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16 Potential The first time I heard the words spoken they didn't quite register to me.  "Catriona, you can relax." The voice came to me again, Lillian's voice. Hesitantly I allowed my concentration to fade.  My heart still had yet to slow from its rapid pace.  What did she mean?  Relax?  Cautiously my eyes opened, my vision blurry at first from tears that had managed to escape me.  I blinked them away, and finally my gaze was met with a sight that I had wanted to see. Aiden still had yet to move, but even the small cuts and scrapes he had acquired were gone.  Instead of lying in front of me, barely clinging to life, his chest rose and

16 Potential The first time I heard the words spoken they didn't quite register to me.  "Catriona, you can relax." The voice came to me again, Lillian's voice. Hesitantly I allowed my concentration to fade.  My heart still had yet to slow from its rapid pace.  What did she mean?  Relax?  Cautiously my eyes opened, my vision blurry at first from tears that had managed to escape me.  I blinked them away, and finally my gaze was met with a sight that I had wanted to see. Aiden still had yet to move, but even the small cuts and scrapes he had acquired were gone.  Instead of lying in front of me, barely clinging to life, his chest rose and

Prologue All the Gold in the World The hallways of the palace were dimly lit with candles as I walked with purpose down the hallway. My destination: the banquet hall. My steps were light, but still, anything sounded loud at this time of night with the majority of the palace sleeping in their quarters. I held yet another candle in one hand to better ward off the enveloping darkness of the night. My other hand clutched the fabric of my skirt keep it from sweeping the polished stone floors. "Catriona, please, you really shouldn't… He probably thinks it's best you don't know what this is all about, and what if he's right?" My best friend

1 Accidental Hero I sat up in bed, the night slipping away from me. The moon shone brightly through my window and filtered a ghostly white through the silk curtains. It had to be midnight already, but still, I couldn't sleep. This restless feeling had taken hold of me for reasons that I couldn't even begin to figure out. No headache, no pain at all, just some sort of forboding feeling despite the calm of the night. I let out a heavy sigh. Tomorrow was my birthday! My sixteenth birthday to be exact; I didn't want to be dead on my feet for the whole thing! My birthday was the only day that my grandmother could spend more than just a few minu

So as I promised, for Valentine's Day! So just as I promised, Seiya/Catriona MUSH.  Yes, mush.  I don't write a lot of stuff like this and I may or may not include this in the actual story.  Just to fill you in on a little context, they just made a very crazy escape from their enemies and, well... this is the first time in the story they are ever alone together.  So read and enjoy, and Happy Valentine's Day. What had started as just a little bit of rain had turned into a raging storm and we were forced to seek shelter.  The cool early spring rain had drenched both of us to the bone by the time we found this hole in the rock face.  I wasn't