Jessica awoke , opening her eyes she look around the dark tent only illuminated from the bright moon light that peeked through the slight opening of the tent flaps , Jessica laid on her bed roll inhaled deeply and exhaled into the summer night air that mixed with the tents stale smelling air . Everything was quite , there was no rustling of someone from the outside . Just the sound of the crickets that filled the space of silence . There was no better time to do what Jessica had been planning in those few seconds she lied awake .

With one last intake of air she held her breath as she quickly got up from her bedroll in a sitting position , she quickly froze gasping a bit from he pain that ripped through her back . She knew she wasn't well rested and healed from what she was going to try to do , but she had to try . Getting up to her feet she straightened out her hair and dress , as she stared through the tent flaps tiny opening . With her one eye closed she looked around to see if anyone had been walking a-stray in the night . No one was there from what she could tell , and from what she could hear . And she could not waist anymore time , she had to leave . She was not going to leave William Tavington wondering to himself if Jessica had Lived or not from the incident she endured earlier that day . And she wanted to see Tavington before the battle the next day , since it may be her last .

Jessica slowly slipped out of her tent tip toeing through the American camp , making as little noise as possible . If she was caught there was no chance at all of her being able to see William . As Jessica tiptoed further through the camp she found what she was searching for , There in-front of her were two brown horses tied up to a large tree . Jessica quickly approached the horse , the horse seemed restless and began to move its head up an down giving a few faint whines .

" Shh , shh . It's all right " Jessica said quickly clamping her hand gently around the horses mouth and then gently and softly moved her hand up and down the horses nose , trying to calm it down . The horse had calmed and Jessica then quickly un-knotted the horses reins off of the tree , The other horse just ate quietly chewing on the grass below its hooves .

Jessica lowered the stirrups threw the reins over the horses head and adjusted the saddle of the horse before she mounted it , as she threw her leg over the horse she felt the same tearing feeling of pain in her lower back , she tried to quickly ignore her wound as she took in a deep breath and quietly clicked her tongue giving the sides of the horse a gentle tap , starting the horse into a walk , she wasn't going to take off with the horse stupidly getting herself caught from the sound of the horses hooves hitting the ground .

The horse made its way slowly through the camp , when the horse was finally a little ways away from the camp , Jessica turned her head and looked over to the camp looking one last time if anybody had been there as she scanned her eyes she saw no one . With another click of her tongue and a harder squeeze to the horses side she was in a full gallop and was on her way to the British camp .

Jessica Stopped her horse practically in tears from the pain that was spreading through her back the bumpy ride hurt her lower back where she had been shot , She slowly but surly dismounted the horse . Taking cation of her wound with each move she made . Her painful ride better had be worth the visit , but she was sure it would be . Jessica tied up her horse to a tree in a heavy wooded forest not to far off from the british camp . After she had been done tying up her horse . She turned around to endure the sight of the many tents that were a little ways away from her , she was now in enemy territory . As much as Jessica needed to see William , it was also dangerous , and perhaps foolish of her to even go there . But she knew she had to , she wanted to let William know she was alright before the battle the next day . Inhaling and exhaling , Jessica started to walk towards the camp , but with stealth .

Jessica firmly took her first step that entered the camp , she looked around her , scared to see if she would be running into an officer . As Jessica walked further and further into the camp , and hid behind tents occasionally to check if anyone was around her . She thought to herself for a moment ' Wait now that I'm here how exactly am I suppose to find out which tent Tavington may be in ' Jessica looked around at some if the clothes trying to see if she could spot Tavington's , but them stupidly realized that all the uniforms are the same and that she would never be able to tell what tent was his . She sighed to herself in disappointment . ' it was foolish of me to come here , what was I even thinking ' She thought but then stop thinking to see a familiar horse that had been tied up at a tree near the last tent at the end of the right row of tents beside her , She still had a little way to go to get to the last tent and she prayed as she made her way down to the last tent that she would not get caught .

She was close now , she was getting closer to the tent . She wasn't sure if that was Tavington's horse that was standing up tied up to the tree , but it had perked up its head and ears seeming to have recognized her . ' almost there ' she thought to herself relieved as her heart beat frantically , with intenseness and fear . Scared that any moment she could be caught .

Jessica's heart skipped a beat in fear and she jumped to feel a hand grab on to her shoulder forcefully whipping her around , so that she was face to face with a tall man . " I knew it would only be a matter of time until you would sneak your way over to see Colonel Tavington " Captain Wilkins said , looking down into Jessica terrified looking eyes , that looked glossy from her tears that were now forming in her eyes from the fear and intensity .

"I'm not sneaking " Jessica said sharply in defence , trying to hide her fear but miserably failed .

" Then what would you call it , i'm pretty sure walking through an enemies camp in the middle of the night , hiding around tents and sneaking your way down to Colonel Tavington's tent is sneaking . Wouldn't you think . " Wilkins said coyly with a smirk on his face . Jessica didn't answer but just continued to stare at him with fear with her still in his grasps . Jessica tried to wrench her arm out of his grip and tried to run away , but only felt Wilkins grip tighten around her and pull her back up towards him .

" And where exactly would you be off to if I let you go , you have no where to go . One wrong move with me and I'll wake everyone up in this whole camp , you listen to me !" Wilkins snapped . " I'm going to finish what I started that night in the forest and you are not going to resist me " Wilkins said sternly . Jessica just looked at him confused .

" Finish what you started ? " Jessica asked , her eye's then widened in horror as it clicked in to what he had said , and what he wanted out of her .

" You , it was you that night in the forest . You were the one who had attacked me ! " Jessica said trying not to raise her voice to loud in anger . Wilkins just smiled and nodded his head before he started to walk off with Jessica's arms still in his hand .

" No , no please don't . I know what you are thinking but please dot ! " Jessica said in a panic as her heart beat in her chest hard .

" No you are going to learn a lesson , you should have not gotten involved in the enemy and this is the lesson you will learn . And don't think of fighting me , do as your told and you wont be hurt ."

" No please , I'll be on my way . I wot come back here , just please don't " Jessica begged a he dragged her into the near by forest dragging her right past the tent that could have possibly been Tavington's , Jessica wanted to scream out to him to help her , but she knew she couldn't . With each time she tried to pull away from Wilkins grasp he held on to her arm tighter and tighter , so hard that she wanted to scream out in pain . She could already feel that bruises that were forming on her arms from his fingers digging hard into her arm , through the thin fabric of her dress .

" Please , please no . I'll do anything " Jessica pleaded as she stood face to face with Wilkins in the heavy wooded forest with tears that now welled up in her eyes .

" Thats right you will you will do anything , anything I tell you to do " Wilkins chuckled holding her wrists that she had up against her chest guarding herself . As he held on to them tightly causing her not to move her arms .

"let me go ! " Jessica said a little louder that she should have , Wilkins looked back at the camp to see if anyone had reacted to the sound of her voice , but noticed no-one was around . Wilkins turned his head to see Jessica trying to remove her wrist from his grasps and noticed her knee beginning to rise up to knee his groin area . Wilkins quickly reacted and took his hand off of her wrist to smack her hard across her face . Jessica fell to the ground from the force of his hand that hit her face , She looked down to the ground not facing Wilkins she placed her hand on her sore cheek and felt her wet tears streaming down her face .

While Jessica had been down on the ground , Wilkins quickly got down to her level and hovered over top of her , he flipped her over on her back hard , she let out a gasp and a faint cry to feel pain spread out through her back .

" Oww ! , Please stop please ! " Jessica practically screamed beneath him in pain and fear as her face was soaked with tears .

" Shut up ! " Wilkins said as he placed a hand over her mouth , and held her one arm tightly against the ground beneath them . Jessica wished that anyone could come and help her from the Captain , but no one was coming to her rescue . Jessica could now feel Wilkins starting to pull at the buttons at the top of her dress , revealing her cleavage . Wilkins started to pull the shoulder of her dress down further and further until Wilkins suddenly felt Jessica's knee finally meet with his groin and hard .

Wilkins let out a large grunt and went to move his hand down to his groin , but instead of tending to his pain stricken area . He decided to strike Jessica again in his anger . Jessica's eye's widened in horror at the sight of Wilkins raising his hand to hit her and just closed her eyes waiting for the pain to start .

" you bitch ! " Wilkins growled as he slapped her hard across the face , harder than he had the last time . Jessica cried out in pain , her face was hot and stung from his hand meeting her face . Jessica tried comforting her face trying to take a bit of the pain away from Wilkins striking her , but Wilkins just grabbed her arm and pinned it down to the ground and dug his nails into her forearm .

A man pushed open the flaps of the tent and inhaled , filling his lungs with the fresh summer air . He looked around for a moment before he proceeded to walk towards the forest from his tent to relive himself . As he entered the dark forest , he stopped by a tree . Un-buttoning the button on his breeches he stopped a moment to hear a few faint whimpers not to far from where he was standing . He listened carefully to hear if he could hear the faint whimpering again but could hear not and just ignored the sound .

As the man was about to relieve himself he stopped again this time to hear a small scream , it was a women's scream . The man quickly buttoned up his breeches and walked around the forest to investigate the scream he had heard .

" Why are you doing this to me , why ? " Jessica cried as her tears still streamed down her face .

" I told you this is your lesson , you wanted to get involved with the enemy . Well you are getting what you want " Wilkins said as he further tried to remove Jessica's dress . Jessica tried to fight back Wilkins attempts , but she felt weak from trying to fight him off . Captain Wilkins dug his nails into her arm harder , Jessica cried out in pain as she could feel his nails break into her skin and could feel her own blood of her forearm running down her arm and into the green grass below her turning the grasses green blades red .

Wilkins went to raise his arm once more to hit her but , a familiar man grabbed tightly onto his wrist before he could hurt Jessica any further . Wilkins turned around to see who it was who had stopped him , but only saw a dark figure before everything went black . The man had punched Wilkins straight in the face causing his to collapse unconscious on Jessica . Jessica let out a large sigh of relief , the pain and fear was finally over . someone had come to save her .

Jessica weakly started to push and wiggle herself away from Wilkins body , leaving him face down on the grass . Jessica saw the dark figure extend a hand towards her , Jessica took his hand in her as the man helped her stand up from the ground .

" Miss Martin are you alright , it's me Lieutenant Emerson Adams " Emerson said in concern as he placed both of his hand on her face and pushed the few strands that lay across her face , away from her face .

" Luitenant , oh thank god its you . Thank you " Jessica said as she gave the Lieutenant a large hug and just rested her head on his shoulder , Lieutenant Adams just rubbed her back comforting her as she cried in his arms .

" Why are you all the way out here any-way Miss Martin , it's far to dangerous here for you " Emerson said as he escorted Jessica out of the forest , leaving Captain Wilkins behind .

" I'm here to see Colonel Tavington Lieutenant , and I was wondering if you would bring me to him ?" Jessica explained as they entered the clearing of the forest back to the British camp filled with a sea of white tents .

" Miss I'm afraid I can not do as you ask , You shouldn't be here and I don't think speaking with the Colonel would be the best idea . You see if the Colonel is caught speaking to you it would result in the Colonel possibly loosing his position or even job Miss . You're the enemy . So I suggest you take your horse and leave as fast as you can , you have gotten into enough trouble for one night . " Emerson said as they strolled down the rows of tents .

" Please Lieutenant Adams , I know the risks but I need to see him . Please you understand " Jessica said as she stopped walking to face the Lieutenant .

" Actually I'm Afraid I don't Miss " Emerson said as he himself stopped to face Jessica .

" Love Lieutenant "

"Love ?"

" Yes , Love , Me and the Colonel Have fallen in love " Jessica blurted out without thinking , Emerson could tell someone about Herself and the Colonel , or even worse he could tell Cornwallis god forbid . But Jessica trusted Emerson .

" But Miss , love , I mean You and him are the enemy . How ? You know how dangerous such a bond can be between you two " Emerson protested to Jessica who just crossed her arms in-front of her chest .

" Please Lieutenant , show me where he is ." Jessica said ignoring his comment , she was tiered and scared to wait any longer to see William .

Emerson just sighed and took in a deep breath before continuing .

" Fine , but if you get caught I have no involvement with this what so ever Miss Martin . " He said in a serious tone . Jessica just nodded her head in agreement .

" Second last tent on the right "

Jessica quietly arrived to a larger tent , second last to the right like Lieutenant Adams said . She paused for a moment before she proceeded to open the tent to peak inside . She Just stared at the Tent opening for a while before entering . What if it wasn't the right tent , what if she entered the tent and it wasn't Tavington . It would be all over for her . She then just stood up straight and prepared herself from the outcome whether it was going to be good or bad . Slowly Jessica opened the tent flaps letting the moon light pour into the tent . Jessica squinted her eye's to get a better look as to who was lying on the bedroll in-front of her . She opened the tent flap a little more to let more of the moons light to reveal the face of the man . There lying in the bed in-front of her was Colonel Tavington . Jessica's heart leaped in her chest with excitement . Looking back once to see if anyone was watching Jessica saw no-one . Turning her head to back inside of the tent she slipped inside .

Jessica tiptoed over to the sleeping Tavington who laid peacefully on his bedroll. Jessica walked over to the side of the bedroll , Then plopped firmly down on the Bedroll beside William . Jessica leaned down to Tavington forehead placing a small kiss on his head , causing him to stir . Jessica sat back up straight away from him to see Wiliam's eyes begin to open . It took him only a few seconds to notice who the girl was in-front of him . Without another second Tavington sat up in a sitting position , sitting face to face with Jessica . Jessica went to kiss him but stopped surprised to hear him speak before she could kiss him .

" What are you doing here , you need to leave " Tavington asked in a concerned Serious tone . Jessica was taken a-back by his comment , she thought he would be happy to even see her alive .

" What , I've come to see you . are you not glad to see me William " Jessica asked back in a serious tone that matched his . William just gave a slight smile when he noticed he was being a little rude , after all he had been scared to death about her .

" Of course I am , I'm happy to see that you are alive and well from your incident earlier from today , you had me worried " Tavington said lifting his arm , placing his hand on her face to rub her cheek with his thumb Jessica lifted her hand and placed it on his . Jessica noticed Tavington freeze when he noticed the nail marks and dried blood on her forearm . Jessica tried to quickly move her arm from his sight but he caught her arm and held her arm closer to his view .

"What happened to you Jessica ?" Tavington asked in concern as he examined her arm closer running his fingers over the deep nail marks and blood .

" It's nothing really , I just cut myself by accident " Jessica lied as she tried taking her arm once more out of Williams grasp , But Tavington just held her arm tighter not letting her move it .

"Don't lie to me , what happened . These don't look like cut marks to me " Tavington said sternly finally letting jessica place both of her hand on her lap and her arm from his sight . Jessica just sat in silence for a while , She had to tell William what happened earlier . He wasn't believing what she was saying , she had to tell him the truth . But she was afraid it would cause trouble .

"Wilkins , Captain Wilkins he tried to take advantage of me , he hit me a few times and dug his nails into my arm until my arm was bleeding " Jessica said quietly , not making any eye contact with William and just stared at her lap .

" Bastard ! , see what I mean . You need to leave here Jessica , you shouldn't be here . All of this should of never happened Tavington said now getting up from his bedroll pacing around a bit . Jessica stood up to face him , placing her hand on his arm to stop him from his pacing to stop and look at her.

" What should of never happened , and what do you mean all of this . Do you mean us , after all we have been through ? " Jessica asked confused .

" No , no I don't mean that Jessica , I mean you coming here tonight , look where coming here has gotten you it was very foolish of you " Tavington said in a slight sneer , Jessica wasn't amused by his tone of voice .

"Foolish ? , is that what you think of me for coming here to show you that I was alright so you wouldn't have to worry , i know there is going to be a big battle tomorrow as-well , my father told me . And I want to see you in case it was the last time I would ever get to see you . Like you said this is war and we just don't know what could happen William ! " Jessica said raising her voice a little and held herself back from crying .

" Listen Jessica " William said placing both of his hand on her shoulders , looking straight into her eyes that were now welling up with tears . He felt horrible for making her upset but she needed to leave before anything worse would happen to her .

" This wont be the last time you see me , I promise I will survive for you and I will find you after this war and we will be together as I promised you earlier . " Tavington explained to her , trying to comfort her as he stroked her hair at the side of her head .

" What if you don't make it , how are you suppose to find me , then what if you cant find me then what . Every thing we had ever had is lost ?" Jessica asked as she choked through her tears and bit her lip still trying to hold back all of her tears .

" I-i don't know what to say to you " William said quietly looking deep into her eyes .

" I should go , It will be dawn soon and my father and brother will be wondering where I am . It was foolish of me to come here , goodbye William " Jessica said quietly before she removed Tavington's hand from her face and turned to leave . William just watched as she turned from him and quickly left the tent quietly making her way back to her horse . Tavington just stood in silence before he laid back down on his bedroll . He knew he would have to do some explaining the next day , there was no way Wilkins was going to keep quiet . Tavington laid on his bedroll and pulled his blanket over top of him , stuck with the many thoughts of that night and the future of the next day .