king for about an hour and she wasn’t showing any signs of stopping. Normally, I woul

entire time; exactly two steps behind the wereheretic. I wondered if he was bound by magic ju

stagger forward. I stumbled but another wisp of magic stabilized me b

ped, “Can’t you walk faster? At this pace, it

am wounded and not as powerful as you. What did you expect? If

men. Blood had seeped through the coarse fabric stain

a frail, young boy could carry me? Drawing in a deep breath, I said in a re

my lips. Her eyebrows twitched in amusement

oung boy, “Look at him and then look at me. H

weight...” Her gaze turned softer as they drifted to the boy who was sta

ed to propel me to his back. To my astonishment, he walked with great ease even w

oat, I tried to strike up a conversation with her, “I know that everyone refers to you

“What if I do? What if I don’

just a name. Do you

went dry and I gulped. “If you don’t want to tell me, it is totally fine,

in silence, passing by a section of wild oak trees, then came the

left my lips. She had probably used magic to silence me. Damn that stupid wi

man town. The boy set me on the ground and we continued walking at a slower pace. I stole

ould even think. I noted with delight that the effec

nt one. Looking at Hera, he

he ruffled his hair and something shifted in her eye

only telling the truth.

is, the boy hung his head as if apologizing. She

to Hera; or maybe it was just an act on he

own. The old, medieval-style buildings that flanked the road

either. We would run into a couple or so every few minutes. They

something. She grabbed my arm and dragged me at a

iddle of the park was the largest werewolf I had seen. It was twice the size of normal ones. What alarmed me was its eyes; they were ruby red. This cou

crowds; sending people

owing him away. Men, women, and children scurried to the exit as fa

, “Are you waiting for your su

nse of dread gripped my heart as my gaze drifted from her to the monster slaughtering people. If I jumped into the c

ent ‘Stuck between the devil and the deep sea