Dark Reincarnation: Nightshade

Chapter 41

                      Rose's POV

             "I think we'll call it a day, go ahead and go get cleaned up."

      Trying not to collapse from exhaustion and forcing my legs to move, I head inside and take a long hot bath, letting the warm water relax my muscles. I've been training with my mom for about two months now and let me tell you, it's definitely not easy.

     Granted I had begged my mom to train me for years, telling her I wanted to be able to protect myself for once, but with how crazy her training is I would be shocked if she didn't have some kind of military history.

     When we're training she's like a completely person. Imagine a military drill instructor but like twenty times worse.

     I can't exactly complain though, I'm serious about getting stronger and learning to protect myself along with the ones I love. My mom is always protecting me from harm and I want to be able to do it instead of her doing it all the time.

     Deciding it was time to get out of the bath, I got dressed in something simple and cozy. It was a matching cotton shirt and skirt combo, all black of course. I threw my black hair up in a loose braid and slipped on my sandals.

         "Hey mom, can I go see Cici?"

                    "Sure, just don't be gone too long, it'll be dark soon."

           "Kay mom, love you."

     With that I headed out the door and down the road towards the village. My friend Cicilia, or Cici as I call her, lives just a few houses down from us. Her and her parents are all wolf beastkin and she's absolutely gorgeous.

      She's about as tall as me standing at four foot nothing, has beautiful purple-ish black hair with the same colored fur covered ears sticking up atop her head and a fur covered tail to match. She's only two years older then me but she already has a curvy figure and is developing quite fast in the chest area.

     Moral of the story, she's a knockout. I can only imagine how many suitors she'll have when she gets older. The worst part? She's completely oblivious to how hot she already is. Poor girl. As I knock on the door it was Cici who opened it.

         "Hey ma, can I go play with Rose for a bit?" She yells over her shoulder already slipping her sandals on.

                  "That's fine, just don't be out too long okay?"

          "Yes mom. I'll be back in a little bit." She then closes the door and runs past me, grabbing my hand and dragging me along as she does.

                   "What's the rush Cici?" I ask her giggling as I helplessly get dragged along.

             "There's a royal carriage in the village, my dad just saw it as he was coming home. I wanna see who it is!"

    A royal carriage? I wonder what that's about? From what I've been told, the capital was where all the royals lived and that was at least a three weeks ride from here.

    It wasn't long before we had reached the main square in the middle of the village. Directly in the center was a big fountain that was meant to mark the actual center of the village. As we approached the fountain, a fancy looking carriage could be seen on the other side.

     Already, a crowd of people had gathered around it and we're all whispering amongst themselves. I'm pretty sure that I heard someone say it was the prince. Apparently Cici had heard it as well because she started jumping up and down getting all excited.