Sileas was so sound asleep, she didn't hear Yehudit. She shivered lightly and pulled closer to Wulfsen.

Wulfsen had been arguing with himself about possibly kissing Sileas on the lips while she was asleep, but was interrupted by Yehudit calling Sileas.

"Sh." Wulfsen hushed Yehudit gently, he was enjoying Sileas sleeping beside him so much he did not want her to wake up before she had rested.

Yehudit's eyes widened when she found Sileas sleeping next to Wulfsen.

"My mother would be cutting parts off you if she saw you doing this!" Yehudit warned.

"I'm not... I'm just holding her." Wulfsen blushed because he had just been thinking about kissing her. "Sileas is my friend. Her honor is safe with me."

Sileas was oblivious to the whole discussion. In fact, she would have been mortified to know she had started snoring softly. A gentle, lady-like snore, but a snore just the same.

"Holding her awful close for friends." Yehudit mused, though she was half asleep herself and not thinking clearly. She yawned and hobbled over to tug on Sileas's sleeve. "Sileas, do you really wanna sleep out here like this? If Mama gets wind of this she'll kill Wulfsen."

Sileas made a few snuffling sounds and swatted Yehudit. "Just a few more hours. Exh..." her words drifted out into a snore.

"Wake up, Sileas." Yehudit insisted, swatting Sileas back. "You know what getting caught sleeping here next to him will do to your reputation."

Sileas swept her arm out at Yehudit.

There was a cracking sound, Yehudit fell on her arse clutching her nose which was now streaming blood.

"Sileas!" Yehudit cried.

Sileas snored, the sounds getting louder.

"I think you broke my nose!" Yehudit cried in outrage and poked Sileas with her walking stick.

Sileas started crying in her sleep. She only wanted sleep. It wasn't fair.

Yehudit stood up and punched Wulfsen. "What did you do to her?"

"Nothing! I was just trying to make her comfortable, I didn't do anything to her." Wulfsen said, though he had been imagining kissing her. "Let her sleep, she's tired."

Sileas opened her eyes, clearly only half-awake. "Who do I have to kill to get some sleep?"

Yehudit scowled. "I'm just trying to preserve your reputation."

Sileas, only half-awake, forgot that as far as she knew, Wulfsen knew not about what Andy had done. "I don't have a reputation any longer, remember?" she half-snapped as she came fully awake.

Yehudit scowled. "Most people don't know about that. But when people wake up in the morning and see you sleeping in the garden next to Wulfsen, that will get around."

"Oh they might not know for certain, but they certainly speculated and made up their own minds. I can't help if I passed out from pure exhaustion," Sileas stated. I just can't catch a break. If I find a private little corner in the keep, something will be found wrong with that. Sileas tried to get to her feet but wobbled and landed on her butt on the bench. "I guess we should go to the keep, Wulfsen."

Wulfsen sighed.

"I wouldn't want to compromise your reputation." Wulfsen said, realizing how bad it could look to judgmental minds if he and Sileas were caught sleeping next to each other. He stood up stiffly and offered Sileas his hand to help her up. "I could carry you again..."

Sileas got to her feet and took his hand. "As much as i might appreciate that, tags will surely wag over that...." She took a step and her legs buckled beneath her.

Wulfsen caught Sileas and scooped her into his arms. "No one can object to me carrying you to the healer."

"True, there's no arguing with that." Sileas was obviously more exhausted than she had thought, and it was probably due to all the emotional trauma. What she wouldn't give for a cup of her tea.

"No one is carrying me." Yehudit said, hobbling along.