Xiao Yu was blushing up a storm as Milo helped her up. She tried not to make it that obvious but she was going from a normal cute girl to one that lost her damn mind to this, a mermaid of of water. She didn't want to think that she had become a paraplegic because it frightened her and she had no way of explaining it to her father without sounding like she had lost her marbles.<br/><br/><br/>"Milo, lets just look at the picture-- what?" her cheeks turned yet another shade of red as he suggested her bedroom. She knew that he didn't mean anything else by it but the way her heart and her body reacted to the thought of him taking her to bed was enough to make her blush. She wasn't suppose to have those kinds of thoughts about him but there they were in her head. She swallowed the lump in her throat. "Right my legs that are really starting to freak me out. Okay."<br/><br/><br/>Jesus! She was losing her mind in two different ways now. She was sure that having the vision of the pass made her inherit the memories of herself from them and the physical inabilities. She was one hundred percent positive that right about now she couldn't think of anything else but losing herself in Milo's embrace. Somehow a need for him had popped up from out of no where and being in his arms was just about the worst thing for her then.<br/><br/><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/><br/>"You talk a lot of shit, Lin An Bo. You're actions don't reflect a man in love at all." Lengxue swung his sword again and missed An Bo buy a hair. "You call making her cry almost every night love? What about making her worry about you? Are you even a man?" He swung in a x motion and if he truly intended to hurt An Bo it would have done more than just cut the sleeve. "You are suppose to give her everything she wants and yet all you do is whine and bitch about your lot in life. It's not about you, it's about her!!" He kept advancing only in a threatening way. "Don't you dare throw that title at me. prince!" He spat. "I am no prince! That died with my father. I am just a man but a man full of courage and the will to do anything in his power to make the woman he loves happy."<br/><br/><br/>Lengxue knew that he had to keep his temper down. This was a lot harder than he initially thought that it would be even if he had made up his mind that he was going to get An Bo to marry Wuqing. In his heart he couldn't let her go so easily when he saw the alternative. An Bo could not be acting like this. The pathetic man before him could not stand up to the much more intimidating Taizi and Lengxue couldn't give her away to him. Still in his heart, he was hoping that Wuqing would show him a sign. He knew she loved them both, but who did she want more?<br/><br/><br/>"You think Taizi is scary? You have not seen anything yet." He could feel himself changing.<br/><br/><br/>---Back at Shen Hou Fu---<br/><br/><br/>"Do I really need to repeat all the names of the ministers in the second court?" Wuqing was bored and had grown restless. She was feeling anger swell up inside of her and she knew it wasn't her anger. She also felt his heart breaking. She wished that there was a way she could heal his heart but she knew that she couldn't be selfish and love them both even if she wanted to. She knew that Lengxue would understand that An Bo needed her more than him.<br/><br/><br/>"Miss Wuqing it's imperative that you learn who is who." The leader of the etiquette ladies insisted.<br/><br/><br/>"I know who's who. In case you forgotten I am a deputy of Shen Hou Fu--" She stopped in mid thought and just took off. She knew where to go because it called out to her so very strongly and she just couldn't understand what was happening. All that she knew was that the two men she loved wholeheartedly were going to kill each other. More importantly a very pissed off Lengxue was going to kill a defensive An Bo if she didn't get there fast enough.<br/><br/><br/>------back at the temple----<br/><br/><br/>He let the hatred infiltrated his bloodstream and heart. He roared out as he locked on An Bo. What did he have to say or do to make the bookworm know that the answer to all of it was to marry her before the crowned prince. yes they had to sneak it and yes they had to break the rules to do so but she wasn't a princess nor was she held to court standards so she could marry whomever she wanted to without the consent of the Emperor. If An Bo didn't get it he would return and marry her tonight.<br/><br/><br/>The rage surged through his body and he was getting super frustrated. Why was he even trying to hand her off to this guy who obviously did not deserve her. All he had to do was slashed down and she would be his to claim. he growled fighting against his own urge to kill An Bo but it was rising and he was backing An Bo into a corner. He raised his sword and slahed down.<br/><br/><br/>Strands on hair floating in the gentle breeze and landed together at his feet.<br/><br/><br/>He knew that when he opened his eyes he would be a soulless man, a dead man walking without a heart. He knew that she was there already. He could smell the scent of jasmine. He could feel part of his heart dying and the other part beating so fast that he couldn't breath. He wished that he was blind so he couldn't see them but he forced his eyes opened.<br/><br/><br/>He exhaled and died inside.<br/><br/><br/>Wuqing wasn't in her chair. She was up on her feet and holding onto An Bo leaning slightly on him because her strength was already failing. Her hairpin that he brought her when she turn sixteen was cut clean in half; he had cut off some of her beautiful long hair and An Bo's.<br/><br/><br/>He squeezed his fist hard. "See. Come find me when you've slept." He walked forward and took Wuqing and let her relaxed into his arms. She was tired, drained and embarrassed. She didn't have to say anything to him. She looied up at him with apologetic eyes begging him to look down at her but he forced himself to not look at her. He just held her in his arms and walked away from An Bo. The distance to her wheelchair was too short. He wished that he had her power so he could move it just so he could keep her in his arms forever but in ten paces he placed her down in the chair. He leaned over and kissed the top of her head and walked away.<br/><br/><br/>He lost her. She was gone forever.<br/><br/><br/>Wuqing didn't look at An Bo. She left him alone. She didn't follow Lengxue either.