Chapter Three

The icy wind felt like pins and needles on the knight's face. His mind wondered between his friends safety and weather he is alive or not and the woman who saved him. He couldn't get her out of his mind and tried to force himself to think of his friend instead.

After some time of wondering through the icy weather, he came across the town church. Inside he hoped to find his friend was safe and alive. When he got inside, hundreds of candles were lit making the room feel warm. A young nun came over to him.

"My lord, you must be frozen from the storm. Come, sit by the fire." She walked him over to a huge fireplace that had a fire burring inside of it viciously and sat him down. "Is there anything I can get you? Perhaps some warm…"

He quickly got back up and grabbed her by her shoulders. Her eyes grew large from fear. "Please sister…" He let go of her. "I am sorry. I have lost my dear friend not too far from here and I would like to know if he has been here."

She was a little shocked from what the knight did. "I will go check my lord." She walked away and into another room in the church. He sat back down and stared into the fire till she returned. "My lord, can you please come with me?"

He followed her into a long candle lit hall. A chill was caught in the hall. She walked over to one of the doors that lined the hall and opened it. He walked into the doorway and there on a bed sat his good friend, alive and well. "I see you made it through the storm unharmed my friend."

"Well you know it takes a lot to keep me down Vladislaus. I see you look rather well. When I lost you I decided to come here knowing you would look here for me."

"You know me a little too well Gabriel." Vladislaus pulled up a chair next to his friend's bed.

"How did you get out of the storm?" Gabriel got up and poured his friend a glass of water then handed it to him.

He took a gulp. "I didn't. Not too long after I lost you I passed out in the snow. But then it was like I was save by…an angel." Instantly he thought of her, the way she looked, and the way she moved.

"An angel?" Gabriel looked a little confused by his friend's words.

"Yes! She was…. beautiful." He paused thinking of her eyes, her smile. "She cared for me only a short while till I left. To come look for you."

Gabriel looked even more confused. "You left the safety of an angel to look for me?"

"I did." Vladislaus got up and walked to the door. He leaned on it looking at the long hall.

Gabriel walked over to his friend and put his hand on his shoulder. "And I thank you my friend."