So here we go, I voted for a chapter 2… may have chapter 3 now I know where all this is going to go! Thanks for the nice reviews I had, keep 'em coming, it's always a pleasure to read what you think.

Richard stopped her running hand on his chest and said : "Kahlan, you can talk to me."

She nodded and said: "I guess I'm just scared about what could happen if we don't defeat the Keeper."

"As long as the Mother Confessor's pure heart beats..." Richard answered.

Kahlan rose to look into his eyes and asked: "But what if I die Richard? What if I fail you?"

The Seeker chuckled, upsetting Kahlan, she sat down and crossed her arms. "It's not funny." She mumbled. She got up and walked a few steps away, looking at the trees surrounding them.

Richard got up and walked behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, he kissed her neck but she didn't move, she stood up straight, clearly irritated.

"You will never fail me Kahlan." He whispered, kissing her neck again. "You can take dozens of soldiers by yourself, you are the most powerful woman of the world, you are not going to die anytime soon. Not only because of your strength and your power but because I'll protect you at all costs. I'd give my life for you Kahlan."

'Will you?' She thought.

"Come on, let's get some sleep." Richard told her, nuzzling into her neck.

"I'm not tired." She stated, her jaw clenched.

Richard sighed, as he felt a mix of anger and fear building inside his stomach.

"Get some sleep, I'll take first shift." She said coldly. She addressed to him like she did to the people she had confessed and he didn't like it.

"I'm not one of your mate Kahlan, don't talk to me like this." He told her as coldly as she did before, regretting immediately what he just said.

Taken aback by his comment, anger rose in Kahlan's eyes and her vision became blurry, she blinked and a tear slowly rolled down her face.

Seeing her like this broke his heart and his eyes quickly filled up with tears. "Damn it Kahlan, what is wrong with you?"

"I'm just tired." She answered, looking away.

"Enough with all the lying." He yelled.

She stepped back and he continued: "I just told you to get some rest and you told me you weren't tired when I clearly see you are exhausted and now you claim that you are tired."

He tried to calm down, took a breath, ran his hand through his hair and added: "I don't understand." He shook his head. "I know you are scared to die, that we'll fail our quest to defeat the Keeper, but there is something else, something you are not telling me." He held out his hand to her and softly said: "Don't shut me out Kahlan, don't push me away, talk to me please."

She looked at his hand and then straight in his eyes, trying to maintain an emotionless face. "Goodnight Richard."

Richard let his hand fall down as Kahlan walk to the spot on the floor they were before. She grabbed a blanket in her pack, laid down on the floor and placed the blanket over her and rolled on one side, facing the fire.

Richard just stood where he was, trying to proceed what just happened. He didn't understand a thing. He didn't understand what was going on with the woman he loved and the worst part wasn't that he didn't understand, it was seeing Kahlan struggling without being able to help her. Seeing her like this was making him nauseous. He wasn't even mad at her, he was mad at himself for being so useless. He closed his eyes for a moment trying to make the mix of pain, sadness and anger go away by breathing slowly. When he opened his eyes again, he knew the only think he had to do. He turned and put more wood in the fire and then he laid next to Kahlan. He slid under her blanket and came closer to her, his chest pressing against her back. He slid an arm under her neck so she could rest her head and he wrapped the other around her waist. That's the only thing he could do, as long as she didn't open up to him, that was everything he could do to help her.

He could feel the tension in her body and even if he couldn't see her face, he knew her eyes were wide open. Letting go of her waist, he moved his hand up to her neck to brush away the hair keeping him from kiss her in this particular spot she loved so much. His goal here wasn't to try to seduce her, but just to get her to relax and sleep.

"Close your eyes Kahlan." He whispered in her ear, kissing her neck after that.

She did close her eyes. She didn't want to fight against him anymore, she couldn't. Talking so coldly to him was breaking her heart, but she was so angry and upset, she couldn't control her tone or her words. Feeling his hot breath in her neck and his strong arms around her was comforting her. The trail of kisses he was leaving on her neck made her lose all the consciousness she had for the world around them. As his hand made its way to rest on her belly, her mind drifted to the child they could never have. A girl. A girl with his smile, his eyes and his heart. A Confessor. A powerful Confessor, with Rahl and Amnell blood in her veins. As she started sobbing, Richard held her tighter. All she wanted to do was turn around and burry her face in his chest, but she didn't, she couldn't face him.

Richard tried to wiped the tears off her face but has his hand left her waist, Kahlan instantly grabbed his hand and entwined her fingers with his, forcing him to keep holding her. She was afraid he would be letting her go. Richard didn't resist and held her even tighter than before.

"I'm not letting you go. Not now, not ever." He whispered. "Not matter what's going on with you, what is torturing your mind, I promise that I'll stand by your side, every step of the way."

'Don't make promises you can't keep.' She thought.

"Now, you should sleep before I start humming a lullaby to you, and you know that's a terrible idea." He tried to joke to lighten the mood.

She nodded and finally relaxed in his arms.

"Ha, I see humming a lullaby is a powerful threat." He stated with a smile.

She couldn't see his face, but she was clearly imagining the handsome smile that was surely forming across his face and that caused her to smile a little. A smile he noticed and that melted his heart.

He kissed her one last time in the neck and whispered: "Goodnight my love."

As a response, Kahlan held onto his hand tighter and drifted into sleep.