Chapter 132 - Trust Me

[Fily: What are you doing over there, Petunia?]

[Petunia: Over where? How did you know I'm awake?]

[Gem: Did you also lie to us about you being asleep? What are you doing?]

[Petunia: No! Wait, I can hear your voices, I'm coming there with a new friend of mine.]

"So, how did you manage to cope up with her death?" Venedette asked her old man casually while sipping tea and reading her children's messages in secret.

"You know, I just pretend she's always here, watching me. I also talked to her sometimes, although I know I'm just hallucinating, I just can't accept the fact that she's gone."

"I used to do that too, in fact, my eldest son had a hard time accepting Demi's death. He always makes a big deal about not wanting to spend time with girls because of it. But for me, I decided the best way to cope is to move on,"

'Move on after getting my revenge on those who hurt my child.'

"What kind of move on? Don't tell me you've forgotten her already? I've heard rumors about you collecting kids because you want to replace Demi, I hope that's not true," the old man said while shifting his position slightly as if he was uncomfortable with their topic.

"No, of course not! I won't forget about her ever, that's like forgetting about your own identity as well. I always give time for Demi, whenever I need her spirit to keep me going and alive, she's my driving force in life, and I hope you feel the same way too about your daughter."

"She was the sweetest girl ever," Sir Graham said while wiping his light tears.

"I bet she is," Venedette nodded and stood up to comfort Sir Graham.

"They're all telling me to stop searching for my child. That sick stepmother of hers even held a funeral for her but I don't believe she's already dead, not until I see her body with my own eyes," Sir Graham said, following up with the story of how his previous wife held Monica's funeral without his consent and how he cut her off his life by splitting his properties and money just to get rid of his cunning wife.

"What do you think happened to her?"

"I don't know. I just hope she's still alive somewhere and to see her as soon as possible." Sir Grand said and hugged Venedette like how he used to hug her before when he was just dreaming to have children of his own to take care of.

***

"Do you want us to tell your father about what happened to you? Or do you want to find the wolf first? We'll help you with anything," Petunia said to Monica, translating Gem's words to animal language which Petunia could somehow do for the first time.

"I think we should find the wolf first, if I turn into a human you won't be able to make use of my raven skills and save those kids from the wolf."

"Did you see where that wolf brought those kids to?" It was Fily's words this time that Petunia translated and got a response from Monica immediately.

"I don't really know where but there's this spot in the forest where the wolf just kept disappearing into. I couldn't see him because of the trees but I'm sure he's just inside that forest."

"The footsteps they're talking about," Fily said, voicing out everyone's thoughts.

"I have a plan." Gem said and gathered everyone for a meeting.

***

"We have four people in our local group so far and they haven't got anything new since the other night."

"Which means the wolf will most likely attack today," Venedette said, completing Sir Graham's thoughts as he led her into the tower where they could see each of the four champion's positions around the castle.

There were two marksmen and two fighters, each of which was situated to watch the front and back of the house where the forest was located.

In front of the house were the villager's houses that looked humbly pleasing to the eyes from this perspective in the tower.

"Where do the missing kids live in this village?" Venedette asked, but when she turned around, Sir Graham was nowhere to be seen in the tower already.

"Awoooo!" a wolf suddenly growled from the top of the mountain where the moon was shining so brightly.

"What's happening?" Venedette muttered to herself after seeing a lot of wolves emerge from that small mountain. She didn't even notice Sir Graham leaving his spot behind her and only found him later when she looked at the fighters in front of the house, forming a formation to face the wolves from the mountain on their right.

[Venedette: Where are you?] 

[Fily: We're at the forest.] Fily responded the earliest while Venedette was flying to join the guards at the front gate already.

[Venedette: What are you doing there? We were called here to help with the wolves so come to the front gate immediately!]

[Petunia: Wolves? I thought there was only one?]

"Venedette said there are more wolves than one and they're not here to kidnap kids secretly!" Petunia said to her friends immediately but was dumbfounded when Fily and the others didn't seem to understand her.

"Did I…?" Petunia pondered for a minute before trying again but was responded with the same reaction as earlier from her friends.

"Is Petunia okay? Why is she just meowing?" Gem said out of concern while carefully calculating all the consequences that could happen with her plan.

"Petunia, I think you forgot to turn off your animal language?" Fily said in concern while slapping Petunia's cheeks softly who looked like she's panicking right now, based on her unstable clutch to Fily's hands and constant meowing.

"What happened? Why can't they understand you?" Monica said in panic after seeing the confusion in everyone's face.

"Are you sure we should wait here? Venedette said there are wolves at the front of the house already," Lei voiced out his concern which Gem immediately cut off by saying, "Trust me."