On the night of their wedding when Neriah finally woke up, she was grateful she had fainted and was even more grateful that she had sustained some minor injuries from her stupid venture into the forest. Because due to those factors the usual rituals that took place between married couples on their first night together did not take place. Although they had already done the deed way before they even knew who each other were, she was grateful that he did not touch her again on their wedding night. In fact she did not see him when she first woke up to find herself cleaned, dressed and laid in a strangely familiar room.
It didn't take her too long to figure that she was back in that same room in which they had both tangled. Once again she realized that she was really married to the barbarian. She just laid on the bed like a lifeless dry leaf as tears began to flow from her eyes uncontrollably. There were no sobs from her lips, just tears and more tears as she thought of her beloved Lyle.
