CHAPTER SUMMARY: The outlaws try to save a boy that has been captured and stop Gisborne and the sheriff getting their hands on indestructible armor. Katherine's tries to fix things between her and Guy, revealing something that could bring more danger to her sister.

CHAPTER 16 - The Risk

SHERWOOD FOREST

Marian had accompanied Robin as they walked among the green trees of the forest, hand in hand with each other. She was starting to get accustomed to her new life, slowly warming Robin up to the fact that she could take on harder roles in the team. As they talked with each other, they were interrupted by the sounds of Gisborne and his men.

As a young boy went to point his arrow at Gisborne's back, Robin took hold of the bow, stopping him. "Lord of Locksley." Robin mumbled, giving a look back to the Knight that left.

Marian walked up, noticing the young boy struggling against Robin. "It's okay, we're here to help." Her eyes widened as did the boys, both recalling each other. "Daniel?"

"Lady Marian!" He exclaimed, instantly dropping his weapon as he ran to hug her.

Robin looked up in realization. "This is your stable boy from Knighton Hall."

"What happened?" Marian asked the young boy.

"Gisborne's got my friends. He's got my friends!"

Robin looked to the young boy. "We can help you with your friends. But first, I need you to tell me what you saw." There had to be a reason Gisborne chased them, something they shouldn't have seen.

"How can I trust you?" Daniel stated, looking to him with narrowed eyes.

"Daniel...this is Robin Hood." Marian explained, causing the boy to look up with a smile before he started to explain. "A man. They shot him, but he didn't die. The arrows bounced off and then Sir Guy killed him with a knife. And now he's going to kill my friends!" He choked out with panic.

"Whoa, whoa. The arrows bounced off what?" Robin asked.

"Armour. He was wearing armour. Funny armour."

Robin and Marian exchanged knowing looks with each other. "Let's see about your friend, shall we?"

OUTLAWS CAMP

Making their way back to the camp to round up the rest of the merry men, they spotted them talking among each other and eating before they interrupted. "Oi. We need to go. This is Daniel. His friends are in danger, and if I'm not much mistaken, so are we."

"What's up?" Allan asked.

"It's Gisborne. He's creating a new armour. We need to take his toys away, so arm yourselves."

The merry men began to scatter, putting down their plates of food as the little boy watched on, realizing who they all must be. "You're Little John." Daniel said, looking to the tall man who acknowledged him. "Will. Allan-A-Dale." Allan gave a small wave. "And you must be Djaq, the Saracen." She gave a warm smile. He's eyes landed to Much. "Wow. Sorry, who are you?"

"That's Much." Robin told him as the man came up to greet the boy.

"Oh yes, the servant!"

Everyone began to laugh as Much frowned. "Very funny."

"Daniel!" Marian scolded him for his rudeness.

Robin watched on with amusement as he looked among his group as if he were meeting his superheroes, which in fact, he was. Daniel often played Robin Hood with his friends in the forest and that was how they got caught.

Walking up to inspect him further, Little John looked to the boy. "What?"

"Nothing. It's just, I thought you would be taller."

Little John gave an offended look. "I'm quite tall!"

"But you know, like a giant!"

"Men tend to lie about their size." Djaq quipped, exchanging a chuckle with Marian to which the boys gave looks.

Robin tapped Daniel's shoulder. "You ready? Give me that." He took the small bow and arrow from him. "You won't be needing it. Come on, let's go."

The group ran to the place Daniel led them only to find the space was empty, Gisborne and his men no longer there. "They've gone." Marian followed after the boy as he walked up to a necklace on the floor, picking it up. "What's that?" She asked.

"It was Mark's. See, the M. It's his badge for being in Robin's gang."

Robin came to their side, looking upon it as well with a smile. "It's good."

"We play outlaws. I'm Robin Hood." Marian gave him a smile, finding it quite adorable to see how her beloved had an impact on the youth in the shire.

"Well, I hope you're better at playing Robin Hood then I am."

Daniel sighed, looking down. "No...I let go of his hand. Gisborne's lot were coming and I just ran."

"You did the right thing, Daniel." Marian reassured him. "If you didn't run, you'd be caught and we would have never known of this. It's okay."

Robin kneeled down to be face to face with him, helping her reassure the boy. "Listen, sometimes in the heat of battle, there isn't time to watch your gangs back."

"Wagon tracks." Will informed them, spotting out where they had gone.

"They've gone to Locksley. Come on, let's go." Robin told his gang as they began to make their way to their next destination.

LOCKSLEY VILLAGE

As the others helped break into the barn and tried to rescue the kids, Robin had snuck into Gisborne's room to steal the wooden box that contained the diamond. The sound of the door opening surprised him, realizing it was Gisborne.

"Hood?" The Knight turned in question.

"It's Locksley to you." He quipped.

"No." Guy said, taking out his sword to fight the outlaw. "Locksley's mine now." He went around the corner as they started to smack each other around the room.

"Locksley will never be yours!" Robin stated, rolling across the bed, making his way for the door. Guy burst forward, almost catching him with his sword as the outlaw ducked and knocked him back.

"Still sore. Face facts, Hood, you lost. I won." Guy stated, stopping Robin from opening the door.

Marian glanced up and saw that Robin was caught fighting Gisborne. Looking over to the barn, she saw Little John was having trouble getting one of the kids out. She took this opportunity to put on her mask as the Nightwatchman and knocked out the guards and sheriff sneaking up their way.

Back in the manor, Robin and Gisborne were still going at it. "I'm afraid I can't let you keep these diamonds, Gisborne."

"And I can't let you take them. The Black Knight's would be very disappointed."

"It's a stalemate. Shall we toss a coin for it?"

Guy smirked, taking out a small dagger between his fingers. "Not a stalemate. Checkmate!"

Chucking it where he stood, Robin quickly dodged it, making his way out. "Ha, ha! I'll see ya!" He threw the box on the ground, landing as the man who worked on the armour came over, trying to take it from him. Robin quickly kicked him back.

"Hood!" Gisborne shouted out to him. But before he could do anything, he was shot in the eye by Daniel.

Robin looked over to his rescuer in surprise before the little boy helped him up. "In the heat of battle, there is time to watch your gangs back." Daniel informed him.

"Thank you." Robin huffed, dusting himself off. "Go, run!'

Marian stood beside Little John who had one of the boys on his shoulders as they fought off the guards together. The rest of the merry men came following in, shouting battlecries only to see they had taken care of them already. Robin joined up with his gang, shouting to them. "This way!"

Running through the village, they found shelter at a little huddle. Marian pulled back her mask, looking upon the kids with surprise. The kids looked to her wide eyed, realizing she was the Nightwatchman. "Robin, where's Daniel?"

They turned to see Gisborne and the sheriff walking out, holding him by the shirt. "People of Locksley!" Gisborne shouted, getting their attention. "Let Robin Hood know this, we want our box and it's contents back by morning or his little friend will be punished." The Knight put a sword to the boy's neck, causing Marian to step out, wanting to stop him, but Robin held her back. "His little friend will die!"

"Let me go!" Marian shouted at him. "We have to stop him!"

"No, it's too dangerous. We'll come back for him, I promise."

"Robin...we get the boy now." Little John said deeply, agreeing with Marian. They couldn't just let them hurt a young innocent child.

"No, we stop and we think, the both of you!

One of the boys spoke up. "We gotta give him what he wants."

Djaq came up to them, showing them a piece of the armour she happened to snag while escaping. "Robin, Marian, look at this metal. It is Damascus steal or something like it. A man wearing this would be invincible. Western weapons would be useless against this."

"We can't let the sheriff make this stuff."

"That's why I took the stones." Robin stated.

"And we will not give them back. Djaq's right is Gisborne and the sheriff gets their hands on this…" Marian stated, trailing off from just the thought of all the terrible things that would happen.

"I know. But we can't let the boy die."

"We need to make an exchange of sorts. Maybe see if my sister can help."

NOTTINGHAM CASTLE

Katherine looked upon her father with worry as he laid in the bed in a sweat. She dabbed him with a cool washcloth, seeing his health was starting to take a turn for the worse as the sisters had feared. Edward hadn't taken the news well that Marian ventured off to be with Robin, but Katherine tried to reassure him that they could take care of each other.

"Take it easy, father. Marian will be okay. She's strong-willed." She smiled, knowing how much she took after their mother while Katherine understood what it was like to have a weak constitution like her father. At least Katherine had grown out of it now.

"Thank you." He said, giving a small smile to her.

An arrow flew into her room, causing Katherine to look up with surprise before she realized who it was from. It must be something important if they risked getting her attention.

"I'll be going out for a bit. Stay in bed." Katherine said, talking to her father as if he was a child. Edward just chuckled before she walked off.

Accompanied by a guard as per her house arrest, she went to Nottingham square before paying off her guard for a little and meeting up with Robin and Marian, acting as if she were folding laundry. "You sent for me? What is so important?"

"The sheriff and Gisborne have taken Daniel." Marian informed her.

Katherine gasped. "No, you don't mean the little stable boy?"

"Yes."

"The sheriff and Gisborne are developing a new armour." Robin told her. "It will make him and the Black Knight invincible. We have to stop him."

"What about Daniel? We can't risk him." Marian pointed out.

"I know, but if the sheriff defeats the king, then how many more lives will be lost?"

Katherine sighed, seeing her guard was coming back. "Sorry, but I must go. I will try to get the boy out tonight, I promise." She left them alone, going back to greet her guard as Marian and Robin rushed off, knowing what they would have to do next.

Nighttime rolled along as Katherine worked on her plan for trying to save the young boy. The only way she could achieve getting Daniel out without both of them getting it was to fake a letter by hiding the true one underneath and melting them together so when the sheriff gave his seal...which she hoped he would, she could get away with both saving a life and her other task, visiting Gisborne.

They still hadn't talked much since Marian left and she wanted to try to make attempts to heal things between them. Sighing, she made her way to the sheriff to visit him at his quarters, trying to sell her facade. Despite the panic she felt within, Katherine did her best to not come off as nervous, standing tall as she walked in to greet him. "My Lord...I beg a favor of you. I have prepared a pass for you to sign so I can leave the castle."

This caught Vaisey's attention as he finally turned to look at her. "Why do you need to leave?" He asked suspiciously.

"To visit Guy." She admitted, a blush going to her cheeks. It wasn't really a lie, she just left another part out of it.

The sheriff walked up to her. "Gisborne?" He noticed the fine, luxurious, silk gown she was wearing covered up by her cloak as he studied her intentions. "He's had a bad day, I don't advise it. He should have killed little boys." She swallowed as he took the note from her, observing it as well. "But he didn't. He let them live and showed compassion. Now it's a mess."

Katherine almost let out a sigh, happy to see Guy at least had a code to him unlike the sheriff. Vaisey's face was drawn back to her out, noticing how much she was meaning to show off for his lieutenant, smelling her floral perfume. "Perhaps now is the time for me to apologize to him for what happened between us."

The sheriff sat in his chair. "At this hour? And in your finest silks?" He said, pointing out an implication of seduction at hand.

She smiled shyly. "I hope to make my peace with him. Let him know how wrong I was and how I've seen the error of my ways, my Lord." Seeing how the sheriff wasn't budging, she began to beg. "Please, my Lord."

"Well...Missy." He began to take the wax pouring it into the seal. "If it were me, I would slap your fickle face." Vaisey stated before stamping the letter with the seal. He handed her the letter as she graciously accepted, turning around and walking out of there quickly.

SHERWOOD FOREST

Meeting up with the outlaws as planned, Katherine handed them the letter for Daniel to be returned to the castle. They talked about the plan as they went along.

"Gisborne won't release him to us, but he will release him to a castle guard."

"I'll do it." Allan said, volunteering as tribute. Marian and Robin gave surprised looks at him, handing him the metal helmet.

"Are you aware of the risk?" Marian asked, informing him of what he was about to get into. "If Guy catches you-"

"Don't worry." Allan stated, feeling reassured. "He'll be putty in my hands."

"You're a brave man!" He shrugged in response as she offered him a smile.

Katherine handed him the letter. "I'm sorry, but I must be off. I told the sheriff I would visit Gisborne and...we need to have a chat." Robin and Marian looked to her with worry, exchanging glances. "I'll be safe, I swear. He won't hurt me."

"Yeah, says the woman who ended up marching all the way to the castle with a bloody nose thanks to him." Marian quipped, reminding her of what happened.

Robin gave a look as well which only made Katherine bite her tongue. "It was an accident."

"The fire or the bloody nose?" Robin asked bitterly. "Because none of it looked like one to me."

Marian took her sister's hands into hers. "Katherine...I know how you feel about him, but- you need to think logically here. Gisborne has proven he doesn't want to change his ways. He's still going to stick by the sheriff's side and I don't want you getting hurt from all this. Haven't you already endured enough?"

Katherine sighed, not wanting to hear any of this again. "Regardless, I have to go visit him right now. I must stick up to my word otherwise the sheriff will know and we will all be in danger, especially father."

At that, Marian let go of her hands, seeing she was right. Before they could say another word to her, Katherine stormed out of the camp and made her way to visit the Knight. This was something she had to do. She wanted to make things right upon them while it was still possible...if it was still possible?

LOCKSLEY MANOR

A servant escorted her inside the manor to greet him as she took off her cloak, revealing her low cut silk gown. Katherine stopped in her tracks, her breath caught in her throat, suddenly feeling her thoughts leave her mind as she stared at the sight before her. Guy's bare chest was exposed, wearing nothing but his pants and trying on the armour before him. He didn't seem to notice her and Katherine was happy he didn't because she probably looked like an idiot, gawking at the man before her. He truly was a Knight in shinning armor just as she always imagined one to look like.

It didn't help that her heart swelled, feeling a rush of heat come before her. This was the first time she had ever seen a man in such a state, not sure what to do. Should she look away or…? Walking closer into the room, it was as if her heart was in control and her usually logical mind was gone. The servant who was helping him seemed to notice her presence, causing Guy to finally look up at her.

Katherine immediately froze in her tracks as his blue eyes locked onto her. "Uh- forgive me." She said, looking down shyly. "I- um…" Words seemed to have left her.

"Katherine, it's late. What's so urgent?" He asked, surprised to see her here.

"I wish to speak with you about...personal matters." She stated, eyes darting around the room.

Guy looked at her in question before taking off the armour on his arm, which didn't help Katherine feel anymore comfortable about seeing more of him exposed. Get it together, Katherine. What is happening to you? She cursed at herself. "I'll send for you." He told the servant, having them leave the room so they could be alone. As he began to make his way toward her, Katherine felt herself swallow, captivated by him again. "Yeah, what is it?"

She took a deep breath in, trying to regain herself, remembering why she came here. "There is bad blood between us. I wish to...fix things."

He chuckled. "You overestimate yourself. I had feelings for you, I made no bones about that. But now...I feel nothing." Guy stated, trying his best to make her believe it despite feeling the opposite. Katherine looked up with surprise, hurt evident in her eyes as she felt a new emotion come over her. "And I have larger concerns...ambitions."

"I-Is there no hope between us anymore?" She said, her voice shaking as she held back tears. "I know you're a good man, Guy. Despite all the terrible things you've done, you're capable of compassion, I've seen it." She stated, causing him to sigh, looking away from her as he tried to hide his vulnerabilities. "Please...I just want-" She began to walk up towards him, causing Guy to look up at her. "I offer-" Katherine raised her hand towards him slowly, going to touch his cheek as he grabbed her hand gently before she could, holding it in his. "Guy…" Blue eyes met with brown as they looked hopefully at each other. As he held her hand, he reached up with his other one and stroked her cheek, causing her to become breathless at his very touch she missed. They both seemed to be hesitating, waiting for the other to do something before they reacted.

They were interrupted by a servant walking back in, causing Katherine to pull away, Guy glaring towards him. "Sorry Master. There's a messenger from the sheriff."

Seeing Vaisey was keeping tabs on her following through with her word, Katherine sighed sadly. "I think I should be heading back."

Guy sighed, feeling frustrated at the interruption as he let go of her hand, watching her walk off without another word. For a minute there was hope between them of regaining what they once had and he hated having to let her go, but the sheriff didn't like to be kept waiting. He had to follow through with orders.

Stepping into the stables to retrieve her horse, Katherine took in a long, deep breath trying to regain herself before getting onto her horse. It was already obvious to her at this point that she deeply loved this man and wished for nothing more but to be with him again. She had never loved someone like this before. Thinking back to her memories involving her sister and Robin, Katherine knew just how dangerous it could be to fall deeply in love with someone as she had with Guy, but she couldn't help it. Even with the truth of all the dark things he had done, Katherine couldn't help but continue to love him, knowing there was more to him than that.

LOCKSLEY VILLAGE - NEXT DAY

Apparently things hadn't quite gone as planned with the outlaws as Katherine stood beside the sheriff, his guards and a bunch of other nobles, invited to watch the exchange and promising battle with Robin Hood. Katherine watched with worry as the sheriff yanked at rope he had tied around Daniel's body, treating him like a puppet on a string. "Here boy, see that." He pointed to the noose. "Robin Hood doesn't show up, these people here are going to watch you swing. Sit." Daniel sat down as the sheriff continued on. "Well, I see the sun and no sign of your savior."

"He'll come." This caused Katherine to give him a warm smile.

"Well, let's hope so. For your sake." The sheriff chuckled darkly before standing up. "Hood! Oh, Robin Hood!" The villagers watched on helplessly before Katherine caught a glimpse of the familiar face among the crowd approaching. The guards began to aim their arrows at him. "Stay where you are, Hood." Robin stopped in his tracks as did the sheriff. "My smith will meet you in the middle." This caused the man's eyes to go wide, making his way over. "Check the merchandise. If it's alright, you get the key to the boy."

"No sheriff. You can make the exchange. Otherwise, your archers there will kill me and if they do fire upon me, my men will kill you."

"Out of the way! Clear!"

"Move, move, move!"

The merry men said, getting the crowd to clear as they walked up with arrows and bows aimed. Katherine's eyes widened as did the sheriff's, seeing the Nightwatchman among them. "Oh la-de-da-de-da." Vaisey muttered. "Right, let's get on with it."

Robin and Vaisey began to walk towards each other as Little John gave out orders to the group. "Allan, Djaq, two archer on the left. You two with me. Nightwatchman, you know what to do." Marian kept her bow pointed at the sheriff incase he tried anything funny. Marian gave her sister a nod, indicating for her to step in.

"Stop!" Katherine shouted, running up to the young boy. "You cannot release a young boy to an outlaw!"

Vaisey sighed. "Someone find me a box and put this woman inside it. You're becoming just as troublesome as your sister was." This caused Marian to smirk under her mask, knowing he didn't know the half of it.

"Please release him to me, my lord. I'll see that he gets home safely while you get what you want." Katherine looked to Robin. "Locksley, this makes no difference. You have my word. Is this agreeable?'

Robin nodded. "I accept these terms."

"Good for you." The sheriff smiled, annoyed. "Go on then." he threw the rope towards her as she began to untie Daniel. "Now, the black diamonds." Katherine eyed the key in his hands. "Allow me to check the merchandise first." Robin handed the box to the smith who opened it, nodding." The sheriff threw the key to Katherine as she untied his chains. Pulling out a bag, the smith began to dump the diamond into it. "So sorry, as Lady Katherine pointed out, you are a murderous outlaw." Robin sighed, seeing their plan was going south now.

"Sheriff's guessed our plan." Much said.

"Unbelievable." Allan mumbled.

"Something wrong, Hood?" The sheriff chuckled, knowing he had just ruined his plans. The Nightwatchman sighed, walking off with Robin, her head racing as she wondered how he knew of their plan. "Gisborne. It's all yours."

In that moment, Guy stepped outside of the barn in full armour, causing everyone's eyes to widen. "That's the armour!" Djaq exclaimed.

Marian wanted to go up against him, but Robin looked back to her and his men. "Stay back! Give me my sword!" Much threw it to him as they all watched Gisborne and Robin battling each other. Robin was taking most of the blows with Gisborne overpowering him due to the armour. As he threw him through a window, the sheriff cheered in joy. Unable to keep watching this happen, the Nightwatchman stepped forward, trying to distract Gisborne from touching the outlaw. He started to chuckle from the brave stupidity of the person before Robin joined in, both fighting the Knight in shining armour.

Katherine felt her breath hitch, watching as Guy threw her sister around, grabbing a sword and charging towards the couple. "Over here, Gisborne!" Robin shouted, trying to direct his attention away from Marian who managed to join alongside the rest of the merry men.

Pulling up the visor on his helmet, Guy scowled at the outlaw. "Locksley will always be mine!"

This caused Robin to grab a bucket beside him, going along with the original plan as he threw the black goo all over the Knight.

"What's he doing?" The sheriff questioned.

Guy chuckled. "Is that the best you can do. What now? Playing outlaws with the children!" Robin grabbed a small bow and arrow, lighting the arrow up as he aimed it at Gisborne.

"Oh no." The sheriff said, causing it all to finally click with Katherine who looked to the man she loved with concern.

"Oh yes." Robin said, firing the arrow which set Gisborne on fire in his armour. The merry men cheered and Katherine looked on with worry, watching as Guy plunged himself into a bucket of water for the dirty clothes. Robin jumped in with him, ripping his armour off before holding a sword to his throat. "Tell your men to withdraw, sheriff! Another exchange! The Black diamonds for Gisborne!" This caused both Katherine and the sheriff to go wide eyed. Robin turned to him, chuckling. "How long can you hold your breath?"

"My lord, please!" Guy shouted desperately before Robin plunged him under.

"You uh, you seem to have overestimated Gisborne's importance to me." The sheriff nonchalantly said, waving it off like it was nothing.

Katherine felt her entire body tense, but not with fear - anger. Her blood boiled, glaring at the outlaw and sheriff before her for the way they were treating him. She knew she had to do something, and quick. Motioning a guard over, she handed him the boy before sneaking up upon the smith to grab his sword.

"Not even you would let him die?" Robin stated, ignoring Guy's coughs for air.

"Um...I have everything I could ever want." Katherine took the sword from the smith, holding it to his neck. The sheriff sighed, not even having to glance over to know what was going on. "Oh...not again."

Robin dunked Guy into the water once more as Katherine stood her ground, trying to save the man she loved. She knew the risk she was taking doing this, but she couldn't let him die. It was the biggest risk she had ever taken for anyone in her life. "Let Guy live or your smith here gets it."

The sheriff looked surprised. "Katherine, what are you doing?"

"I'm asking you to reconsider."

"You...are helping Hood?"

"No!" She stated, holding the sword tighter to the man's neck. "I'm reminding you that Sir Guy is your most loyal servant. Spare his life!"

"My lord!" Guy begged.

"Let him die!" The sheriff yelled as Robin held him back underwater.

"He is a noble and a good man. He honestly must mean more to you than this sack of rocks." She stated, desperate to stop this from happening. The sheriff took the rocks from his smith, making her fear grow more. "I will kill this man and all his knowledge of those rocks dies with him." She smirked, knowing it was time to play this big and go home with it. It surprised her how easily she would be willing to kill just to save Guy's life. "Am I right?"

"S-She's right. I'm the only man west of Jerusalum who can make them worth their magic."

The sheriff held eye contact with her, but despite it, Katherine had never felt less afraid of him at this moment. She knew there was nothing she wouldn't do for Guy...which was a dangerous thing to think about. Guy came up from the water, continuing to plead. "Please, my lord!"

"SHUT UP!"

"Do we have a deal?" Katherine asked, starting to slowly graze the man's neck with the sword.

This caused him to freak out. "My lord, I will get you more rocks!"

Realizing he had no other choice, the sheriff threw the rocks across the way. Robin raised Guy up from the water, letting him go. Turning to address her, the sheriff glared at her. "You will be punished for this. Be there no doubt, YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!"

As the sheriff walked away, she finally released the man, dropping the sword. Guy climbed out of the bucket, coughing and gasping for air. Katherine gave one final glance to Robin and her sister before following after Guy to check up on him. He was taking off the rest of his armour as she looked over him in relief. "Are you okay?" she asked, pushing his wet hair from his face.

He smiled at her. "You saved my life. I'm grateful."

"I couldn't watch you die before me." The thought was almost unbearable for her, realizing she couldn't imagine living in a world without him.

"You saved Robin too." He stated.

"That was completely incidental."

"Was it?" Guy asked, referring to the connection between her, Robin and Marian which made him recall a question that popped into his head as he fought the outlaw and Nightwatchman, noticing Marian wasn't among his group of merry men. It only meant one thing. "Is Marian the Nightwatchman?" Katherine's breath caught in her throat, feeling a chill go down her back. Her silence only seemed to confirm his thoughts. "Katherine, don't lie to me. Tell me!"

She let out a shaky breath. "Yes…"

His eyes widened before he shook his head, finding this all hard to believe. This truth probably stung him more than the others, especially since it was something deeper to the both of them. "And you didn't tell me."

"I was trying to keep her safe. She's my sister." Katherine stated. "You see the lengths I will go to in order to protect my loved ones."

This couldn't be happening right now. This honestly couldn't be happening. "Katherine, you know the punishment for dealing with outlaws." He warned her, almost making it sound like a threat. "Are you associating with your sister and Robin now?"

Knowing she had to watch her words carefully, Katherine sighed, feeling a lump in her throat. "No."

Guy looked her over carefully, glaring. He was mad at this new reveal, thinking they had cleared the air with everything. That little sliver of hope he felt between them last night was now dying away in his anger. "How long have you known?" He asked, mentioning back to the Nightwatchman. "Did you know she was stealing our- my fortune the day before our wedding? How many more secrets are you holding back from me?"

"I could ask the same of you!" She stated, realizing things weren't as great between them as she thought they would be again.

"Gisborne!' The sheriff was heard, calling out for his second-in-command before walking up to Katherine, yelling at her. "You are going to stay right here!" But then he saw the smith leaving, running off after him. "Where are you going?"

"I cannot work in this environment."

"We could make it different. Increase your fee."

"In France, they know how to treat an artist."

Walking back towards her, the sheriff grabbed her roughly. "What were you thinking?" Guy watched them speak with each other silently.

"Guy is your faithful servant. I was saving his life and preventing you from making the biggest mistake of your life." She stated boldly, causing Gisborne to be surprised by her declaration.

"You do not prevent me from making a mistake!" The sheriff yelled. "You will be punished." He stormed off from her.

Katherine glanced to Guy, seeing he was quiet about what was going on, not standing up for her or sharing the news with the sheriff. They knew it was wise to keep quiet. Guy knew he couldn't help her with this one. "Guy…I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you everything, I just- I was trying to protect my family."

"And where has it gotten you now?" He asked, pointing out the obvious to her before walking off, leaving her in her thoughts.