Dreaming....... the water is cool.... he watches as Kate lowly sinks into the water.... as if a hand reached for him, he falls face first into the lake....<br/><br/>~ Pain shot through him as he jumped, he lay hearing the moans and cries of wounded men. Did they hold? Where were his men? A hand settled gently on his shoulder and calmed him. They had held! He would have been food for the orcs had they not .... the healer's breath wafted over him and he fell back into memory ~<br/><br/>Cedric threw back his wet hair and it settled smoothly as he emerged anew. He smiled and laughed and turned his eyes to Kate...<br/>"What if I said I wish you to stay forever?"