A/N: Thanks for all the feedback! I know it's moving too slow so let me fast forward this!

Briseis had fallen asleep on the trip to the port. She fell back into Achilles who held her there. She found a spot on his chest near his shoulder where her head could rest comfortably. Her lips smiled briefly as she felt safe in his arms again.

Briseis was dreaming again, dreaming of him. Dreaming of the nights they spent in his tent making love. Her thoughts were always of him, her dreams were of their love and she would forever miss him. She knew that she couldn't have him back the way she wanted.

Achilles watched her as she slept, his eyes wandered down and saw a shell necklace similar to the one his mother had made him. He wondered where she had gotten it from, as his mother made no mention of making a second one. He reached touch to touch him his rough fingers touched her delicate skin, the contact was like electricity, Brisies stirred a bit and he felt her react.

Achilles and Briseis reached the port and saw the boat being loaded with supplies. Achilles whispered in her ear. Briseis reached up and touched his hair not knowing.

"We are at the port, and do not play with my hair"

Briseis awoke to the sound of his voice. Her fingers entangled in his hair she quickly withdrew and felt embarrassed again. He got off the horse first, and then helped her down. Someone had come and taken his horse away as he headed towards the boat.

"Eurdos! Is the ship ready?" Achilles asked

"yes, ready when call the command" he answered, "um, who's that?"

"That is our cargo" Achilles looked back at Briseis.

"But milord, she is a woman, is it wise to have a woman on board a ship full of men?"

"Inform the men that she is mine, and mine alone. And if anyone seeks otherwise they'll answer to me"

"yes milord"

Brisies walked up to Achilles and was going to say something but he cut her off.

"Get down below woman!" he yelled

Briseis quickly went down, and started walking down the hallway searching for a room.

"Who are you?"

Briseis turned around and saw it was Patrolecus standing there.

"Who are you? And what are you doing here?"

"I am Briseis, your cousin Achilles promised me safe passage to troy"

"My cousin would never promise such a thing"

"Then go ask him yourself"

Briseis sat in Achilles room for hours. She sat there thinking of a way to reach inside the walls of Troy to find Hector. She would never be allowed inside. By the time they would reach the beaches of Troy, Achilles will have sacked the temple of Apollo. She shook her head and lay down on the bed. It did not smell like him yet. Her eyes felt heavy and tired, her body was sore from the horse ride and soon she feel asleep.

Achilles entered the room with a plate of food. He saw her sleeping on the bed and placed it on the table and walked over to her. He sat down next to her and watched her sleep. He had noticed that he was doing a lot of that lately. Watching her sleep for some reason.

Briseis was dreaming again. This time it was turning into a nightmare. Achilles had rescued her again from the Agamemnon's soldiers, he had slay them and knelt down to carry her. And Briseis watched as her cousin shot the first arrow into his heel. And how she screamed for him to stop.

"No..stop!" Briseis started to call out in her sleep

Achilles moved and looked over at her. He pushed her hair aside.

"No! Stop! Please! Stop! STOP!" Briseis screamed out and threw herself forward in bed, her body jerked up and she gasped for air. She saw him sitting there looking at her if she were a mad woman. He saw her starting to cry again.

"I couldn't stop him. I couldn't stop him" she said between sobs

Achilles did not know who she was referring to, or why she kept having these nightmares that would leave her screaming into the night. What he did know was that her something inside her was broken, or rather died, and what she desperately clung onto was slowly killing her, it haunted her every moment it seemed, but she held onto it as if it were the last memory she had.

"Who is this man that you cry for?" Achilles asked as he lifted her chin up

"Someone I loved"

"Then where is he?"

"Dead" Briseis looked away

"Love is fleeting and never lasts, you waste your tears on someone who cannot hear you anymore"

Briseis laid down onto the bed again.

"He is dead to the world but I still love him"

"Women!" Achilles got up off the bed and walked towards the table. He stretched his arms and began to undress.

Briseis saw his skin underneath and then rolled over to look away. Achilles was aware of the movements she was making, and made no plans to stop. He approached the bed.

"Does it bother you that we are sharing a bed?" he asked

"No. For now nothing can hurt me anymore."

"I'm not going to hurt you"

"it doesn't matter anymore, if you choose to take my body or not"

"I do not take women against their will, women come to me freely and eagerly"

"Lucky you"

Achilles smiled and got into the bed. Briseis lay there still not moving.

In the morning Briseis was somehow under the sheets, sleeping on Achilles'chest with her hands resting on his shoulder, and his arms wrapped around her body. She slept peacefully in his arms. Achilles awoke abruptly as he had heard someone walking near the door. He looked down and saw Briseis laying there on him. Had she been tempting him the whole time? He quietly slid her off and got out of bed. He reached for a black robe and put it on. He walked to the door and opened it and there was his cousin Patroclus.

"How do you do that?" he asked

"You walk too heavy cousin" Achilles answered