Jake and Will sat content in the back of an inexpensive carriage. Will stared out the window listening to the rain hit the roof of the carriage, watching it bathe the beautifully twisted forest to the side of him. He could almost fall asleep like that. A rare moment in his life where everything was going right, where the otherwise jaded man could be happy.

Jake was far to busy scribbling away in his journal to notice the scenery. Their recent adventure, their only real adventure was fresh in his mind it played over and over again. The people, sounds, colors it was exhilarating. He saw Anjelika running from the trees, he felt his lips press against hers in an act of desperation. He shuddered as he saw his dying brother sprawled out on the ground, blood covering his chest. Jake shook his head a bit to shake the image. He glanced over at Will just to see he was alive and safe. Jake sighed.

This turned Will's head. "What?" "Nothing, just …reflecting." Jake smiled. Will flashed a rare sincere grin and shook his head. Jake was glad that the pair had been getting long much better due to recent events. A little bit of his insecurities was starting to heal with Will's newfound acceptance.

After they had left Anjelika's village they really had no specific plans so they took a much-needed vacation. They spent three weeks going from town to town with any woman they could get their hands on, well any woman Will could get his hands on. That kind of life was never really Jake's style. They were exhausted. Now they decided to head back to visit Anjelika.

Will tuned away from the window it was getting colder outside. Jake noticed this too and wrapped his worn coat tighter around them before coughing.

Will's eyes shot up, "Are you all right?" "Oh, yes of course."

The truth was Jake had been feeling weaker and weaker as of recent days. But things were going so well the last thing he wanted to do was screw things up by getting Will worried over a silly cold. When Will was worried he only closed up and got defensive. It had taken his entire life to get through to him, now that he had he was being careful about which subjects to bring up.

"Are we almost there?" Jake was starting to feel achy from being in one spot for three hours.

"Yes, Jakob." Will said half distracted from some shrouded figure in the woods he swore he just saw.

"Will, what is it?" "I don't know I thought I saw something but it could just be an animal." He turned, Jake didn't look convinced. "Don't worry. It was nothing."

After a few more minutes of just watching out the window Will noticed his brother was asleep. He smiled. Jake looked like a child. Something tugged at Will's heart, 'Had Jake been sleeping a lot lately?' He brushed the thought aside.

He whispered to himself, "I'm just overreacting." It was just that he felt he had every good thing in his life on a carefully arranged house of cards and any moment they would all come crashing down.

Eventually he fell into a fitful sleep.

With a violent jolt Jake's eyes snapped open. It was dark now except for the fire in the distance. He heard screams in front of him and his heart froze.

Authors Note: Well first I just want to sincerely thank everyone who reviewed me first story. I know it was short but still thanks. Now I'm attempting a chapter story. I hope you like it and want me to continue, R&R.