Chapter Two

Upstairs the knight woke hearing the woman's voices echo through the manner. He felt a little more rested and a little warmer. He threw his legs to the side of the bed and stumbled to his feet. Surprisingly all that hurt was his head. He walked over to the window and opened the curtain. Show covered everything. Not a sign of life could bee seen. Trees had grown long icicles and bushes were mere plies of frozen sticks. It was beautiful.

Grabbing his armor he quickly put it on. He had to hurry and find his friend, had to know if he is still alive. To know if he survived the snow storm. He decided to go look for him.

At the end of the stairs was the library. The doors were halfway open and he could see the flickering of the fire shine past them. He looked through the crack at see two woman inside. One he had not seen before and the other, she was the Lady O'Sirius. He watched her for a moment. Admiring her beauty. The way she moved was perfect.

He quietly made his way into the room. Both woman stopped and looked at him. "I am sorry for the intrusion. But I thought I would say thank you, my lady, for helping me, but I must go now." He tipped his head and left the room.

Salean looked at Adrieanna and ran after him. He was at the front door when she reached him. She touched her hand to his arm. He turned and looked at her green eyes. "Are you sure you are well enough?"

He smiled at her. "It takes a little more than a snow storm to keep me down my lady." He said with a small laugh.

She smiled at his remark. "Wait here for a moment." She quickly ran into another room and back. In her arms was a cloak. "This should keep you warm. You were fortunate once to escape death."

He put his firm hand to her face. "Death, my lady, is the lest of my worries." He opened the door. A chill went up her back as the wind blew in and she watched him walk off into the white abyss.

As she closed the door Adrieanna came up to her. "And who was that?"

Salean looked out the long window next to the door. He had disappeared. "A knight."

"Yes I could see that. But I though you said you didn't met anyone out here."

"I didn't." They stated to walk back into the library were it was warm. "We rescued him from the storm. Maria found him in the field early this morning."

Maria walked up to them. "My Lady O'Sirius, dinner will be ready in a few minutes."

Salean looked at her friend. "Would you care to join me Adrieanna?"

"I would be honored." Adrieanna smiled.

Salean looked back at Maria. "Set the table for two tonight."

"Yes ma'am." She tipped her head and went to the kitchen.