We reached the palace. The palace has windows lining every hall. Shock fill my eye as I see King Gray walk into the room. He looks down on me. A sudden realization washes over me. King Gray isn't Panthorian. He is Fear. Meaning that his queen is Love.

"Guards, you are dismissed. This one won't kill me. I am an old friend of her family. A really old one." King Gray says. The guards disappear into the palace hallways. "Hello Adelina. How are you doing?"

"Just fine, Fear. How is Love doing?" I say it with such anger that it surprises me. I never talked with that much anger. "Nice of you to come see me. Makes my job of killing you and having you reincarnate to something better than you are now, easier."

"What tells you, I won't kill you now and be over and done with your family?" Fear questions me with curiosity. The curiosity burns into me.

"You want someone to attest to. You live for the thrill of the hunt like me. We could be done with this stupid fight and pretend our lives never crossed." I respond automatically. Almost to automatic for my own good. I will realize this later.

"So you want to die today or in a week? Maybe I could play with you though. What is your greatest fear?" He looked into my eyes staring for the answer. "Ah hurting the person you love, Wolfe and Merle." I know what he is thinking. He is about to kill Merle. I jump in front of Merle to protect him. Fear won't kill Merle while I am protecting him.

"Use me as you want. I don't care, just don't kill Merle or Wolfe, or harm them please." My pleads go to deaf ears.

"Use you as I want?" That is the only thought that dawns on him. What he plans on doing with me is all of my business though. "I could use you as a servant or I could use you as the whore you are." My eyes shine with fear. I have never been this afraid in my life. I never knew this was Panthorianly possible for me to be this afraid. I guess we learn new things everyday about ourselves. He will never succeed in breaking my spirit though. "I have it. You will be there at my beck and call whenever I need you. Understand?" I shudder. He cups my cheeks and smiles.

"I understand sir." I worshiped the old gods. I can kill him when he is not suspecting it.

The first couple weeks were not too bad. He treated me with high respect. It was frustrating working as a servant, when I should be working as an assassin.

"Darling, why must you work here? Why can't I kill you yet?" Love asks me.

"Because I am a servant to your loved one." I respond with that same answer every time. It surprised me that she couldn't remember this answer everyday.

"Adelina! Come here!" Fear's voice rings out through the palace. I start walking towards his room.

I walk into his room and bow. I trained myself to respect him.

"Rise little one." I rise and face him. Not showing a speck of fear in my eyes. If he wasn't my enemy I would have fallen for him. His body was toned and one of us mortals could have fallen for him easily. Some would have even wanted to be in his bed. "Like what you see?" I couldn't deny it. He looks at me and laughs. "Come here. Do you know the legend of Cibbon and Death? The real one?"

"I do. I think," I say. Fear pulls me on to his lap.

"I will tell you." His breath hitches. "Death and Cibbon weren't originally fighting to the death. They were playing a game of Drakoi. Drakoi is an ancient game of the gods. Not many remember how it is played. Anyways, Death bet that if she can beat Cibbon at Drakoi, that the first-born female in his family would be married off to me. He agreed knowing that his family has always had males. Cibbon lost the game of Drakoi. He smiled. 'Good game Death,' is how he responded. 'In three generations your family will have a female.' Death foretold him. Death could see the future. It was a talent many knew of. Meaning that you are technically arranged to marry me. So stop running away and get used to me. Kill Love was the goal Death had in mind for you. Death hated Love, because Love was a narcissist. Death couldn't stand the amount of time Love spent gazing in the mirror. Death wanted to torture Love through the inside out. At first it succeeded, but then Love found out. Love invited Cibbon over to her room. Love had other plans first that she had to succeed at, that is before Cibbon makes it to her room. She summoned Death and killed her in cold blood. By the time Cibbon entered the room, Death was dead and he was blamed for it. Life found out about his "treacherous act." He sent Love and I to hunt Cibbon down and kill him. I knew what Love did. Love blackmailed me though. I didn't want to marry on my mother's accord. I wanted to marry for the love. Something I could never have. Except Death, knew I would love you. She predicted it. It turns out our destiny was set in stone." Fear says to me. I couldn't believe it at first. I was supposed to marry the god that killed my father. Maybe Fear didn't kill my father, Love did.

"What do you want me to do, your highness?" I ponder on the thought. I will kill love with as much pain as possible. It is what Love deserves after all. Most would hate me for killing Love, but at least she would be able to reincarnate into something better than what we have right now. Anything would be better than what we have right now.

"I want you to kill Love. Give her a new life in a reincarnation." Fear says it with no emotion. "I will keep Merle safe to the best of my ability. No promises though. Love is always listening in on my conversations with you. She is jealous that I can not be hers. She wants me all for herself. Kill her at night, my Midnight Princess." This is what I have been training for, yet I am hesitant. It doesn't seem right. Kill a god? Who in the world would be able to do that? I am the last person that has the ability to do that. This could be the last thing I do in my life.

Everything would be all right. After this. Everything will succeed the way it is supposed to.