Juliana woke early the next morning, having not slept at all well the night before. Guilt from Marian's injuries kept her awake, gnawing at her insides. Should have just been quiet, she thought as she dressed.

"Juliana?" Rahimah's voice drifted in as she opened the door to her sister-in-law's room. "Did you get any sleep?" she asked as she saw her already dressed.

"No." she shook her head as she tied her hair back. "Did you?"

"The wound on your friend's head is not nearly so worrisome as that to her shoulder." Rahimah said slowly, her thick accent tripping her up on some words. "And the physician worries me as well."

"Why?" Juliana asked. "I thought bringing her back to the castle would ensure some measure of help."

"He relies far too heavily on the usefulness of leeches, and draining of the blood." the dark skinned woman shook her head. "I tried to tell them that the last thing she needed was to lose more blood, but they refused to listen."

"Idiots." Juliana hissed. "Thank you Rahimah, so much for all you've done." she added with a worried smile.

"She is your friend, and so she is important." Rahimah replied with a shrug, attempting to stifle a yawn, but not quite able to. "I wish everyone here was as kind to me as you and your brothers." she added as she sat on the edge of Juliana's bed.

"So do I." Juliana said as she brought the coverlet up to cover the woman who had just sprawled out on the bed and drifted off.

She left her room, intent on seeing Marian as soon as she could. Rahimah was worried about the physicians, and if she was worried, then Juliana knew to be as well.

"It's a very nasty wound she has." Guy's voice said from an alcove down the hall from Marian's room.

"Must you do that?" Juliana asked as she stared at him in surprise.

"I need to speak to you." Guy said, ignoring her question.

"I was just on my way to see..." she stopped as Guy took her by the wrist and headed off to another room. "You're hurting me." she said as he opened the door, pushing her in ahead of himself.

"You betrayed me." he said, his eyes burning in anger. "You were eavesdropping again, you heard the sheriff and I speaking, and you told her." he growled.

"I had no idea what was going to happen." she said, rubbing her wrist. "If I'd known..."

"Why did you tell her anything?" he asked as he began to roam around the room, looking like a caged animal.

"I wanted to help Robin and his friends." she answered weakly.

"Of course." he said, throwing his hands in the air. "Robin Hood, always comes back to him." he stopped and glared at Juliana in a way that made her blood run cold. "Don't tell me, you're in love with him as well."

"Of course not." she replied. "You know how ridiculous that is."

"It's ridiculous for me to think that someone who claims to care for me, would betray me so that she might help someone whom I see as my enemy?" he asked.

"I did not think of anything when I heard you and the sheriff." she said. "My first thought was to make sure Robin, all of them, were safe."

Guy started pacing around the room again, not saying a word, only stopping now and then to fix Juliana with a cold glare. Why did they always betray him? He realized that Marian had never claimed to actually care for him, but Juliana had, and her going behind his back hurt more than anything Marian had done, simply because of that.

"Guy, I'm sorry if I've betrayed you." Julian said, breaking into his thoughts. "Robin is a friend, and Marian is my best friend, and I know how devastated she would be should anything happen to him." she added as she came to stand in front of him. "I'm so sorry." she whispered as she began to cry.

"You were on your way to see Marian." he said after a moments silence. "Go then."

"Guy..."

"Go." he said, looking away from her.

Juliana nodded slowly and headed for the door. As she was about to close the door behind her, Guy spoke.

"Do not go out for any rides unless you have an escort." he called after her. "And I do not mean one of your brothers. I mean either one of my men, or myself."

Juliana nodded and left the room.

Juliana steadied herself before heading for Marian's room, not wanting anyone to ask the cause of her distress. Finally feeling composed, she started down the hall but stopped when she saw Edward standing outside Marian's room, talking with the physician. She wasn't expecting him back for another day or two and had not prepared herself to explain his daughter's injuries to him, or how it was her fault that Marian was injured to begin with.

The physician walked away, leaving Edward by himself. Looking up, he spotted Juliana and smiled fondly as he walked towards her.

"You haven't slept I see." he said as he put a comforting arm around the young woman.

"No." she shook her head. "I'm so sorry about her being hurt." she said.

"It's not your fault." he said, squeezing her shoulders.

"I told Marian about an ambush they'd set up for Robin." she informed him. "I was going to go with her...I should have gone with her. Or I should have not told her, or stopped her from going at all..." she rambled on.

"I know she was going to help Robin." Edward said. "She always is. And, she would not have listened to you if you'd told her not to go." he added. "If you had gone with her, both of you would be lying in a bed, with me worrying about the pair of you."

"Is there anything I can do for you?" she asked, feeling only slightly better at his words.

"Keep me company." he said, his eyes watering, his lip trembling. "I need it."