The Wolf's Den

Path 3: Tilli, Chapter 13: Part 2

        Quietly sitting, she listened, and when Mr. Wolfe stopped, Tilli frowned deeply. Mr. Charming stood and approached the Dwarf, punching the Dwarf's chest and shaking his head, starting to swear. However, before he could get too far into what he was saying, the Dwarf squeezed Mr. Charming, a growl.

        "Take him along now, Dwarf, We don't need him anymore, and you can leave The Wolf's Den. Off you go now, Tilli and I can handle this part thereafter." Dismissively waving his hand, Mr. Wolfe watched the Dwarf carry an unconscious prince away, smirking behind his hand.

        "You can't just--- I don't think that was necessary. He was a good guy, you can't just hurt the innocent!"

        "Oh he won't be hurt, Tilli dear, he'll be dead and buried in the graveyard you found earlier with that shroud child, who I can do nothing with. I can only affect the living, not the dead."

        "D-d-dead?"

        "Yes, do keep up. He'll be dead because of you, and, when you think about it, so will one of those people in beds. Isn't that fun?"

        Tilli stood, the Dwarf no longer a threat, shaking her head "You can't do that! Adrieve deserves to be fine just like who I want to take with me! I choose everyone, don't you get it!?"

        "My, my, fiesty one, aren't you? Don't worry, my dear, we'll make death painless for who you sacrifice so you can leave. You must hate me."

        "I don't, I could never hate you, Mr. Wolfe, I can only hate your actions." Shaking her head again, she calmly sat down again, frowning deeply. "I want to take everyone with me, I won't leave anyone behind, I care about all of them equally, no matter what they've done."

        "Even if they killed someone?"

        "Yes, even then. Love is something important to help us recover. While you may go to jail for that, it's not reason enough to let be left behind. I don't trust someone who's killed another person or animal or anything living, but it's not enough to not love someone."

        "Love is not something I care for."

        "It's what I care about, my dear, and that's what matters in my world. It's my world, little girl, and no free will can save you."

        "I don't need a frog to save me, I save myself. If you require me to leave someone behind, then I wish you take care of Adrieve, not to kill her... I'd like to go home now, and I want Miss Snow and Ryland to be happy."

        Clapping his hands together, he sneered, standing and tapping Snow White and Ryland's shoulders, leaving Adrieve alone. "Very well, my dear, she'll remain a wax doll. Now leave me and never return, you've passed." With a sneer once more, he forced them out, and as she made it to the entrance with a dazed Snow White and Ryland, Tilli found Heinrich waiting for her. Taking his hand, she followed him out, watching Ryland and Snow White shut the heavy doors behind them, jointly having issues closing them.

        Only then did they walk down the now quiet alley.