Tobias stared at the vexing female in front of him. Amalthea stood defiantly in front of him, her violet eyes bore into his. Her beautiful silver hair, which Tobias thought was her most beautiful feature, shone like liquid silver. He was tempted to get up from his throne, and run his fingers through her hair. Just thinking of her fired up the primal urge in his unicorn blood to mate with her. Tobias was dark where she was light. His hair instead of the normal silver color was tainted black. His eyes, which should have been violet, were emerald green. He was lithe and muscular, and his very visiage screamed Alpha.

Amalthea stood with her head held high, and glared at him. She knew what he was thinking and didnt like that he glared at her like a piece of meat. She knew he wanted her, but all she could think about when she tried picturing them together was Lir. Just then, Tobias spoke in the seductive tone that was his voice.

"Your a far cry from your home Amalthea. Why have you come here?" He sat foreward, placing his elbows on his knees, feigning intrest. "I must admit that you have surprised me by stepping out of your little hidey hole just to come and talk to me. Or-" Tobias stood, making his way towards her. "-have you finally gotten lonely and decided to participate in the mating rituals?"

"Don't flatter yourself. I would rather die before I ever let you mate with me." Amalthea crossed her arms, shifting her weight to her other hip.

"Then why have you come here? This is not your court, and you are just as much of an outsider as a human amoung us." He spoke calmly yet deliberatlely.

Amalthea's stance changed from one of defiance to one of absolute defeat. "Tobias, you of all people should know why. Because all Unicorns feel the need to be around other unicorns." She walked toward him, getting closer and closer, unti she was close enough to touch him. He eyed her warily. She reached up to ch his forehead, where the mark of his horn was. He moved away, causing her to pause, but only for a minute. Just as she reached for him again, he grabbed her wrist, twisting her arm around and spinning her so her back was pressed this chest.

Amalthea gaped at the feel of his body behind her. He was a clean line of muscle, a young stallion in his prime. Amalthea felt him push her toward the wall. He pinned her there, breathing heavily down her neck.

"I could have you. And no one would protect you. I could make you my personal slut." He bit her neck as a show of dominance, just hard enough to leave a mark, only to lick it to soothe the pain. "The next time you step toward me with a raised hand, YOUR MINE!" He bushed his mouth over her cheek, and she flinched away from him. "Amaltha, now I remember you. Your the one who made friends with that bumbling magician. He even turned you human. You were the first of the Unicorns to feel emotion, and mortality."

Tobias ran his hands down her arms, stopping when he reached her hands. He took both of her hands in one of his, raising them above her head. As he did so, he wrapped an arm around her waist from behind, pulling her back against him.

"Be mine! Mine and mine alone!" He said into her hair. She stiffened in his arms, pulling herself from his embrace. He looked at her, waiting, hoping she would stay. She turned to him, her eyes saying it all, he had said the wrong thing at the wrong time. He shook his head at his own folly, stepping away from her. As he moved further and furhter away, his form flickered, changing into the back Unicorn that was his other self. He looked at her with such sorrow in his eyes, it would have made the most hardened of hearts cry.

"Tobias-" she whispered his name, and it became his undoing. He spun and ran away from her. She watched him leave, sorrow filling her heart with every step he took away from her. "I'm sorry," she whispered to the air he had just vacated. "But Lir is to fresh in my heart for me to pledge myself to you, Tobias."

Amalthea began to cry, not for Lir, but for Tobias. She knew he loved her, yet she didn't want to lead him on if she could never be his. She went to the quarters she had assinged to her by Tobias during the duration of her stay. The room was colored in shades of deep violet and soft lavender, it was as if Tobias built the room just for her. She moved to the wide mattress, which was covered in deep violet silk sheets, and as she went so lay down, she felt a presence in her room.

Amalthea turned to confront the intruder, but she blacked out before she could.

Hey there everyone, sorry about this update coming so late, i have been trying to get my life in order, so i will be trying to update more regularly. For those of you who wanted to know when the next update forThorns of His Love will be, i will get to that as soon as physically possible. For now, leave some reviews on this please!

Yours Truly,

Estrella Krushina

**Coming soon: Amalthea's dream, and confessions.