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    “ No he is fine, but he stinks to high heaven.” Then he recognized him, “Why Rebecca, it’s young Kane of the Highlands. Then the girl must be Solynne, maybe?”
    Rebecca frowned, she had no time for idle chat, this girl had lost a lot of blood and she wasn’t sure she could save the poor thing.  This redheaded woman was at death’s door and it would take a miracle to bring her back.  From the floor Rebecca heard a sound, low and guttural. 
    Kane rasped out a single message,
    “ Whatever it takes, please, please save her.”
    Kane passed out, the hard ride had taken everything out of him.
    She closed her eyes and felt with her mind, feeling into the wound.  She searched through it pulling together what veins she could and starting the healing process.  In effect, she was giving it a head start, but what else could she do? Not much else really, she got Peewee to carefully take Solynne upstairs where she removed her stained clothes and wiped her down with a warm wet rag. The woman was too cold and wouldn’t last the night at this rate. She called out to Korr to bring in a brazier and stoke it up.  Then Rebecca informed him she would be staying with the woman for the night at which Korr gave her an evil smirk. 
    He got a slap in the back of the head for that one and he scampered off calling out,
    “ See you in the morning!”
    Rebecca was a bigger woman and she knew she would have to use her own body to keep the lady warm through the night.  If she was to live, then tonight was critical.  She stripped off to her under clothes and lay beside Solynne and partially draped herself over the prostate form.  It was going to be a long night.
    Meanwhile outside, Korr had grabbed Kane under the arms and dragged him out to the barn.  He had slept in there plenty of times before and would be fine,
    “ I’ll look in on you in the morning.” Korr turned and left. 
    As the evening wore on, Wollfen started to worry, Loranda had reported in on this third night, but from Solynne there had been nothing.  In fact, when he felt out for her, he couldn’t feel anything. Something was very wrong and he didn’t want to think what he knew it probably meant.  So he kept searching, hoping and waiting. It was later that night Dark tapped him on the shoulder and he had to tell her the bad news, he thought Solynne was dead. He could feel Kane, but he was weak too.  Wollfen hoped he hadn’t been captured, that would have been even worse.  What to do now? There was nothing for it but to continue on with their original plans.
    Thinking back, it would have been so much better if Eldoron had shown up a day earlier and he would have dispatched the elf instead of those two.  Eldoron would have been able to practically walk into the enemies’ camp and not be found. The elf would have to go, a double mission to learn what he could shadowing the enemy troops and also find out what happened to Kane and Solynne
    He got up and left Dark behind lying on the blanket.
    “ I shan’t be long.”
    He walked over to the elf sitting cross-legged.  
    “ You have a mission for me.”
    It wasn’t a question, the elf knew something was up.
    “ Yes, I need you to take over from one of my scouting parties.  I’m afraid they have run foul of the enemy and are probably lost, will you accept this mission?”
    He didn’t have to ask but he felt it was polite.
    “ Of course I will, tell me what you would have me do.”
    Dark watched Wollfen return to her.  She could see the strain on his face and she kissed him as he lay down, not talking but giving him time.  He looked at her, words unspoken but known.  They didn’t need to speak.  Then she lifted the blanket over them and she slipped on top of him, opening her top.  She laid a bare breast to his mouth, he lay there gently kissing and fondling for awhile.  They made love for the next hour, it was slow and considerate, a time of tenderness and love.  Dark fell asleep there on his