Falling Feathers Book I - Rogue Without Fear

Epilogue

>>> Autumn Rose <<<
    Chase helped me bandage up my hand.  I felt drained, as if some of my energy went from my body into Soren's.
    "Is this how you felt when you turned me into a werewolf?"  I asked Chase.  He pulled the bandage tight, then tied it up.  He smiled feebly, and murmured.
    "Yes, it happens to everyone.  It's a very exhausting thing to do, turn someone into a werewolf.  It's done now."  He looked at me thoughtfully, then added, "I'm glad that everyone seems satisfied with this."  I smiled and laughed softly.
    "Everyone except Soren.  He doesn't seem too happy right now."
    "I didn't expect him to be happy about this plan, and he doesn't have to be happy.  He just has to come to terms with it.  I'm sure he'll get over it."  Felix walked up to us, and looked at the bandage which was turning red with my blood already.
    "What are we going to do now? We can't stay in Shepherd's Rest anymore."  A knot began to form in my stomach.  He was right, we couldn't stay here anymore.  They knew who I was and they knew Chase, and now of course they'd be looking for me.  With Soren, how would he manage?  Chase and Felix both looked at me.  I looked at Felix first, then Chase.
    "Well I don't know, what can we do?"
    "We can't all stay down here, it's meant as a lair not as our home.  There's not enough space and not enough to do to keep this restless bunch occupied."  I rubbed the bandage as I thought.  Suddenly, it came to me.
    "Not all the woods surrounding this town are enchanted, or nymph-inhabited are they?" I asked.  Chase shook his head.
    "No, only the woods on the right side of the North gate are where the Nymphs are.  On the left side, the woods are totally normal.  Why?"  Chase answered his own question as soon as he asked it.  He knew why, and so did Felix.
    "So is that what we're gonna do?  What if we need something?"  He asked.
    "We'll stay in the woods for a while, long enough that anyone who would remember today will be dead.  We'll have Soren stay here at the Inn, and maybe one more too.  If we need supplies we'll have connections in town that way.  When enough time has passed, the rest of us will come back."
    "Autumn think about what you're saying.  Things will be different by then.  Do you really want to come back here?"  I nodded.
    "Shepherd's Rest is our home.  I'm certain this is where I want to come back to."  Chase looked around at everyone, then murmured under his breath,
    "Well I suppose I ought to tell everyone to start packing."

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