Pauline had spoken to the doctor in the night when he had come in to check on Halt. Apparently the ranger had cornered the Kalkara at the ruins of Gorlan to stop them from progressing any closer to the neighboring villages and had sent Abelard cantering home with a note to warn the Baron. He had been quite lucky for the horses loyalty and a broad stroke of luck the Baron and Sir Rodney showed up when they did. She must have dozed off at some point because the next morning Pauline woke to a soft squeeze of her hand. She opened her eyes and straitened in the chair smiling softly at Halt when she saw him awake. She caressed back his hair softly.
"Hey how are you feeling?" She asked softly.
"I feel like I've been run over by a cart" he grumbled.
"more like almost clawed in half by a Kalkara... what were you thinking going after them alone you could have been killed.
"I was tracking one coming toward Redmont I had to stop it before it got here and I thought I stood a chance at Gorlan until I realized there were two not one" he shifted painfully "a little to late... I'm sorry I missed our wedding date."
Pauline had forgotten that in all the fuss "Halt there is something I should have told you when you left" she said "I-"
"And how are you this morning Ranger Halt?" The doctor said entering the room.
"Right as rain" Halt said gruffly.
"Right well lets have a look see" he said leaning over Halt undoing the bandages the wound was gruesome but luckily not deep enough to harm anything internal the real threat now was of infection. The doctor slathered the wound in salve and re wrapped it.
"When can I leave?" Halt asked.
"Oh you won't be leaving to that cabin of yours anytime soon not without someone to help you with this. You need still and rest" the doctor said.
"And how long will that be?" Halt asked obviously irritated by the news.
"At least a couple weeks" the doctor stated.
"A couple weeks! In this place?!" Halt said.
"This place is a healing institution" the doctor retorted.
"Oh really looks more like a tomb to me" Halt retorted back.
Needless to say the conversation escalated quickly and soon the two were locked in an arguement.
"Enough! He can come stay with me!" Pauline said putting an end to it.
"Fine!" The doctor said and left the room flustered.
Pauline had no idea what she was getting herself into.