Josephine gently wrapped one arm around Raoul's shoulders, careful not to irritate his whip-scarred skin. "I know you wont. But do not put yourself in harms way to keep me safe; it feels no better to me to be helpless to defend you because you are busy protecting me." She laid her head against the back of his neck, cherishing their gentle embrace more than ever after all that they had suffered through. The torture they had gone through only made her hold those tiny things closer to her heart.