We all watched with quiet shock on our faces as Carter ran forward.He tossed aside his colorful jacket and his hat fell off.He leaped into the air and the rest of his clothes tore into shreds as he body expanded and shifted into the form of a big black wildcat.His roar was ferocious and the villagers who had already broken down the door to rush into the inn all turned ashen.They had come here looking for a monster, but their minds were changed immediately they saw one. It seemed like the last thing they were actually expecting to see was a ferocious beast pounce in front of them.The humans at the frontline immediately tried to retreat by retracing their steps. Unfortunately for them the crowd behind them didn't understand the situation fast enough and still pushed them forward.This caused an instantenous chain reaction where the people in front ended up falling forward on their faces while some even fell on their butts.Their torches and pitch forks were tossed to the ground.Bu
The sight of the firery inn immediately took me back to that day. That day that I had to watch my own mother die before my very eyes while I was able to do absolutely nothing to save her.I was frozen for a few seconds, at least I hoped it was only a few seconds because I had no idea how long it was.My eyes dilated and my mind moved to the past. I was just a little girl once again, a little powerless girl. And the humans came. They were monsters that came with steel, silver, fire and death."Morning what's going on there?"The voice brought me back to the real world with it's soft tone. I turned back from the window to see Rowena standing by the now open door of my room.She rubbed her eye with her hands and her hair was ruffled. She was in a long flowing night gown and her tall graceful figure looked ethereal in the fire light.I stared at her for a few more seconds, still not being able to talk just yet."What's going on?" She asked again. She had obviously just woken up and she w
I ran to the door as soon as I heard the words from my informant.A mob was going to attack the inn."Wait where are you going!" The old man called from me.I didn't even reply him as u stuffed the hand drawn map into my pocket and dashed away.There was no need for me to even ask him about the details of the inn he was talking about.I had a nagging feeling ever since I walked out of the inn. No, it happened even before I left the inn. When I stepped out of the room and saw that the innkeeper was nowhere to be found.I berated my self as I ran. I should have known that something was wrong.In retrospect, everything was clear as day now. The lack of an innkeeper it any other customers. The lack of people on the streets even though it was only evening.I should have known that the villagers were congregating somewhere.I glanced at the sky in my haste. It was just sunset. In a few minutes, the light of the sun would be gone from the sky and it would be dusk. After dusk was night.My ex
Even as we laughed in the room, I still felt an odd feeling nagging me. It became apparent when we left Rowena to get some rest. It was good that she was awake finally, but I didn't feel very good. Phoenix and I went back to our room and I sat on the bed. I didn't feel like talking. I was too busy with what I was feeling. It started when Phoenix basically ran to grab Rowena's hand as she woke up. I could see the level of joy and relief in his eyes that she was alive. I wasn't sure that anyone had ever had that look in their eyes when looking at me. And Rowena had taken it in stride. She had taken everything in stride actually. She didn't even seem to panic at any point. Not even when we told her just how close she had come to dying. We told her many things that would have made me agitated at the very least. Why couldn't I be calm like her? I remembered how I beat up the innkeeper, even to the point that he ran away. That was just the latest event in my long history of going cra
The atmosphere in the room lightened. Everyone felt relieved that Rowena was awake now. It had been a close call with us both.Carter asked her a few questions regarding her condition.He explained that although he was clearly an 'amazing doctor', which were in his words exactly, that he was still unfamiliar with Fae physiology.Rowena explained that few things about her could be explained in mortal terms. Carter asked her if she felt her body was recovering. His medicine helped prevent the accelerated deterioration of her body that started with the fever, but it wasn't going to restore her.She nodded and said that she felt her life energy recovering. According to her explanations, Fae could regenerate life energy just the essence around them. But just like her spell, they needed life energy as a conduit to do that.So it was a case of, the more you had the more you get. Since Rowena's life energy had been depleted in the process of her spell, she had too little to heal fast. But no
"What.... happened?" Rowena asked with a shaky voice.There was a hush in the room at this question.She still held her hand in her head as I held on to her other hand."You've been unconscious for days." I said. My voice was low.Rowena's brows furrowed in confusion at first. But they went wide after a second."Oh." She said. "I remember." I nodded. I was finding it difficult to say more. She went through all of this solely because of me."You almost died."The voice was cracked with emotion.Everyone turned to Oisin at the same time. Tears streaked down his face and his sniffed.I was surprised to see him look like that. That was the first time I had seen him cry since the first day I met them. Oisin usually kept his cool no matter what happened. He was more inclined to being happy and having adventures.But it seemed like this was too much for even him.In the next second, Oisin dove into a hug with Rowena. The force made her lose her breath for a second and Carter's eyes went wi