The morning light shines through Terzo's curtains causing Y/n to stir awake. She goes to sit up, but a strong pair of arms keeps her pinned, "Morning, mi cara." Terzo grumbles, nuzzling his face into the side of her neck. His deep morning voice and cuddly behavior makes her laugh and wraps her arms around him. As she runs her fingers through his still damp hair from their shower, he purrs softly and starts to pepper kisses all over her neck. She bites her lip, trying to keep herself under control. Her memories of this man just came back and they just started talking again, she didn't want to rush anything. Terzo shifts his weight to be on top of her, a small grunt escapes her lips. Terzo smiles into her neck, still kissing her neck, "Terzo, Terzo you're crushing me!" She says, clearly strained, "Ughhh." Terzo grunts holding himself above her on all fours, straddling her hips, "You'll like it when I'm above you soon, y/n." She instantly blushes, Terzo laughs and rolls off of her and off the bed. She sits up, "What am I going to do about clothes?" She wonders out loud looking at Terzo's old band t-shirt he let her borrow. Terzo turns away from his closet and snaps his fingers, "Check the dresser." He smirks. Y/n raises an eyebrow at her future husband, he only laughs at her, "Go on." She slowly stands and opens the identical wardrobe on the other side of the room from Terzo's. She opens the doors and gasps, it's all her clothing and more, "Terzo, I-thank you." She says grinning.

He wrapped his arms around her waist, "No, mi cara, I need no thanks, you are my love" She leans into him and blushes at his praise, "You flatter me too much." She admits, stepping out of his hold and searching through the closet for an outfit, "Actually mi cara, I have an outfit picked for you" She steps back, Terzo searches through the clothes for a few seconds. He pulls out a ball gown. It is an all black, a-line gown with gold accents around the sleeves, waist, and train. Y/n's eyes grow big, "Terzo, I-" "I know, I know, you don't like dresses, but please, we're going to an important meeting and yes, they are old fashioned." She crosses her arms and leans against the bedpost, "Terzo." He smooths the dress out on the bed, not looking at her, "Terzo. Look at me." He stands up straight, his eye line shooting above her head and to the door, "Terzo. Look. At. Me." He slowly makes eye contact, "What meeting and with who?" He swallows and starts to twiddle with his fingers, "Um. It's....um..." He couldn't say it, "Terzo, I swear to Satan. Tell me now." He takes a deep breath, "My father, brothers, some clergy members, your mother, and..." He sucked in a breath, clearly terrified of her next reaction, "And?" She pries, "My mother." He whispers. Y/n's face pales. Terzo quickly moves to her before she falls, another flashback whirring in her mind, "Shit. Y/n I'm so, so sorry." Her eyes rolled to the back of her head, body already twitching. Terzo just held her close to his chest and whispered sweet nothing to her. He hates that this will be a normal occurrence for a while, but feels more shitty at the fact that he caused this really bad reaction.

"Y/N!" Sister Imperator screams. She runs through the halls, desperately trying to escape the Mother of the church. She released her ghouls to grab Y/n, even though she is only eight years old. Y/n turns the corner to get to Terzo's room, but she's too slow. One ghoul grabs her arm and literally drags her through the halls and back to Imperator's office. Her screams filled the empty marble building. She clawed the ground trying to escape the Ghoul's grasp. She screams and begs for him to let her go. She hits his legs, grabs his foot, and claws at the hand holding her, but to no avail. The ghoul dragged her into the office and locked the door. He let her go. Y/n claws at the wood, pounding on it, begging for someone to let her out, "Y/n. Begging won't save you this time." Y/n cries harder, "You have broken another rule. Why did you get an 89 on your Latin test?" She picks Y/n up by the collar of her school uniform, "You know what happens when you don't get straight A's right?" Y/n just sobs and tries to get out of Sister's grasp, but to no avail. Sister throws her down on her knees in the corner, the split wood and sprinters digging into her legs, causing blood to seep into the wood. Sister pressed down on her shoulders, "You will kneel until I say to get up." Y/n doesn't respond, Sister pushes her down harder, "Do you understand?" Y/n sobs out a yes and Sister leaves the room. Hours go by and Y/n stays on the wood, her legs becoming numb. Sister finally returns, "Ah, way to see you actually listened for once Y/n. You may stand." Y/n goes to stand, but the pain is too much, the blood stains her white stockings and the light colored floor, "Look at the mess you made. Why can't you do anything right?" Sister says through gritted teeth. She smacks Y/n in the back of the head hard, causing the child to fall to the floor in pain, "Clean it up now." Sister kicks Y/n in the ribs, the child screams in pain, but quickly gathers herself to grab a mop and bucket. Her punishment still wasn't over.

"There you go, there you go Y/n." Terzo coos, holding her tight to his chest, her eyes return to normal, but she still shakes, "I'm here, I'm here, it's okay, she's not going to be anywhere near you, I'll protect you." He swears into her hair. Y/n doesn't even cry, she has a numb look on her face, "Y/n? A-Are you okay?" Terzo asks, noticing her eerie performance, "I'm fine." she says dully. She stands, almost like she's a robot and moves over to the dress, "I don't want to go." Tears now fill her eyes. Terzo quickly scrambles to her side, "Mi cara we have to, I would not make you go unless we had to." He hugs her, she slings to him, "I know, I know, just promise me I won't be alone with her." Terzo kisses the top of her head, "I swear on my life." He steps back, "Let me help you look like my queen." She laughs and wipes her tears away, "It is a pretty gown." She admits. Y/n takes off Terzo's shirt and her bra, leaving her purple underwear on, "You still remember my favorite color?" He jokes. She rolls her eyes, "It's mine too."

Terzo chuckles and picks up the dress and slips it over Y/n's head. She puts her arms through the sleeves and turns for Terzo to lace the back of the dress up. He gently works, pulling the corset tight enough to accentuate her figure, but not enough to suffocate her. Once he finishes lacing the corset, he places a gentle kiss on her shoulder, "You look like the prettiest woman I've ever laid eyes on." He whispers into her ear. Y/n smiles, "What a gentleman." She jokes. Y/n turns to face him, "Let me help with your hair and make up." Terzo insists, she nods. With a wave of his hand her face is adorned with a deep red lip and black smokey eye make up. Her hair is wrapped into a bun on top of her head with a few pieces left out to frame her face. She looks into Terzo's eyes. His mouth was open, mismatched eyes roaming all over her face and outfit, "Mi cara," He was speechless. She looks like a goddess. He couldn't resist, he pulls her in by her waist and kisses her passionately. He pulls back. Y/n laughs at her lipstick lightly rubbing off on his lips. Terzo quickly wipes his mouth off with the back of his hand, laughing as well.

He snaps his fingers. Terzo is now adorned in an all black suit with a purple handkerchief in his pocket. His Papa makeup was perfect, "Shall we go?" He offers his arm. Y/n takes a deep breath, straightens her posture and accepts his offer, "Let's get this over with." You both walk slowly, neither of you wanting to attend this lunch. 

Once they reach the doors, Y/n gets a nauseous feeling, "Terzo, something's wrong." She whispers, slowly stepping back from the doors, "What's wrong? Is it another flashback?" He asks, worry evident in his voice, "I don't know, I don't know" Y/n starts breathing irregularly. It feels like sand is filling her lungs with each breath, a burning sensation fills her chest, "Oh Satan Y/n, I think you're having a panic attack." He whispers, holding her against his chest. She starts to collapse in on herself, he quickly lowers her to the ground with him, "It's okay, I'm here, I'll protect you, just breathe with me okay?" He whispers, she nodded, tears streaming down her cheeks, "In..." Terzo instructs, Y/n shakily follows, "And out..." She clings to his shoulders, trying to match their breathing. Terzo helps her through the attack for a few more minutes until she finally calms down, "Okay, okay it's done." Y'n whispers, "I'm sorry that's never happened to me before." Terzo holds her closer, "No need to apologize, I get those all the time too." She looks up at him, concern paints her face, "But I learn to manage and I've learned how to work through the attacks. We will work on it together." He kisses her gently, "Okay." Y/n whispers against his lips. He helps her stand and fix her dress. Terzo's makeup is smudge proof, which comes in handy. He opens the door, and in they go.

The large ballroom brought back small memories, none strong enough to cause a reaction. The table was set with Papa Nihil at the head, Sister Imperator to his right followed by Primo, your mother, and Secundo. On the left sat Satan, then two empty seats for the two of them, "Ah. Late as usual." Sister quips checking her watch. Terzo instinctively squeezes Y/n's hand, "Apologies mother." Terzo leads you to the farthest open seat away from Imperator, he pushes in the chair for you before sitting himself down. As lunch was served by some of the ghouls, the conversation was quiet, kind, and tense. Everyone in that room kept secrets from one another and nobody accidentally wanted to set off the ticking time bomb, "So, Y/n how's life going?" Secundo asks, "It's good, I liked my job before it led me back to this church and unleashed painful memories that my mother somehow used magic to repress, but I digress." She smirks and takes a small bite of mashed potatoes as the others stare. Terzo has to cover his face to keep himself from laughing. Your mother sucks in a breath, Primo looks over at her and holds her hand under the table, "Y/n. I did it to protect you." Y/n rolls her eyes, "Oh yeah protect, that's why you're cheating on dad with Primo." She sips the wine, Secundo spits his out, Nihil looks like he'll die, and Sister looks furious, "Y/n that is no way to speak to your mother." Sister scolds. Terzo looks over at Sister with a glare, she flinches. His gaze immediately softens and looks over at Y/n, her eyes a glowing red, "You have some nerve talking about motherhood." She snaps back, "What happened to that kind little girl from all those years ago?" Sister grumbles, "She was abused." Y/n says plainly. The whole table stops and stares at her. Y/n looks up from her plate, "Don't look fucking shocked. We all know what she did." Everyone looked down in shame. Y/n scoffs at the cowards around her. 

Nihil says, "Has Terzo told you about the prophecy?" Y/n smiles at Nihil, he never did anything wrong, "Yes, Papa thank you very much." He warmly smiles back, "I'm taking it that you accept?" Y/n looked into Sister's eyes which were now glaring at her, "Gladly." The lunch finishes and everyone hurriedly goes to their rooms.

"Y/n. I know that I shouldn't scold you, but Satan. If you ever go off like that again my parents will kill you." Terzo says. She only laughs, "Sorry, love. They deserved it." Terzo laughs and places his hands on her hips, "I know they did, and I'm proud of you." He kisses her softly, she pulls him down closer by his neck, "Let's get changed." Y/n says, the dress becomes slightly uncomfortable. Terzo smirks and snaps his fingers. Both of them stand there nude. Y/n gasps, her cheeks flush, and she covers her breasts while crossing her legs, "TERZO!" She scolds, he only laughs, "Okay, okay" he snaps his fingers again. 

Y/n is now in a pair of lace panties and one of Terzo's t-shirts. Terzo was shirtless and in gray sweatpants, "Thank you." Y/n says turning to lay on the bed. Terzo joins her and sits against the headboard. Y/n rests her head on his shoulder. His left arm wraps around her waist while her left hand rests on his chest, "Let's watch a movie." Terzo suggests, "You pick." Y/n says. Terzo picks up the remote and chooses The Godfather, "Good choice." Y/n laughs, "We're watching all of them." Terzo says, "Terzo, that's going to take all day wha-" "I know." he interrupts, "We deserve a moment of peace." Y/n looked at his face, his jaw was tight, eyes glued to the screen. She gently lifts his hand and makes him look at her, "I love you, you are so strong and are just so amazing, Terzo." His eyes soften, a small smile covers his face. He holds her hand against his face, "You make me so amazing, mi cara." He leans down and kisses her, "Now pay attention to the movie." He demands like a child. They both laugh and relax, enjoying each other's company for the rest of the night.