Chapter Six – No one to help.
He proceeded in carrying the little wolf in his arms to leave.
“Hey!!” Evelyn got back to her feet holding a stick. Margaret shook her head to tell her not to fight back but she knew her sister. Evelyn was stubbornness itself.
“Wont you apologize for your pet wolf nearly killing us, huh?!”.
The wolfman smirked. Margaret found it unbearable adorable.
“But you nearly killed it” he replied, looking Evelyn dead straight in the eye.
Lydia wanted Evelyn to stop since it was fair. She was regretting leaving her uncle’s home in the first place.
“It attacked us first, we didn’t do anything” Evelyn retorted.
“You came to its home to bother him, that’s what you did. Kindly go back home with your sisters” the wolfman said and left.
Margaret helped Lydia up while Evelyn angrily broke the stick.
“How does he know we are sisters?” Lydia wondered out loud.
“We look it” Margaret responded.
Three girls wearing the same boring style of dress. With brown eyes and dark long hair. With long eye lines and identical freckles.
Not withstanding the strong aura of trouble they had.
“Let’s retrieve our bags from the shack and find a motel to stay in” Evelyn stomped off. Lydia looked annoyed.
Motel? Why couldn’t they just go back to their uncle. They had vented out enough.
“Don’t give that face. Do you want to be locked in a nunnery, that’s not our thing. We’d be a nuisance” Margaret explained as they limped off.
No motel accepted them. Both for the fact they had insufficient money and no one wanted to be housing them when they ran away from home.
A nice woman was kind enough to tend to Lydia’s twisted legs and accepted to keep them for the night only with dinner inclusive.
But the next day, they’d be going back home. Evelyn was more than irritated by the habits of all the people in her village.
They were scared of getting into her uncle’s trouble while knowing that he abused them. She searched her brain for any of her friends she could visit but majorly all were married.
Girls her age were already married. The rate of women insignificance just kept rising.
“Eve, how about we move to Galdrish?” Margaret crawled to Evelyn’s bed at night.
She had noticed her sister hadn’t even blinked and was in deep thinking. Earlier, she hadn’t tasted her food and had gifted it to Lydia to get better.
“Galdrish? We need to have a letter to go there from the village chief. Only warriors go there. We can’t” Evelyn answered.
“How about, we just leave and stay in the forest. Maybe…”.
“It is the wolfman right?” Evelyn gave a half smile at Margaret.
She looked away but nodded, “It won’t be bad to get to know him though. And we can get refuge in the cave. It is quite protective”.
Evelyn rests her head on her pillow. That was an option. But living with a wild man, a wolfman for that matter was insane. But she was always up for insane things.
And if the wolfman had more man than wolf in him as he showed by being nice on Lydia’s twisted legs, then it would be a swell.
“And if he doesn’t want us?” Eve asked Marg. Margaret was already asleep on her bed.
She smiled as she tried pushing her to her own bed. Margaret was plus sized so it was hard. She just let her stay and went over to hers.
Tomorrow, they had a wolfman to impress.
The next day, he wasn’t at the cave where they saw him last. Margaret was carrying Lydia on her back.
“Should we just turn back? This is as crazy as it is dangerous” Evelyn said to herself.
“No way, he could just be trying not to stay close to where passersby could see him. Like yesterday incident” Margaret toned on hearing her.
A small growl was heard behind them and Evelyn prayed it was the wolfman and his wolf pet.
“Why are you still here?” they turned to see the wolfman. His little wolf was bandaged and looked frail.
“How did you get bandages? Aren’t you supposed to use leaves or something, you must be rich” Lydia blabbered atop Margaret.
She was sleepy and the pain from her leg got into her head somehow.
The nice lady who had helped didn’t have enough bandages as they were expensive. Old clothes were used for Lydia instead.
“Is she alright?” Margaret smirked. Evelyn shrugged and faced the wolfman.
“So, you seem quite normal. And that’s why I am making this proposal” she started.
“You need a place to stay? You ran from your uncle?” he hushed her. The wolf growled angrily.
“Um…” Evelyn went backwards.
Margaret stepped back as well. Why was the wolfman acting like he knew them from somewhere? And what was with the wolf’s temper?
Could the wolfman be a friend of their uncle.
“You seem to know us quite well. Could we stay wherever you stay? For the time being. We can’t go back” Evelyn added, folding her arms.
The wolfman stretched forth his hands for a shake. Evelyn hesitated but reached out for it. He withdrew before their hands could meet.
“I’d like to help you cos I know your uncle isn’t a good man. But, what do I gain from helping you?” he looked from Margaret to Evelyn.
“Hey. Why do you need something in return huh! Can’t you help us now she’s asking nicely, huh!” Lydia attempted jumping down from her sister’s back.
Evelyn rushed to close her mouth, looking at her surprisingly.
“Don’t mind her. She’s going loco” Margaret smirked. Evelyn nodded. She wasn’t wrong. The wolfman smiled at Lydia but it swiftly disappeared.
“Scott” the wolfman stretched forth his hand again. Evelyn nearly reached for it but Margaret took to it first. Evelyn rolled her eyes and dragged down Lydia from her back.
“My name’s Margaret” she blushed. Scott’s eyes flashed deep red and Margaret withdrew her hand quickly.
“I don’t think we would be friends, then” he smirked.
Evelyn wasn’t sure what that meant but at least someone, in or around their village, knew that their uncle was a bad person and was willing to help them.
This may not be the craziest thing she had done but she looked forward to it.
Chapter Seven – Lydia is Loco now. It wasn’t a cave. It was a fortress. Scott led the girls down to the very last wall. He punched a button and a stone rolled open. Another world was behind there. Everywhere green and flowery. There was a small stream that got it’s root from the forbidden river. It excited Margaret. They weren’t any houses in sight and just vast green space. Only small animals ran about, no bigger mammals. After surveying and finding only smaller caves inside the place, Evelyn confirmed that that was where she and her sisters would be staying. Lydia began making weird noises and acting stubborn. She climbed down from Margaret’s shoulder and began running to a tree. Margaret wanted to stop her but Scott held her back, “Let her play”. Evelyn found a less creepy cave amongst the many. It was also narrowed in and had a hole inside. Would be very useful at night. She was the one carrying their heavy bags so she dumped them on the floor and tried catchi
Chapter Eight – Bringing them back.Margaret face slammed. She was embarrassing and so not Lydia-like.Scott handed some of the ‘yummy fruits’ he had to Lydia, with a smile. Again, Margaret was not appreciating his nice treatment to Lydia. She jumped in between them. “I could stay with you while my sisters stay in that cave” she smiled cutely. Evelyn came forward with a frown, “He is staying in a cave as well, what makes his cave difference from ours?”. She knew exactly was Margaret was thinking. And the last thing she wanted was her sister smooching around with some wolfman in the middle of the night, when wolfmen are most dangerous. “Well, my cave has only one person in it” Scott answered Evelyn. She shifted her frown to him. So he wanted Margaret to stay with him? Suspicious. Margaret smiled brightly. “Well, if you don’t count my wolfs, May, June and July, though. I am alone” Scott added with a smirk. Margaret moved backwards. “You have puppies? Let me see” Lydia’s e
Chapter Nine – Law of forest. Two men shrieked as they saw a snake slid by. It was the third wildlife creature they were seeing that passed them without attacking. The forest and its river were called forbidden for a reason but Sylvester had still paid them to go into the forest to search for his nieces. They were so blinded by the huge amount he gave that they broke their own law of trespassing the forbidden forest. A squirrel ran through their legs while chasing after a nut and one of the men screamed his lungs out. The other looked horrified. “Why do these animals not act like animals? Snakes are supposed to attack. Squirrels would avoid humans as much as possible. What’s wrong with these forest animals?” they wondered to themselves. Well, the animals at that forest had an Alpha. An Alpha they believed wouldn’t let anyone hurt them. They were also bonded by a law not to hurt anyone from the village as well. It was the new law of the forest. “How can those girls be
Chapter Ten – A marriage for Lydia. The hunters were surprised to see the girls coming out from the forest like they owned the place. They looked healthy and strong except they had gloom faces. Before any hunter could speak Lydia dragged his net that had little squirrels. The fearful squirrels ran away for their life the moment they were free. “Isn’t this forest forbidden? Why are you catching animals from it?” Margaret pointed at the men. Lydia spared them no dialogue as she targeted their catch and dragged it away, setting the animals free. Some hunters tried fighting for their catch but one look at Lydia’s face made them realize she was meaning business. Evelyn just watched in silence. She was careful not to make an outburst as it would be rude to the hunters. They were just acting on their natural instincts, doing their jobs. It was rather their own fault for running to the forest. She now understood that the forest was forbidden for a reason. The girls stood in
Chapter Eleven – Can’t marry a classmate Her face looked like someone had splashed it with mud because before her was Mrs. Lara and her teenage son with a bouquet of flower. “Did you mistake here for an asylum? What are you doing here?” Margaret asked disgusted. “That’s no way to speak to an in-law or an elder” her uncle spears behind the visitors. “Wow. Margaret is getting married to that kid?” Lydia looked both amused and repelled. Sylvester invited Evelyn and Margaret to the dining room to talk on “important matters”. Margaret had given an evil smirk and followed them. Evelyn didn’t bother. She knew her sister would reject the boy. For his own sake. She collapsed on her bed and let the amazing scenery of Scott’s home fill her mind. She low-key wished she could go back. She was slowing drifting to sleep when Margaret barged into the room, laughing her head out. Evelyn glared at her with half closed eyes. “You won’t believe. That kid is actually getting married t
Chapter Twelve – The Price of his Freedom. Evelyn slammed her hands in the table abruptly. Her hands ached as it was a wooden table but her anger subdued her pain. “Stop messing with our brains. Where’s the dead-now-revived boy, huh!” she looked like she’d hit the old man. Lydia looked calm. Sylvester didn’t look threatened at all by her rage, he had the exact words for her. According to him, the acclaimed boy was now a servant of the priest. It was a Buddhist priest, more or less a monk, and the boy was a servant there. To retrieve the boy is only by adoption and a huge amount have to be paid. Margaret listened with anger but it soon fizzled out as she remembered it could be a prank. “If you think it’s a lie, then ask yourself why Han looks like Lydia?” Sylvester ended his explanation with a grin. He expected to see a sense of realization in their eyes but their eyes only emitted hatred. There was a pin drop silence. Lydia clenched her fists, she raised them to hi
Chapter Thirteen – Their reward. Margaret gazed down at her youngest sister and she could see the sadness and fear welling up in her. “It isn’t going to end this way” she said before stomping off. Evelyn followed her outside and noticed she wore forest boots. Meaning she could only be going one place. “But how can Scott help us now?” she wondered to herself. Margaret kept her hopes high as she ventured deeper into the forest. A howling nearby didn’t scare her but assured her she was getting closer. She knew that Scott was always with the wolves to make sure they didn’t get in trouble. A snarling was made right behind her and she turned with a smile. “Take me to Scott, please” she said politely. The wolf responded by growling loudly and then howling to his other pack members that he has found FOOD. Margaret immediately sensed this and began running. With her high pitched screams she hoped Scott would find her.*******(Galdrish. Camp of Galdrish Royal Soldiers) A high r
Chapter Fourteen – Marry Us.Margaret dragged Scott carelessly across the forest. She was scared as other animals came out from their holes, trees and caves to watch her. She was glad they didn’t attack, even if she didn’t know why. Didn’t Scott only control the wolves? She couldn’t speak or read animal language but with the ‘expressions' of the animals, they looked confused why she was dragging Scott. She calmed down and let him walk on his own. They still stared. “They don’t see humans all the time” Scott explained. Margaret wasn’t satisfied but she pushed the thoughts aside and focused on heading home. By now, Lydia would be making the marriage recitals. No matter how she rebellious she is, she wouldn’t want her sister making a marriage vow without keeping them. “So let’s go over your plan” Scott tapped her shoulders. She turned to him. “I’d tell your Uncle that I want to get married to all of you at once?”. Margaret nodded. “And he’d let me go with you three with