#Chapter4:-

"Verforts ?" Jessica completes Catherine's sentence that she didn't finish .

"well there's one way to find out" Jessica added, and planted her dagger In the girl's hand who screamed loudly .

She opened her mouth in shock when she saw her deep wound healed in seconds.

"She's Verforts!" (Liam)

"Half-verforts Her short stature indicates that only one of her parents is verforts" (Gabriel)

Although the girl was of average height, she looked like a dwarf to them.

"So what are we going to do now" Catherine said to Jessica .

"we will take her with us to the castle".

" I won't go with you to a place" (the girl)

Jessica raised her shoulders and said :"Well, as you like, but you should know that just as it is very possible that others smell your smell and are looking for you now .

Gabriel gave her a weapon "

Gabriel complied with Jessica's order and gave the her a knife.

She grabbed the knife with tremblly hands.

This is the first time in her life that she carries a weapon, how is she supposed to fight these monsters.

"Good luck standing up for yourself''(Jessica)

they moved on, leaving her behind them .the girl ran after them yelling :please don't leave me here alone .

Jessica smiled, she anticipated her reaction .

"So, are you good vampires or something?" (Girl) "Ahyar yes vampires." (Gabriel) "Are you human?" (The girl) Not the people you know (the girl) "Guardians of meek lambs, devils conquerors , monster hunters" (Jessica)

A small smile broke out on the girl's face as she recalled her mother's bedtime stories. "Claude Knights" muttered in a low voice that she did not expect them to hear.

"What did you just say?!" (Catherine).

"Oh, just a fairy tale my mom used to tell me when I was a kid." The girl opened her mouth when she realized, "Are you...impossible!" "Does this mean that my mother was..." (The girl)

Knight (Jessica)

"Oh, my God, this is unbelievable." The girl complained to her horror that she was panting because of the blow she had received on the head.

It was simply unbelievable, how can that be true.

"I should have known," the girl muttered to herself. They were just like the characters in the story with the same weapons and fighting style. So was the castle.

Then she said "Jessica Katherine and Gabrielle, right?".

"I'm Liam, by the way," Liam said jealously.

"Liam?" (the girl)

"It's relatively new." (Catherine)

I'm Monica (the girl)

"So, you know my mom?" (Monica)

"Who is your mother? Many knights have past away and many have surrendered their weapons."

Carmine (Monica)

They all fell silent when I mentioned Carmine's name and looked at each other, and Jessica put her hand on Monica's shoulder and said: Of course we know Carmine, your mother was one of the most honorable knights and her death was honorable.

Is she dead? (Monica)

"You don't know?" (Jessica)

All her life Monica believed that her mother had abandoned her.

Her anger at her father increased when she found out that he was lying to her all this time.

They passed the town and made

their way through the dismal forest, pitched in darkness without any instrument

for lighting but the light of the full moon.

It was dark, frightening, and

shrouded in mist, and what made it more terrifying was the squawking of an owl that did not stop for a moment, and the spectra of animals among the trees.

All the time, Monica was turning around her until she stumbled upon a stone and almost fell on her face,her cheeks flushed with embarrassment when she raised her eyes to them and saw them all looking at her.

And as usual, she didn't stop embarrassing herself, but returned after a few minutes to sit on the ground, complaining like the kids, "I'm tired and my legs hurt, let's take a break and then continue the walk."

Jessica shrugged her shoulders and said, "If you think it's a good idea to stay in a werewolf-dominated forest on a full moon night, then fine."

coincided with a howling sound that came from far away. Of course, Monica jumped from her place to the front of the group next to Jessica, as if she was not the same girl who was complaining a second ago.

The trees began to gradually decreasing around them and the forest began to recede, and the prevailing view became chains of hills of varying heights, covered with trees, and it was possible to notice the ancient Clude Castle leaning against the clouds at the top of one of them.

While the others were climbing the hill as gracefully as if they were climbing stairs, poor Monica was struggling to keep up. They did not reach the top until the oxygen was completely cut off from her. She bent down to catch her breath, and when she raised her head her breath was holded with the aura of Clud Castle, which was to say the least, an architectural masterpiece in all the meaning of the word masterpiece.

The bailiff came hary to open the gate. the large iron gate with serrated edges top, and , which a scalloped letter C on the at the top.

Its internal side was far superior to its external side. It was dominated by the Middle Ages style, influenced by the Renaissance and the Victorian era. The intricate carvings and designs, and the walls were lined with paintings and tapestries. The grand staircase was made of marble and was a sight to behold. It is as if you have entered a fairytale or a portal to another world.

Victoria was sitting in her armchair next to the fireplace reading a book when they entered with Monica.

She got up from her chair and the exclamation on her face, "What are you doing here? Your shift ends at the crack of dawn," Victoria said, before noticing Monica's presence. "And who is this?" She said with reference to Monica.

"This is Monica, we saved her from a vampire attack, and then it turned out that she is half Verfurts, but she didn't know it. At least until now," Jessica replied.

Victoria looked at Monica and said, "You must be hungry, Mrs. Stafford, why don't you make her something to eat while Katherine takes her to her room to rest."

"Come with me," Catherine said to Monica, leading her to a large double staircase, and in the middle there was a statue of a Roman warrior holding the head of a monster, which also seemed very familiar to Monica.

She followed Katherine to her room, and everything was laid eyes on her was making sure that she had been here before.

Katherine opened the door of the room for Monica to enter and entered behind her, she pointed to her to the small room saying: This's the bathroom, there is a stove inside you can use to heat the water to take a shower, if you need anything just call me.

"okay, thanks.." (Monica)

"Katherine" (Katherine)

Monica smiled to her and said, "Thank you, Catherine."

The bathroom was a little bit spartan but ok, she filled the tub and lay in it. She closed her eyes, enjoying the effect of the hot water on her convulsive body. It was so hard day from her drunken father to vampires and monster hunters too much for her mind to comprehend.

(The end of the chapter)