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Conquering Fear	By : emmarae3579 Category: S through Z > Zorro Views: 2149 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Victoria looked after Diego, and tears finally escaped her eyes and fell down her cheeks. She watched the purple liquid slowly drip down the wall for a moment before she raced after him. Luckily, she was fast enough to follow before he disappeared—into the fireplace of all things. She paused at the foot of the stone staircase, wide eyes trying to take everything in. But there wasn’t time for that now. Diego was standing motionless in front of a coatrack, staring at Zorro’s clothes.
She heard noise further in the cave and saw Felipe saddling Toronado. They needed more time. They hadn’t talked…hadn’t had their day together at the spring…hadn’t made any plans. Victoria had been wrong. They didn’t even have time to build up the illusion before something came to shatter it.
She saw the anger tensing Diego’s entire body as he continued to stand there. Had he even noticed her follow him? If he wasn’t paying attention so that even she could sneak up on him, he would be killed for sure. Felipe had seen her, and they shared a look of concern before Felipe turned back to Toronado. Victoria stepped close and wrapped her arms around Diego’s waist from behind, his tiny jump of surprise confirming he’d not seen her follow. He smoothed his hands over her arms, picking her hand up again to look at his ring on her finger. Then he turned around and wrapped his arms around her.
She took his clothes as he changed, and now she was the one to help him get dressed. It was a silent affair, and she tried to be brave and assure him of her love and support, that she had accepted this was a part of him. He never looked away from her, and she wanted to cry at the desolation and frustration she saw in his eyes. She managed a smile as she knotted his cape securely. She brushed her hands over him, as if making sure he looked fine would ensure he returned fine. She lifted his mask, but he secured that himself after a long hesitation.
“Maybe I’ll cut your hair when you get back. It’s getting a little long,” Victoria said as she ruffled the hair at his nape. She tried to turn things playful as she did a poor job helping him on with his gloves and sash. She felt his eyes on her as she glanced at the sword still hanging on the rack. She lifted it carefully and he helped her buckle it around his waist. Her eyebrows lifted in surprise as he turned to another shelf and stashed half a dozen more weapons on his body.
He came back to stand in front of her, her masked hero without his hat, still incomplete. Her husband, armed to the teeth. He tugged at her arms which were crossed tightly in front of her and wrapped them around his back. She wanted to tell him she’d go with him. Instead she told him she’d be waiting when he returned.
“I’m sorry.”
Victoria shook her head and traced his lips with a finger. “Don’t be sorry. You’re a good man. You protect the people. I knew when I married you. I just didn’t think it would be so soon,” Victoria clenched her eyes tight. She didn’t want to send him off with tears. He cradled her face and kissed her, long and hard, reminding them both that they were married, that they had each other, that things were different now.
“I’ll hurry.”
Victoria shook him. “No you won’t. You’ll take your time. You’ll be careful. Watch for traps. Stay away from bullets.”
“Alright. I’ll go slow.” Diego smiled at her. “Do you want anything from the tavern while I’m out?”
Victoria’s eyes widened. “Don’t you dare! You’ll come back home. Diego is the only one allowed in the tavern ever again. Do you understand me? Zorro doesn’t look for me or talk to me or anything. No one can suspect!”
Diego leaned his forehead against hers. He wasn’t thinking properly. “Maybe I should ask about you today. Zorro should be surprised, too, that you married that hopeless oaf Diego.”
Victoria held him tight, tucking her head under his chin against his chest so she could hear his heartbeat. “But only Maria knows where I am.”
“Spread the word.” Diego rubbed his hands up and down her back. “Maria tells Zorro that Victoria married Diego. Zorro rushes off to the De La Vegas to ask if you’d gone crazy. Victoria breaks it off with Zorro, defends her incompetent husband from the angry outlaw. The pueblo finds out about our marriage since no bans were read.”
Toronado reminded them of his presence and they both turned to glance that way. Felipe was leaning against the wall, concentrating on Toronado and giving them their privacy. “Felipe,” Diego called.
“He can hear?”
Felipe smiled and nodded as he walked over to them. “Felipe, take care of Victoria.”
Victoria held his hat out to him, the final piece of the disguise. Then he was gone, like the ghost he’d always been. She made it out to the library before her legs turned to jelly and she collapsed on the couch. The same spot she’d sat the day before, talking to Alejandro. She remembered being flippant about the danger Zorro faced. The tears she didn’t want Diego to see came. Felipe and Alejandro sat with her while she cried, while the man she loved rode into the unknown.
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