21 The full moon

After he became her guard, they had a meeting with the king and queen along with the duke which lasted until night, when they finished everyone had dinner and went to bed to prepare themselves for tomorrow training.

The next morning when they woke up, the prince along with the girl did their morning routines, then went to training, this time the training was a little different, it was hand to hand combat, which is a lot harder for Octavia, during the training she got a few punches just because she could not doge it.

"Octavia your head is not in the game today, you need to focus" Cassius said,

"I am sorry" she replied,

"It is okay, are you okay " he asked,

"The full moon is tonight and i can feel its energy already" she said to herself,

"Octavia" he called out,

"Oh i am fine, i will call it quit for today, it is now 10 am and you have not had breakfast as yet" she replied,

"Okay" he said as they went back to the castle.

The prince freshened up and so did Octavia, both of them then went to the dining hall for their breakfast. Despite Cassius hating the girl he noticed that she was uneasy, so he decided to step back on the pressure of them being in a relationship a little. He got up from where he sat near her and was about to move but she grabbed his hand.

She looked at him "i am fine" she said, he looked at her,

"Look i am not going to push or beg you to pretend to be in a relationship with me back out if you want Octavia" he replied rudely,

"I always keep my promises and deals so it is out of the question, the king and queen is here just lets not discuss this" she said.

The prince sighed and ate his food quietly and so did she, when they finished, she got up,

"I have some personal stuff to take care of i will see you guys later" she said as she left the castle. The queen wondered why the girl was behaving weird, so her bodyguard went with her.

"Ma'am I will be coming with you" he said,

"Sure it is not like I have a choice" she replied as she got onto her horse, while he got on to his horse, she rode off into the mountains and he followed her.

"Hey you must not go beyond this mountain" he shouted,

"Hmm I know, are you scared? " she asked,

"No but it is my job to protect you" he responded as he rode along side her.

"Well thank you" she said,

"You we have to go back before sundown, after all it is a full moon tonight and the wolf will definitely come out for hunting" he replied.

"Yeah do not worry I will only be out here up until 3pm and it is now 12:30 pm do not worry" she said.

"If you do not mind me asking why are you out here? " asked

"I just wanted to take a ride, besides there is nothing for me to do with the others, the prince have to do some business and the king and queen are busy with other problems" she responded.

"I hate the wolf just like you do" he said,

"Oh tell me why is your face covered" she asked,

The guy laughed "you want to see my face, okay" he responded

He then took off his mask and she saw his face, "you are that guy i met in the market" she said to herself,

"You are him Johnathan" she said,

"Yeah but my real name is Liam, i work for a special team for the king and queen, that is why i did not tell you my real name earlier" he replied.

"I see well at least you are someone i met before" she said smiling.

A few minutes later the girl and the boy came across an black mansion, "what is this doing all the way out here?" Liam asked as her got off of the horse,

"Uh Liam i do not think we should go anywhere near it" she said,

"Why are you scared?" he asked,

"No it is just, look you are here to protect me and i am telling you not to go in there, stay if you want but i am heading back" she replied as she rode off on the horse.

With no other choice the boy went after her, the girl rode so fast that she were back at the palace in no time, she got off of her horse and a few minutes after he arrived,

"Octavia what was all that about?" he asked,

"I do not owe you any explanation, i just do not like walking into things i do not know about" she said,

"Okay i understand and i am sorry, you were right to come back it is now 4:30pm" he replied,

"It is fine, i should not have spoken to you like that, i guess i will see you later, i have some things to take care of" she said as she walked into the castle.

While walking in she bumped into Cassius, "Sorry your highness" she said,

"It is fine, where were you?" he asked,

"I went for a ride and Liam was with me all along" she replied,

"Okay oh forgot to tell you there is a meeting in the hall, so do not go there, it will finish till night probably so find something constructive to do" he said,

"Okay sire" she replied, after the prince walked into the hall.

Octavia was pleases that the prince would be busy, for now she had a little time to herself in order to prepare, the girl had some food relaxed a little and then got ready to leave for the mountain the wolf asked her to be at.

She got a few things and left before 6pm, she rode until it she reached the tallest mountain, when she arrived it was already after six, the moon had already came out and was full, the white wolf appeared before her.

"The time has come, close your eyes and feel the full moon" he said,

"Uh okay, ouch that hurts" she replied,

"The change has already began" he said as his eyes changed colour.