He knows your Fenrir?"

He blinked. "Yes, now he knows that you know. Not a good spy master if I have you figuring me out. My own dumb mistake, now. What did he do in your mind, because I don't want that to come between us."

"We… were dating. Might be considered courting, in your terms. We spent a lot of time together, did a lot of things. When I woke up, it felt so real, and it was hard to distinguish him and the dream. Now I see why it was so hard to separate the two. I was processing a lot."

"Do you feel differently about me?" I shook my head, my hand caressing his. He rested his forehead on mine. "You probably feel this whole world is against you now. I am not even the one going through it all and it feels that way."

"Not the whole world, just a few. I have you, Henri, Grandpa, Eli, Iruma. I have many more now than I ever have."

He kissed my forehead, rubbing my cheeks with his thumbs. "I did shit too, and I am glad you forgave me."

I smiled softly, closing my eyes. "I am more forth giving to those I like. You were not in the light to all he was doing."

How did he know as much as he did? Was he telling the truth, I did not look for the answers always taking things at face value from him. I have so much happened around me all the time I have to focus when I want to see the truth.

I cupped his face, my eyes turned in. "You did not lie to me today, have you? Everything you said was nothing but the truth?"

His eyes furrowed. "Vi, I would never lie to you. Not when I know at any time you could see it in my words." Calm straight lines.

"Have did Kalego get such an item?"

"It is not hard to make, so it is hard to regulate. He brewed it." He wasn't lying.

"Lie about the color of my hair."

"Blue." Swirls.

I looked down. "I am sorry I doubted. It just hurts."

His lips tugged to one side. "I understand. I do have to go, and it will be a while, stay out of the interrogation rooms while I am there, can you do that for me?"

"Why?"

"Because I am asking. Can I take you out and we do something together?"

I nodded. "I would like that very much."