Charles held his hand out to Brianna as they walked in the garden. Charles was surprised how much she had relaxed. She grabbed onto him and held him close while she threw her dagger at the figure in the shadows.

"They are determined." She said to him.

"So it seems." He said looking at the figure as it stepped from the shadows, but not dead but holding her dagger in his hand. Charles stepped in front of her.

"No more chances, no more saves. They will find you, yes they will. But they will find you half dead."

"You will not touch her." He said holding her. Brianna looked at them and watched as Charles reached for the man and the dagger.

"Charles!" Brianna screamed reaching for him as he stumbled backwards, the dagger sticking out of his chest. Brianna raised her eyes and looked at the man at that stood above them. She reached and pulled a second dagger and buried it to its hilt in the man's chest and twisted it. He fell backwards away from her, she dropped back down next to Charles.

"Charles."

"Hey don't cry, people will think you have feelings." He told her laughing a little.

"I do, and they are for you. Please don't die."

"I won't, can you help me up?"

"Yes." Brianna said helping him up from the ground.

"Here is your dagger." He said to her. Brianna took the dagger and noticed very little blood on it.

"How?"

"He missed. I'm fine." He told her. He placed his hands on her face and leaned in and kissed her.

"You scared me."

"I know forgive me."

"I do, but I believe he might not." Brianna said looking at Henry.

"Your majesty." He said bowing to Henry.

"You are both unharmed?"

"For the most part."

"He was stabbed but the wound is not deep." Brianna said.

"Good, until we know that you are both safe you are to never go anywhere without a guard."

"Your majesty?" Brianna said.

"I know you are strong my lady, but you are still healing. Grant me this."

"As you wish. Come your grace." Brianna said first bowing to Henry and then leading Charles back inside.

"Clean that up." Henry said heading inside, he stopped when his own raven haired beauty walked toward him.

"Your majesty."

"Lady Anne."

"Is everything alright?"

"Yes everything is fine.

"I saw Lady Brice bringing in Lord Suffolk."

"There was a small problem outside his grace was injured defending Lady Brice."

"I have heard of Lady Brice your majesty. But he was a gentleman in protecting her."

"Yes, well we will discuss this another time."

Brianna helped Charles into her chambers.

"Let me look." Brianna said lifting his shirt.

"I told you it is not that bad."

"Its bad enough. You allowed him to stab you."

"I would rather it be me than you." He said touching her face.

"You are too kind." She said to him.

"I have seen you open up and show that you are a kind woman within your warriors heart."

Brianna smiled and reached for something to clean the wound. She looked at it and pulled her hand back.

"What's wrong?"

"He didn't use my dagger." She muttered. She stood and headed for the door.

"Fetch the physician and the king now." She told the guard. She rushed back to Charles, he looked at her strangely.

"Brianna what is wrong?"

"Come I need to get a better look at that." She said to him, he nodded and let her led him to the bed. She pulled his shirt off and looked carefully at the wound. She touched it and he flinched.

"That hurt."

"As is expected."

"Brianna, tell me why do you look so worried what is wrong?"

Brianna turned to see Henry standing there.

"Lady Brice?"

"Your majesty."

"What's wrong?"

"Maybe she will tell you she hasn't told me." Charles told him. Henry looked past her at Charles and then back at Brianna.

"What is wrong?"

"The dagger that was used to stab Charles wasn't mine."

"What do you mean?"

"If I don't get the right herbs together he could die."

"Why?"

"He has been poisoned."

"Do you know what you need?"

"Yes, I used to use remedies that way rather than physicians. And with this poison if I can get the herbs right away I can stop the progression."

"When the physician arrives tell him what you need."

"Yes your majesty."

Brianna looked over at a still rather confused Charles. The physician arrived, she leaned over and told him what she needed as he started to protest Henry informed him he was to get her what she needed. Brianna walked over and looked at Charles.

"So are you going to tell me what has you so scared?"

"The dagger that was used to stab you wasn't mine, and it was dipped in poison."

"Are you sure? I feel fine."

"Yes. They are getting me what I need to stop it from spreading. Just humor me."

"Alright." He said to her, she could see he was starting to sweat and she looked up as the physician entered with what she needed. She took the herbs and used two glasses to smash them down.

"Put this under your tongue. It will not taste good."

"Alright." He said as she put the mix under his tongue, he did everything in him not to throw up. She then took what she had left and put it on the wound and wrapped it.

"Now it's time to rest."

"If he doesnt recover in one days time I am to take over his care Lady Brice."

"He will be fine."

The doctor nodded and backed from the room. Charles reached out and touched Brianna's hand.

"I will be fine." He reassured her.

"I know you will. You need to rest. I will stay with you of course." She said to him. She climbed onto the bed with him and lay down.