AN: Thanks for all the reviews guys! I didn't expect such a response, I'm glad you like it. This story is easier to write than I first predicted. It helps that I'm from England so I know some of the history and how they spoke. I was a bit down this week because the competition I entered finished and I didn't win, but as my brother always says, you win some, you loose some, and some you just never win. Anyway onwards with the chapter.

I dismounted from the horse and leaned up and gently to took hold of Isabella around her waist and lifted her off the horse and placed her on the ground next to me. She blushed and smoothed down her skirts." Is this where we will be stopping for the night?" She queried looking up at me expectantly. I nodded and looked around at the meadow. It was a peaceful place far enough away from civilization that we wouldn't be disturbed, but close enough incase of an emergency.

I tied the horse securely to a nearby tree and started to unload the supplies. I laid out a blanket on the floor for us to sit on and got some food from the saddlebag. We settled down as comfortably as we could and proceeded to tuck into a nice meal of bread and cheese coupled with a flask of wine. "How are you feeling?" I asked once I had swallowed my mouthful of bread. We had been travelling for just under two days and I knew how hard it could be on the muscles with all the bouncing around.

She shrugged and stretched slightly wincing," I guess it isn't too bad, I'm just not used to travelling for so long." I nodded," We should reach my estate by tomorrow." She nodded and shivered as a cool wind whipped through the trees. I quickly shrugged out of my coat and handed it her," Here take this." She blushed and smiled," Thank you. You won't be too cold?" I waved her off absently and took another bite of out my bread," I'll be fine."

We quickly finished off our meal and put the supplies away. The sky was darkening rapidly and the first stars of the evening were coming out. I was thankful that it was the summer so it wasn't too cold to just sleep under the stars. I sighed happily, it was so peaceful out here in the wild where man had not touched it's natural beauty. The moon was shining down directly in the meadow and illuminated our 'camp' making it easy to see everything.

I lay on my back with her resting her head on my chest looking up at the stars. I picked up on of her hands and played with it absently." Tell me about yourself." I murmured curiously. She sighed," There isn't much to say. I'm just the daughter of the chief council. I think my father was embarrassed of me. He always wanted a son to carry on the line of men in the family, but he got me. My mother died when I was young and he never re-married so he didn't have any more children. And now that I'm seventeen and still unmarried and will never be, I don't think he will ever want me to come back. He never really took a shine to me anyway. He just wanted me married off to some rich gentleman so he could retire happily."

I stroked her hair. "Im sorry." She shrugged," It's okay. If I ever did marry I would probably have to marry beneath me because of my particularities." I frowned suspicious," What particularities?" She sighed," The fact that I wouldn't make a very good wife. I cannot sew or fix anything. I have two left feet and I love spending time reading and studying. I also have a fondness of cooking and I'm very stubborn. Many men find that unbecoming."

I looked at her in awe. Here I was thinking I had just a normal girl and then she tells me that she is well scholared, stubborn, and likes to cook." I like it." I said a small smile playing on my lips. This girl was so full of surprises. She turned round and looked at me with raised eyebrows like she didn't believe me," Tell me about you." I grimaced.

"My life is probably less interesting than yours. I have two siblings and I'm the youngest. My mother and father live in London most of the time, but I hate it there, so I generally go and stay at our estate close by so that I can see them without the hassle of actually being there. It is so droll in London. My brother and sister are both married and my older brother Emmett has two kids, a girl and a boy.

My sister is only newly married so they haven't had kids yet. My family is very close to the king and somewhere down the line I have some Scottish blood." She rolled her eyes exasperatedly," I meant more personal."

I sighed and shrugged," I'm known to be a jealous man and I have a bad temper. I tend to brood a lot and I've been told that I have annoying habits. I have two dogs, named Maggie and Liam. I was married once, but didn't have any children. She died giving birth."

I went silent after that. I hadn't talked about Tanya in a really long time and I was just glad it didn't hurt anymore." Will you tell me about her?" She asked quietly. I ran a hand through my hair and sighed again," Her name was Tanya. We knew each other since we were babes our parents were close friends. We had a betroval stating that we would be married when I was seventeen and she was fifteen. She was so pretty and funny. She had this long curly blonde hair and these lovely blue eyes.

She was so full of life. But she was too small, too young to be able to carry a child. She died from loss of blood. The child died with her. She always liked going to London. She said she liked looking at all the pretty clothes and things. After she died I kind of just kept to myself. My mother and sister still worry about me even though it's been years. When I heard that help was needed in the south I jumped at the chance to leave my life behind and do something meaningful.

I haven't seen my mother in months and she'll be happy to know I'm coming back. Sometimes I think that by leaving I was being selfish, but I just needed to get away from everything." It felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders just talking about. It was something I missed, having someone to talk to.

She turned around a lay her cheek on my chest, "I'm sorry." I shrugged and hugged her closer inhaling her warm scent," It's fine, I have you now." She snuggled into me," As I have you." She said quietly, almost too low for me to hear. If I hadn't be listening so intently I wouldn't have heard it." We have each other." I murmured as her breath evened out and she succumbed to sleep.

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