The young man knows that somehow he doesn't have time to cure her there, he must find a place where he can hide it.
No doubt someone's after her.
Otherwise I wouldn't have wandered with that burden.
And less, hidden in the river.
The young man tears part of the layer to form bandages.
And sell her body under pressure, hoping she won't bleed anymore.
He inserts the book into his backpack, the scrolls don't fit, so, he leaves them in the cape that ties to the backpack, sees a way to put his bow attached to the bag of arrows.
Then he comes to leave by taking the young woman with him carrying her in his arms, feels that it is a lot of weight, because of her objects.
Although she thinks she should wear them as she risked holding them with her.
They walk away from the place, getting lost among the trees.
They are still in the forest, she carries it loaded, she is small but the scrolls and the book... the road is heavy.
He is concerned about the wound he brings to his chest, the others are not so severe and the amount of blood he will have lost, fortunately, along the way he has not, this reassures him not to leave a trace.
His house is too far away to take her as she is hurt and still does not know where, the girl still does not react and still feels cold, this indicates that she has not improved, knows that she should seek refuge soon.
Not far from there, he gets to see a set of caves and rejoices, hastens his passage as far as he can and heads that way.
Enter the cave cautiously, there could be some animal living inside it.
As he progresses, he realizes it's clear.
It is inserted about 25 meters into it.
There is a set of rocks and it is installed near them.
He thinks he'll find some bugs and he'll back him up.
Put the girl nearby, lying on her back.
Look at her chest, the bandage she put on her is stained, touches the girl's hand and is still cold.
But the girl's forehead is very hot, it certainly brings a fever.
You must find some way to warm it up.
He takes off his things and pulls his backpack.
He pulls out the book and underneath, he had a dead rabbit, he pulls out a cloth, it's a ball blanket, he puts it under his neck.
The young man arms with his sword and bow, comes out cautiously, gets dried grass, branches and stones, trying not to be seen, he returns to the cave, even sees her asleep.
Near her makes a campfire with the things she got, she remembered that she brought some furs.
Take the backpack again, take out the book, take out the furs, then enter the book again, note that now there is more space, will try to store the scrolls too, after curing the girl.
Put the skins under your head and cover with the blanket.
He's brought water in a leather bag, takes a bottle out of his backpack and gets ready to wash his hands, he's got to take care of the girl.
At that moment, on the outside of the caves, a noise of horses is heard and immediately the young man reacts, alert he approaches the shore of the cave, looms unseen, perhaps they are the ones who are following her.
Many questions attack your mind, how are you going to hide it, and the backpack, when you look at the cave, you certainly won't be able to fight so many less inside the cave.
The young man returns where the girl is, puts her on her side, takes the backpack and puts it next to her stomach and covers well, stands next to her, covers her face a little with the blanket and hears the noise of footsteps very close.
They certainly followed the smell of the campfire.
The noise stops right next to the cave, the sweat on the boy's face becomes present, there is tension in the environment.
They have stopped prowling, they are right outside, it is a caravan of mercenaries, among them it is that man who had gone after the young woman when he jumped into the void in the sacred room in CHOSEN.
There is also a hooded woman.
It's a cape like the monks'.
He gets off the horse and from where he's turned to the cave, he looks at the ground and sees drops of blood spaced.
The macabre smile on the man's face is intimidating.
In her mind it is said that it has to be her.
The young man, did not realize that the girl had already begun to bleed again, little by little.
There's a lot of caves around.
The young man is very attentive and thinks about the weapons he hid behind the girl.
The young man's on the ground.
He sees several men come in, including the hooded woman, that man in the cape, walks to the front of everyone, addressing (for them) the young man: have you found the CHOSEN we are looking for?
The young man pretends not to know what they're talking about.
Although he is alert to the movements and looks at the location of those present.
The man mocks, does the young man have the audacity to mock him? infuriates and questions the identity of the woman (pointing to the young woman).
Stuttering a little to pretend fear: The young man explains that he is his wife, they head to the village of NAUM to see the doctor... your son is almost born and....
The angry man shouts, "filthy rats, you think you're going to fool me? then explains where is this blood from?
Who I'm looking for has wounds of consideration!!
The young man feels cornered.
Her heart beats very hard, she feels the urge to turn to the girl and take her weapons, her tense body is waiting.
The man gives the order: kill them!
The young man: no, no sir please, (tilting) we are only exhausted villagers so walk, the blood is of (take the rabbit) this rabbit that I hunted a while ago.
The man stays serious, looking at him, it looks like the boy's performance is real.
The young man a little calmer: if they can come and see us in the village, they will see that we are useful and my children will also serve them (pretending humility, but in truth he is alert, he knows that with her like this, he cannot fight and in any case he cannot run away is also an alternative, he is trapped, if those thugs do not leave, they will be dead).
The inquisitive gaze of that man, he remains silent and stares at the girl and her stomach, turns around and says: we will make sure that they do not forget their place and only one thing I tell you... If you lie to me myself, I'll come and kill you in the most painful way I have in mind.
The others make the threat too.
The man comes out of the cave, the others behind him.
The young man stands still, listening to the movements of the thugs.
Outside the cave, the man rides his horse and the others imitate him by riding on other beasts.
Before leaving, the very serious man exclaims: he must not be far away.
They're going at a fast pace.
That's when the young man can let out his tension, he breathes desperately, he was under a lot of pressure, he runs to the entrance of the cave, he doesn't see them or hear them, he runs to where the girl is.
He looks at her seriously, removes the blanket, his weapons and backpack from her side.
He turns it head-on carefully.
He feels sweaty, takes a bottle and zooms in, washes his hands again, carefully removes the bandage.
Her body is fragile in her arms.
He feels this distracting him, she's so cute and on the verge of death.
He lays it down and takes one of his buttons between his fingers.
You'll have to undress her to find the wound.
It reflects unknown and at the same time cautious.
END OF CHAPTER 4