Josephine watched and waited for the guards to leave, hoping Raoul would not be attacked further. As they finally retreated out of the dungeon, and Raoul hurried to her side and hugged her, she calmed down a little. "Shh, do not apologize. You protected me, nothing more." She buried her head into his shoulder, her wrists still bound painfully behind her. "Raoul, I'm frightened. If you had not stopped that horrid man he would have gone through with that... oh I would never be able to forget that. What if they separate us, because of this? He could try that again. And I would be helpless to stop him." Tears of innocent terror fell from her eyes, and her body shook.