With the first touch of his lips to her neck, Crystal slowly started to wake. At his first spoken words her eyes fluttered open. She felt his hand upon her stomach and stiffened instantly.<br/><br/>"Please..." The princess tone of voice begged him to move his hand away. Crystal suddenly felt sick to her stomach at the thought of what she believed that bandit had done to her. Her arms moved to cover her body and she curled into a ball there beside him.<br/><br/>Tears came to her eyes now as she remembered the hell she had been through since the morning the castle had been attacked. She had hoped it was all a dream, just her imagination playing tricks on her. But waking up beside this stranger told her it had all been real. That the only person she had left, lay injured and in hiding. *<i>Matthew? Can you hear me? Please I need to know you are... I'm scared brother.</i>*