Kate had fallen asleep and heard the thud. She was sitting in a chair by his bed. She rushed to him and held him. "Guards? Help me get him in bed." Kate called to her father's elite that were standing outside his room. The men carefully picked Skye up and placed him in the bed. Kate turned up the flame on the night stand. Kate saw blood on the soldiers sleeve. She gently turned Skye on his stomach and proceeded to his open wounds. *Don't wake up* Kate thinks to herself.<br/><br/>Once his wounds were cleaned and resown, She held Skye to her and smoothed his hair. Kate had one of the guards to hand her a clean cloth dipped in fresh water from the basin in a wash stand by the fireplace across from the bed. She saw his tears and wiped his face and neck.<br/><br/>The door to Skye's room opened slowly an older woman walked in softly. She was about 40 years old and dressed in long black dress with a high collar; a white apron was tied around her waist and she held a mug of mead steeped with herbs. "This will help with the pain, Dear."<br/><br/>Kate takes the mug and holds it to Skye's lips. "This is Ann, Skye. She is our main housekeeper and cook. It is her cooking you have tasted and I trust her. She is as close to me as a mother."<br/><br/>Ann walks up to him and places the back of her hand to his cheek. "Katie he is burning with fever." Kate nods I know..it is the trama of his travel and beating.<br/><br/>Ann sits next to him on the bed. "All looks so bleak to you now. In a week or so you will be up and ready to face your life here. You need anything just ask. The kitchen is open to you."<br/><br/>Ann takes his hands and holds them. "Let's get that fever down. I will get the tub filled with ice and snow. It will feel good to the wounds and get you clean."<br/><br/>Ann steps into the hall and calls to the servants to bring in buckets of snow and ice. Kate removes his rags leaving him in under garments. Ann sent a servant to bring up clean nightshirt and  underclothes.<br/><br/>The guards gently place him in the tub. Kate stays by Skye she looked very worried. "You will get better. I promise."