When they arrived to the other part of phasing Amelia saw a castle: it was surrounded of a forest and sometimes a wolf howled: "Xelloss, where are we?"
He smiled in front of her understandable fear: "We are to WolfPack Island and this is my home and the place where my master lives."
She listened her explanation spellbound, his voice had an almost musical quality that enchanted her, then other thoughts worried her mind: "I wasn't able to say well good-bye to my best friends and to my dad, he will be freaked out!"
He took her hand: "You'll see your friends and your dad but some things will need changing necessarily. Let go in!"
She clung his hand and followed him: "I love you?"
"But?"
She smiled: "No but! Not anymore! I love you and I can learn to live in your world!"
Xel bowed and kissed her with tender passion, his open eyes shined of an inextinguishable fire, she returned the kiss and for some instant everything ceased to exist around them but the time returned to pass and they divided: "I love you, too my little lady!"
They returned to walk, the castle was very big and Amelia started to ask to herself after how much she would have stopped to lose the way in it. This place did seeming the Saylun palace a country little home They walked silent with the eachother company to fill their hearts when Xelloss stopped in front of a big door. Amelia said joking: "This is the throne room!"
He smiled: "You have guessed, very good! Then he opened the door?
The vast room is a little darker with only a big fireplace and some candles to lighting. Some refined tapestry covered the stone walls. When she entered noted in the farthest point of the room a throne: in that she was able to see the most beautiful woman that she had ever seen. A short white dress showed beautiful long legs, her skinned curveus body was slim and strong, her face was perfect and her blond hairs fell down as honey but her eyes chained Amelia's: they was gold and slitted showed the wisdom of centuries and the inhumanity of a cat or a wolf. Amelia put all herself to sustain her glance then the girl turned to Xelloss: "She's strong but she doesn't know her strength"
She spoke to her: "Welcome to my castle Amelia! I'm the greater Beast Xelas Metallium and I'm pleased to meet you."
Amelia seemed astonished for an instant then she bowed: "Pleased to meet you, too. My name's Amelia!" her voice seemed tremble for the first words but she made it firm and sure.
Xelas smiled: "Xelloss, give me your report!"
He started to tell the battle's story without some personal pieces Amelia thought blushing when he finished his master turned to her: "Have you something to add?"
Amelia shook her head and with the same respectful title used by Xelloss: "No, Juuou-sama!" then she had in mind her little comment at Xel's diplomacy ability?
"Are you sure?" her tone was sly and her eyes seemed read in her head.
She whispered blushing: "Maybe it's better don't use him as diplomatic?!"
He pouted: "Amelia-chan!"
She sweatdropd and smiled: "She asked?!"
Xelas laughed: "I guess so but you must learn to resist at these tricks! I'm sure Xel will show how do that. You must learn better the black magic and the archery, too. You know, you aren't anymore a Saylun princess!" her final tone was serious.
Amelia observed her: "I know, I'll do my best"
Xelloss took her hand: "Well, let's go!" and phased out
When they phased in she was in a very strange room: the bed covered half of the room, the shelves were full of book and? toys that shined of magic, the rest of the floor had fine carpet.
He spoke: "This is my room, Ame-chan! Our room now, I guess!"
"I'm afraid?!"
He tilted his head: "About what?"
"This place, your master, everything is so alien for me and I feel as a little child"
He hugged her and caressed her soft black hairs: "Don't worry! I'm here with you! You aren't a child, you are a beautiful young woman and I love you as I didn't think ever to love someone!"
She glanced up surprised and he smiled kissing her lips sweetly: "I had other lovers but I said never them I love you, and I loved them never. It was a game, sometimes a cruel game."
In her eyes the fear appeared: "I didn't say this for frighten you but because I want you understand me with an extreme, incredible intensity. They wanted ever some advantages from me and I took ever some advantages from them. Before knowing you I thought the pure love didn't exist! But you love me without ask me anything in exchange. You can't imagine neither as I envied Zel, Lina and Gourry because they were with you!"
She closed his eyes and kissed him, she felt the love, the loneliness, the rage that his words contained and she wanted with every her force calm his pain: "I want only two things from you: your happiness and a little of love"
He poked her on the bed: "If you stay with me, I'm happy!"
She followed his poke and said joking: "Do if I want go away?"
Xel hugged her in an almost painful way and started to kiss violently on her neck and her shoulders ripping her dress: "You die!"
She paled he's a mazoku, it's better if I don't make fun of him about certain stuffs, she clung to him and after a little he calmed and came back to kiss her with gentleness, maybe to have her forgiveness. The lights became weaker and disappeared.
Some hours late
"Is Amelia sleeping" Xelas asked to Xelloss
"Yes, juuou-sama!"
She smiled: "She was only joking!"
Xel seemed a little blushed: "Yeah but she hit my worst fear and I lost the control for some instants!"
"Be careful, she can become your weakest spot!"
"I'll teach her to defend!"
"I like that girl, she's brave, you can go!"
Xelloss disappeared.