He held her hand and lapsed back into a deep sleep after sighing with a relieving breath. "What are you called?" she asked him but he didn't reply. She kissed his hand that clutched her's. She kissed him on the forehead, too, and stayed with him for another night. Lilith was slumped on the floor beside the bed. She was asleep but she was still holding on to Boyce's hand. Boyce stirred and opened his eyes. He was sore all over and his head throbbed. He touched the small gash on the side of his head, with his free hand, then he became aware of the hand that he was holding. He looked down to where the pretty novice was, her face resting on the bed, like a sleeping angel waiting for a waking kiss. He stroked her hair and her cheek until she, also, finally woke up and accepted his gentle caresses. "How do you feel today?" she asked him, getting up off the floor and sitting at his side, on the bed. "I can imagine how Grenadine feels!" he muttered. "What?" she asked him but he never answered. "You are Lilith?" he checked and she nodded. "I am Boyce!" She smiled at him. "Boyce!" she repeated. "That's a beautiful name!" "In comparison to yours, Lilith, mine is but a name like barren dirt." "I am flattered!" she thanked him with shyness. "I, also! To wake to a beauty such as yourself is indeed a blessing from God." "You have been unconscious for a couple of days now. Do you remember what happened?" He looked around the room and saw a crow perched on the window sill outside. "It was strange, but we crossed over the River Clains and I heard that crow making a racket." he told her and pointed at the crow. "Suddenly, several men came out of nowhere and the next thing I know I'm gazing into your lovely eyes!" She took his hands and pressed them into her own. "You'll be fine, in a day or so. Then you'll be well enough to get out of this bed and walk about." A knock came at the door then it opened. One of the sisters that helped to find the men brought into the room a fairly large tray full of food, and she helped Boyce to sit up for eating before she exited the room. Lilith sat closer to Boyce and gently began to feed him. "Are you hungry, Boyce?" Lilith inquired. "Yes, I am!" Boyce enjoyed the attention being paid only to him by this wonderfully beautiful girl, and as the day carried on and his feeding was done, she sat by his side and spoke with him about all manners of things. In the late afternoon, when Boyce was telling Lilith about his life in Besten, the door of the chamber slowly opened and Lloyd walked in. Boyce saw him and forced himself to sit up. He smiled. He was happy to see Lloyd and, at that moment, was also happy to realize that his trust in the women at the abbey was warranted. Lloyd had his left arm in a sling and his open tunic revealed a bandaged chest. "Did you hurt yourself, my friend?" Boyce asked him, sarcastically. Lloyd smiled and he soon saw that Boyce had no bandages around him.