7 The White Wolf

After she fell unconscious, the prince and the other guys stopped to rest for a few minutes for they had spent all night looking for Octavia. A little while after they stopped, everyone slept away including the tired prince.

In the morning when the girl woke up she saw herself in a cave, he head was hurting bad, she tried to get up but failed to do so, the huge white wolf then appeared in front of her, she jumped in fear, "please do not hurt me" she said, the wolf sat down "I am not going to hurt you" he replied, she stared "y... you can talk, how is that possible" she asked.

"it is possible, we are all magical creatures" he replied, the girl could not believe her eyes, for she thought that the White Wolf was just in her dream.

"Why did you save me?" she asked, she sneered at her " you were helpless and besides that is a rogue wolf" he replied, as for the prince he got up, woke up the others, and continued their journey.

The girl then decided to find her way back to the castle, where she would be safe from the bloodthirsty werewolf, " thank you for helping me, I have to go now" she said, " you are welcome, I will guide you back" he replied, " why would you do that? " she asked gently, " when a werewolf choose someone to hunt, it will not stop until you are dead" he replied, she swallowed heavily as her heart pound fastly.

She walked out of the cave and looked up at the beautiful morning sky "there is much more to you than meets the eyes" the wolf said, "huh, what do you mean?" she asked, "everyone thinks you are weak, but I see something else, you have a wonderful future ahead of you" he replied, she looked at him wondering what he could be referring to, "I have a simple life, I bet it will not get better" she said, "come on we will walk and talk" he replied, she nodded her head in agreement.

The prince and the others walked until they arrived at the waterfalls, Cassius saw blood on the rock he watch the tracks carefully "Octavia was over here at the rock, a wolf was going to attack her, but it seems like another wolf came and saved her, see those broken branches there, whichever wolf saved her it was pretty strong" he said to the others, "so we have to keep following the tracks" Christoff replied, "yes, come on" the prince said as they all followed him.

Octavia looked at the wolf "are you human too ?" she asked, he stopped "no I am not" he replied, as he kept on walking while she was following, "what do you think of the prince?" he asked, "well he is rude most of the time, adventurous, handsome, a fighter, he is an expert at martial arts, loves animals, there is a lot to hi than meets the eyes too" she replied, the wolf was amazed at what she said, "do you like him, as a friend, lover or as your boss?" he asked, her eyes widened "uh... he is my boss so" she replied stammering "ah I see you have a thing for him" the wolf replied.

She looked at him and lifted her right brow "hmm if you were not a wolf I would have slapped you" she said to herself, "I hope you are not cursing me in your mind" the wolf said, "what no don't be crazy" she replied, nervously, a minute after, the wolf heard a branch broke not too far behind them "walk in front of me" he said to the girl, she did as told "what is it?" she asked, he looked at her with one eye, the wolf was tall, so he could see what was ahead of them a little and hear what is coming from behind "I think that the other one has caught up" he replied.

The wolf stood tall in front of Octavia they were eye to eye, the girl got a little afraid as the wolf sniffed her, "what are you doing?" she asked, he stopped "your blood is somehow really strong, if a wolf gets your blood, it will only make it stronger and harder to kill, that explains why he is after you" he replied,

The girl started to tremble, as for the prince he was catching up, "you are stronger than that other wolf right?" she asked, "I hope so it is almost midday, you must be hungry, wait here" the wolf replied as he took off ahead, she sat down by a tree, waiting, a little while after he came back with a bag of fruits, "here eat" he said, "did you steal this?" she asked, "yup now eat up" he replied, she ate and then the continued their little journey.

After the price kept looking he came upon the cave, he saw a piece of the girl's clothes on the ground, he along with the others got on their horses and rode off in the direction of Octavia. When they were almost out of the forest, the girl's head started to hurt a lot, the wolf smelled blood, he looked and saw that the scratch on Octavia was bleeding, "this is not good" he said, while he was trying to help her, the wolf sensed the other one getting closer and he also heard the sound of horses approaching.

The prince spotted and saw when she fell on the ground, he and the other men came off their horses and when they saw the white wolf, they pulled out their swords, all of them surrounded him, he growled at the men but all they could think was that he is a killer, Christoff struck one of his legs with his sword, "stop" Octavia said, but they could not hear her for she could have hardly spoken, she saw that the wolf eyes turned red, she got up, pulled out the prince other sword that he left with the horse.

She gathered all of her strength that she had left and struck Christoff at his feet, which made him fell to the ground.