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Bitter Alliance	By : Looneyluna Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > Het - Male/Female > Katara/Zuko Views: 31138 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter Ten –

Holding the letter that the healer slipped to Katara in my hand, my eyes scan the hastily scratched words. “Three weeks,” I mumble under my breath.

Katara looks around nervously. “For what?”

“I don’t know,” I reply, perplexed by the cryptic message. I can only guess that the forces will be in place by then.

“What is going on?” she asks.

Jumping out of bed, I place the letter in a dish and set it afire. I watch as the paper turns to ash. “I don’t know,” I repeat.

“Is it from the…them?” Katara paces between the table and the bed, nervously wringing her hands. “Or is it some sick joke?”

I pause, considering her words carefully. I clasp her wrist gently and pull her toward the bathing room. I prime the pump as she watches me wordlessly. My heart is pounding in my chest. The fear I feel is very real as I consider that my father may have discovered my duplicity.

The water splashes into the deep tub and I watch the liquid rise.

“Zuko?” Katara’s voice along with her hands question me as she caresses my cheek. “What’s the matter?”

I pray to Agni that I am wrong -- that the healer is really with the resistance. “Nothing,” I answer, not wanting to worry her. Three weeks is a long time away. Katara will bleed before then if she doesn’t conceive a child. Even if she does conceive, I have no delusions.

My father will kill me if Katara is with child. He will kill both of us if she is not.

Her eyes narrow as she observes my growing agitation. I heat the water to a comfortable temperature and untie my robe. Dropping it to the floor, I crawl into the water and hold my hand out to her in invitation.

I am determined. I shall have Katara as many times as I can to ensure her survival. It isn’t so much that she may die that upsets me, it’s that I know what my father will do to her before he kills her. She will suffer cruelly, passed among common soldiers to do with as they please.

I would kill her myself, but I suspect I will be removed and executed as soon as she begins to bleed. I don’t think I could do it anyway.

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Untying my robe, I step into the tub and stand before him. With the speed of a striking snake, he moves forward and hugs me, pressing his face against my stomach. There is nothing sexual about the embrace, but I can feel his desperation.

Running my fingers through his hair, I try to offer him solace. It is then that I notice the moisture against my skin and the tears that fall into the bath water. I lift his head and see his golden eyes swimming with tears. Holding onto him, I kneel between his legs and welcome the buoyancy of the water. I ask him no questions as I can see the torment in his eyes.

“There’s no escape.” His voice is filled with regret.

“We’ll find a way out.” I try to place a reassuring kiss upon his lips, but he turns his head.

“You don’t understand,” he rasps. “He kept her here.”

“Who?” I ask softly.

Zuko takes a shuddering breath and wipes the tears from his eyes. “My mother. Whenever she would displease him, she was sent here. It is the highest point in the palace, meant to isolate and destroy the spirit.

“Months would pass before he would release her,” he continues, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me into his embrace. “He would keep her in this prison and I would hear her crying. I tried to comfort her, but my father would punish me. He seemed so strong…just like now.”

I wiggle against him, raking my fingers along the scars of his back. “You’re stronger than you realize.”

“My Firebending… It isn’t what it used to be. I try the advanced moves my uncle taught me, but none of them work. I can’t… I can’t defend you.” Somber gold eyes peer into mine.

I give my lover a little shove, touched by his desire to protect me, but chastising him anyway. “I can take care of myself.” For emphasis, I scoop water into my hand and bend it into ice.

He smiles, but it doesn’t reach his eyes. He holds his hand out and I hand him the ice. I feel him stir beneath me and lift to receive him, always ready for him, always needing him.

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The sun rises, heralding the arrival of another day. Katara is sleeping peacefully, exhausted from our activities throughout the night. She is the light in all this darkness, easily making me forget the bigger problem.

The heavy oak door creaks open and the lone servant girl enters the suite with our tray. Her eyes dart around the room nervously, as if trying to solve some complex problem. She glances at me and clears her throat, quickly looking at her hand, which lingers on the table.

With a curt bow, she leaves.

I approach the table, immediately noticing the carefully placed letter among the folded napkins. I reach for it, quickly unfolding the parchment and reading it.

All elements work in tandem to usurp the seat of power. As the full moon takes its place in the sky, the final blow will rend the source of power asunder.

I read the note again and again; hoping there is more, praying it is real. The full moon is in three weeks. If what I suspect is true, I must get Katara out of here. The only problem is that we will die if she bleeds before then.

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TBC

A/N – Sorry this chapter is so short, but the transition needed to be made. Thanks to all who have reviewed. I try to answer them all, but am unable to answer some. If I’ve never answered your review, please don’t take it personally. I simply don’t know where to send the replies. Thanks!
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