Guardians of The Wolves

Chapter 3

- Nova -

I've been working at Jay's for about two and a half months now. Everything is going pretty well, but I still have that weird feeling. It never went away and it's hard to fall asleep.

Tomorrow I am going over to CrystalVille, to pick up my moms weekly order of herbs and spices for her shop. She runs an apothecary called Rose's Garden of Spices. I think that you can guess what my moms name is, Rose. My dads name is John. He works as a Ambulance driver for our local hospital. He works from 4am to 9pm. At nine, he switches with this other guy named Jerry, Jerry does the night shift and switches back with dad at four.

NEXT DAY

CrystalVille is two towns over, so it takes about an hour to get there. about 30 minutes into the drive, I stop at this small place that serves coffee and small pastries. I always stop here when I go to CrystalVille, it's the only coffee place that is open at six in the morning. I always go early in the morning because my moms shop opens at nine and I need to get the order to my moms shop before it opens, so she can restock everything before people start to come in.

After I get my coffee and little pastry, I resume the drive and get there at seven. When I walk in, I can't help but notice a guy in the corner. He looks vaguely familiar for some reason. He's got tattoo sleeves up both of his arms and neck. I've got to say, he is, as my mother would say, one fine specimen of a man. In other words, he's hot.

After I snap back to reality, I walk up to the counter and ask for my order. They give it to me and as I'm about to walk out, I trip. I'm expecting to hit the ground, but I don't. Instead, there are two big, warm arms wrapped around me. I open my eyes and see that guy with a concerned face looking down at me. "Are you alright?" he asks, I nod my head and he helps me stand. "Here, let me take this and I'll carry it to your car for you," I nod and hand him the box. That box is like half of me, yet he takes it out of my hands like it's a sheet of paper.

- Lex -

Yesterday I found out that she comes really early for some reason, so here I am, at five-thirty in the morning. I'm waiting outside for this shop to open and as soon as it does, I walk to the very back and sit down in a corner. After a half-hour, I hear the door bell jingle as someone walks in. . .

I look up and see a girl with short brown hair and green eyes. She looks at me and I look away fast enough that she doesn't notice. I can feel her eyes on me for awhile, but when she looks away I look up and see her walking out with a huge box. But right before she got out the door, she tripped. I got to her as fast as I could and caught her right before she hit the floor. She had her eyes closed, probably expecting to hit the floor. But when she didn't she opened her eyes and just stared at me. I pick her up and set her back down on her feet. I was thinking that I miss the princess, and I was about to walk away...

I cut off my own train of thought, because I notice something about her, something familiar. Then I notice the little mark on her face, a wolf. After I see the mark, I look at her, I mean really look at her. It's her, shes the princess. I don't want to freak her out so I offer to take the box and she agrees. Once it's in my hands, she starts to walk off and I assume shes going to her car, so I follow.

We reach her car and I did not expect someone like her to drive such a beast like this. I put the box in her back seat and ask for her number. She's hesitant, but then pulls out a piece of paper and writes something on it. She hands me the small piece of paper and I assume that it's her number.

I know that I shouldn't do this, but I tell her that I am the son of her parents friend. And technically, I'm not lying, I just don't mean the parents that she thinks she has. I asks if she want to hang out tomorrow and she agrees.

I walk off and once I'm out of hearing distance, I call the Kings cell number. He answers after the third ring and I immediately say, "I need back up in Hollow Tree, Washington," I try to say it as urgent as possible. "Why? Whats going on?" he asks and I say, "I've found her and we are meeting up tomorrow at noon, at her house. I want to take the people that took her down." "REALLY, are you absolutely sure that's it's her. I don't want to get the Queens hopes up if your wrong," he sounds sad and hopeful at the same time. "I promise you that I am right. And as for the Queen, don't tell her that your sending people, I'll bring the princess to you and you can see yourself before you tell the Queen," I say and he doesn't say anything for a few seconds, but then says, "Alright, they will be there at ten, so you have time to prepare. And make sure that she is away from the house when you take them out." "I will make sure of that, but one more thing, my King. She doesn't smell like a royal, or even have the senses of one, I think that they spelled her. I also think that the women who calls herself the princess' mom is the witch. She runs an herb store and can erase memory. That's why she doesn't remember me or anything from her first ten years," he clearly doesn't like this, I can tell because of the low growl that comes from him on the other line, "Although I don't like someone did that to her, it will be alright because once she sees me and Queen Delilah, it break what ever they did to her and she will remember. And don't forget that just because the ceremony hasn't been done yet, you are her guardian now," he says. "I promise you that nothing will happen to her while she is under my protection," I say to him and hang up the call.