I love agitating her, but she's been hostile ever since we got back here. Liam's come to report, on the challenge between Vata and the newly appointed clan leader.

She wants to see him, and being denied, I know her, she's not going to accept that.

Keeping a close watch on her, I follow her as she creeps out the exit. She's not made it five steps, before I grab her from behind.

Putting up a fight, I subdue her. "Easy... it's just me..." I whisper.

"Dom... what the hell..."

"What is it with you, you're going to risk getting killed to see him? You heard what Liam said, curfew for humans, they're trying to kill us off."

"I need to see him, what If something happens to him, and I didn't take this opportunity. It could be my last chance to see him."

This woman is going to be the death of me. Catching up to her, I take her hand in mine.

"I'm starting to think that I care more about you, than you care about me."

"Don't say that..."

"It's true..."

"No it's not, I care... It's just... complicated."

"Complicated as in... you want to have your cake, and eat it too."

"Complicated as in... I care for you, but I love him." She snaps.

Ouch...

"Nice..." I state, releasing her hand.

"Look... I'm sorry... It's just that, I'm a little tense."

"I can help you with that."

Her small smile's a welcome sight, after days of frowns and worry lines. "Let me help you with that." I state, stopping her with a hand on her waist.

I can see her internal war, wanting to take me up on my offer, but needing to get to him.

Seizing the moment, I pull her close, gently lifting her chin, my lips meet hers. A soft murmur of approval from her, as her hand lightly touches my face.

Her kisses becoming urgent, needy, I move down to her neck. An audible gasp, and her body trembles.

Breaking away, we both hear it at the same time, footsteps. Taking cover behind a large tree, we watch in strained silence, as one of them emerges.

A patrol so close to the underground secret community, isn't good. Stopping listening, it moves on, and we wait until we're sure that it's a good distance away from us, before quickly going in the opposite direction.

Arriving at the small community, just as the sun is coming up, Cara's seen exiting our old home.

"Hey..."

"What are you doing here, you shouldn't be here." Says, Cara.

"I'm going to see Vata."

"And I'm just following her."

"He doesn't need to see you, he doesn't need to be distracted. I'll have someone escort you back."

"No, you can't tell me what I can and can't do." Replies Amara, heading past Cara.

Latching onto her, Cara halts her steps, with an aggressive tug on her arm.

"These are my friends, my family, I'm not about to let you get us killed. You'll go back to the underground community, or I'll have you forcibly returned.

"If you don't remove your paws from off of my person, I'm going to break your hand." Amara states, calmly.

It's a tense few seconds, before Cara releases her.

"He's in the house that he had built for you. There's been nothing but problems, ever since you came here, you had better hope that he doesn't lose."

"What was that about?" I ask, depositing her on the doorstep.

"I don't know, apparently I'm to blame for the misery that's befallen them."

"Well hell... am I the only one that likes you?"

The alien comes to the door, as I'm kissing her goodbye.

"See you..." I ask, probing.

"Soon..." She says, before going into the house.

I don't know how it happened, but my physical attraction progressed from a love-hate relationship, into a care for her deeply relationship.

I'm trying to accept her, as is, but I don't know if I can take much more of this. Nothing was formally said, concerning our relationship, but she belonged to me.

And then, there's the issue of Amara just flying the coop, she just walked away. She can't think that much of me, if she did that. But then again, she did leave the humanoid, and she claims to love him.

She'll have to choose, and if not, I will...