"Healed you?" Zedd inched closer to the two, his brows furrowing as a look of utter confusion crossed his features. Richard turned his head to look at Kahlan, who was now staring out the closest window.

"Kahlan?" Richard asked gently, her head jerking to meet his gaze. She blinked.

"Oh," she dropped her head a bit, scrunching her brows as she exhaled. "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention." Her hands moved to bring parts of her dress closer to her, examining the fabric. Richard hadn't told the maidservants to change her, scared that it would only worsen her condition. She was still wearing her green traveling dress, blood soaked into the upper half. Richard sighed as he let his head hang low, cursing himself for not allowing the help to change her. Now she was to sit there and look at her blood stained clothing.

"Richard healed you?" Zedd coaxed, bringing Kahlan's line of sight back towards him. She nodded. "How?" Kahlan stared at him for a minute before shrugging.

"I don't know, I just know that he did." She cast a side long glance at Richard before scraping her nails against the blood stain above her breast.

Richard could hear Cara's leather creak as she shifted her weight. This was talk about magic - Cara did not want to be here. Zedd brought a hand up to his chin, rubbing as he started pacing.

Kahlan looked up at the two, her expression somewhat patronizing. "Something wrong?" She questioned. Zedd shook his head and Cara stood still, eyes never leaving Kahlan's form. Richard had turned his body to look at her, leaving Zedd and Cara to direct comments at his back. She blinked a few times before she made a disgusted look with her face.

"Wrong. Something is wrong." Zedd stopped pacing and glanced at her, eyes questioning. "Richard healed me." She repeated, drawing out each syllable. Zedd looked at her as if she were feeble minded. She sighed as she threw her hands up in the air, letting them fall to the bedding beside her. Richard had no idea where she was going, and from the expression on the faces behind him, he knew they felt the same.

"Why did the Sisters want Richard?" Kahlan looked between the three, not satisfied when they didn't answer her question quick enough. "We know they wanted to capture him. Why would they want to capture the Lord Rahl? For his Han. Richard just healed me, even though the sickness was laced with subtractive magic. That means Richard is in control of subtractive magic, which means-"

"Richard is a war wizard." Zedd blinked, his hands dropping to his side. Kahlan smiled and nodded her head before crossing her arms, clearly satisfied the wizard had picked up on what she was thinking. Richard had no idea what was happening. Cara looked slightly horrified.

"A war wizard?" Richard questioned, unable to fathom what was happening.

"A man who controls both additive and subtractive magic. There hasn't been a war wizard born in three thousand years .." Zedd's voice trailed off and Richard's eyes became wide. Richard started frantically looking between the three, his mouth opening to form words that wouldn't come.

"But .. how? And most importantly, how did you not know?" He asked his grandfather, face scrunched in disbelief. Zedd sighed and clenched his eyes shut.

"I suppose the gift has been dormant in you. War wizards pull from a great need, mostly the need to survive. Your need was for Kahlan to survive." When Richard redirected his gaze towards Kahlan, she seemed uninterested, now trying to untangle her hair with her fingers. Her nose scrunched when she would come across a strand that needed a brush, and eventually she gave up and let her hands fall to her sides.

"I'm a war wizard?" Richard asked, mostly to himself. Zedd nodded and Cara shifted her weight again. "But .. I .. I don't even know anything about magic. I can't .." He started shaking his head, dropping it to his hands, rubbing his eyes. Zedd rested a hand on his shoulder.

"My boy, all will be well. I'll help teach you how to control your magic." Richard sighed as he nodded, he felt Kahlan's weight shift in the bed, her legs coming up to her chest as she wrapped her arms around them. Her head was facing him, her expression light.

"I suppose I picked quite the worthy mate. The Seeker, Lord Rahl, and a war wizard." She grinned at him and promises of what was to come filled Richard's head.

"Ah, my child, but I believe he picked you." Zedd joked, laughing. Kahlan scoffed and used her hand to brush away the suggestion. Richard laughed, shaking his head.

"No, she definitely picked me." He said through his chuckles, Kahlan smiling even wider.

Richard heard Cara's leather creak again and was surprised to hear her voice. "What of the child?"

Zedd turned and looked questioningly at the Mord'Sith and Richard's heart started hammering in his chest as he glanced over at Kahlan. Her face wore no emotions. A Confessor's face. He was having a hard time catching a breath.

"Oh, Cara, you worry too much! Didn't you hear? Richard healed them." He jabbed a bony elbow at the Mord'Sith, whose expression didn't waver. Zedd quit his cheery demeanor.

"No," Cara drawled out, her expression darkening. "He healed her. No mention of the baby was made." Zedd drew his head back, looking to Kahlan. She was still sitting with her head facing Richard. Richard felt like his heart was going to stop.

"Check." His voice was small, but Zedd heard it. Kahlan stretched her legs out to allow the old man to hover above her, checking to see if the small life was still intact. She showed no emotion as he moved his hand above her stomach, his face growing with sorrow.

"I'm sorry, dear ones." He managed to say before he backed away, taking steps away from the two and moving back to his position by Cara - who was now frowning. Richard's vision became blurry and he blinked to try and clear his sight, only to see his grandfather's eyes growing watery too. Kahlan hadn't moved.

Richard moved closer to her, taking her right hand in his left, and using his other hand to guide her chin to look at him.

"You knew?" He questioned, her eyes regaining a bit of emotion as she nodded slightly, attempting to draw away from his gaze. Richard felt his heart jump into his throat.

Zedd shook his head. "Kahlan wasn't eating enough to sustain her, let alone a wee one. The child was too underdeveloped to be able to fight for it's life, and the magic quickly snuffed it's chance when it over took Kahlan." Zedd looked to Richard with watered vision. "Kahlan died."

Richard nodded as he held Kahlan's hand close to his chest.

"You brought her back from death?" Cara asked incredulously. Richard only managed to nod again before the room became a blur and he had to blink away the moisture. When his sight managed to clear slightly, Cara was adorning a facial he had never seen before - one of utter disbelief.

"His need was for Kahlan to survive, not specifically for the child." Zedd interjected, his voice heavy with sadness. Richard blinked.

"How was I supposed to know? I didn't even know I healed her .." His voice trailed off as he gripped Kahlan's hand tighter, her eyes now brimming with unshed tears. She smiled sadly at him.

"It doesn't matter." Kahlan's voice was clear and untouched, emotion not causing it to waver at all. When Richard gazed into her eyes again, the moisture was blinked away, leaving her blue orbs unclouded and brilliant. She smiled at him, this time with more light.

"Of course it matters." Richard managed to choke out, certain his face was blotchy from all the emotions that were overwhelming him. She shook her head as she smiled. Richard didn't know what to say. She was perfectly fine with their child being dead, not able to breathe a breath of life on it's own. Zedd looked equally shocked at the statement, while Cara looked as if she had a different emotion - understanding.

Richard started to feel resentment towards Kahlan and her lack of caring for their unborn child, the child that was now lifeless in her womb. His face started to distort as she continued to smile, her hands moving to grasp his face. He looked at her with a mixture of disdain and sadness. He hung onto the silence until she finally spoke.

"We can always try for another."