5 The werewolves

They sat down in the restaurant and the prince called the waiter and order his food, as Octavia ordered hers, while they were waiting, the prince looked at her saying "you know that these supernatural creatures are real, so why did you react that way, upon hearing about the bloodthirsty werewolf?" he asked, "as you saw I cannot defend myself, so that is why" she replied, he glared at her saying to himself "hmm I doubt that is the only reason", she saw that he was looking at her, by the time he could have said anything, the waiter brought their food.

After they started to eat, the girl closed her eyes, the prince wondered what was wrong with her, "Octavia" he said, she opened her eyes "yes Cassius" she replied, "be honest, why are you always afraid?" he asked, tears came to her eyes "you will not understand" she replied, "you might be surprised, it is early and I can wait all night long for you to be honest" he said, "my family was killed by these creatures, right in front my eyes, people say it was an accident but I know otherwise" she replied, "I am sorry, for what happened, did you see the killers form or anything else?" he asked, "no but if they come in front of me, I will know" she replied.

Octavia always felt that she was weak but seeing what happened to her parents made her stronger than she thinks. He smiled with her, "what are you smiling at?" she asked gently, "I have to admit, you are nothing like my other caretakers, maybe you might last a little longer, just a little" he replied, she smiled, "umm can we have some ice cream?" she asked, "yes, of course, after all, that's a dinner without desserts" he replied, after they finished eating, he paid the waiter and the went to the ice cream stand, even though it was pretty late in the night, "how are you feeling?" he asked, "huh I am fine, can I ask you something?" she said, "sure" he replied, "have you ever been nice to your care takers?" she asked, he smiled wickedly "no I have not all I ever thought about was getting rid of them" he replied, "let me guess, you will try the same with me" she replied, "maybe, I guess we will see" he said.

She smiled as they walked to the inn, where they both went to the room, he took the couch and she took the bed, the couch was not uncomfortable because it was very soft, they both slept away pretty fast. The next morning about 3 am when the place was still dark, the girl heard howling, she got up immediately, "damn, I hope it is not that bloodthirsty wolf" she said to herself, the girl looked to see if Cassius was asleep and yes he was fast asleep.

"hmm, I will not disturb him, we have to continue the journey tomorrow so," she said to herself, the girl got up, open the window and looked outside, there were a lot of street lights which brighten up the town in the dark, she looked closer and saw the same shadow that she saw in the forest was there in the town, she woke the prince up "huh is something wrong?" he asked, "come see this" she replied, he got up, followed her to the window and there he saw the shadow in the town "is it just me or did that thing follow us here?" he asked in curiously, "yup I was thinking the same" she replied, he reached out locked the windows, turned on all the lights in the room and made sure the room was locked up properly.

"What are you doing?" she asked gently, "I am making sure, we stay safe until it is time for us to leave" he replied, "Oh okay" she replied, "can you sleep with the lights on?" he asked, "yeah I can" she replied, "good, let's go back to bed," he said, "can you sleep?" she asked, he turned around smiling "I can try to get some sleep okay" he replied, she nodded her head in agreement and they both went back to bed, a few minutes after both of them fell sound asleep.

In the morning when both of them woke up, they did the necessary things and checked out of the inn, when the prince along with the girl went to get their horses they saw how packed the town was, she asked a vendor "what was going on?", "today is where people from different places gather to trade, my dear" the vendor replied politely, they thanked the vendor, got onto their horse, and rode off to continue the journey.

While they were riding "I did not know, that you were so good with a horse" the prince said, "I cannot believe that you can be gentle" she replied, " you do not know me, well at least not yet." he said, she smiled saying "wow even the roads are busy" she said, "yeah, that is why it is good that we started out early" he replied, "hey we left at 8 am and it is now 9:30 am, mind if we stop at a shop" she asked, "of course, even I am hungry" he replied laughing. A little while after they stopped at a snackette, where they fed their horses, got some food, sat down, and ate.

While Octavia was having her breakfast, she got a glimpse of a wolf in the woods, "hey can a werewolf transform in the day?" she asked, " uh yeah" he replied, "Oh okay" she said frighteningly, "why did you ask?" he asked, "because I think we are being followed" she replied, "damn, this is not good" he said, "what are we going to do?" she asked, "well it is clear, we are being haunted by a werewolf, so there is not much that we can do, just do not panic and eat" he replied, she sighed "God help us" she said, he laughed "we have to help ourselves here" he replied, she sat quietly and ate her food, when they were finished, he paid for the food and they continued their journey, knowing how dangerous it will be from now on.