Chapter 4
A few days passed as Lilith began to fill me in on the events as of late, about her sister being enslaved by Dimitri, about the thing that had kidnapped me. Flying had become as easy as riding a bike, and I could stare for hours mesmerized by the stream of landscape rushing beneath me like roaring white-water rapids. A few times I was too intent on the ground that I almost ran into a few trees, causing Lilith to giggle uncontrollably. For some reason though, the giggle was as beautiful to me as a string ensemble playing a Beethoven masterpiece. We landed in a place which resembled the Grand Canyon in its barren landscape, but oddly majestic beauty.
"Hey, Lilith why'd we stop here?" I asked nervous, ever since she freed me from Jedah, I always had the apprehensive feeling of a squirrel nervously searching for food to prepare for the harsh winter. I had the feeling of having to keep moving, stopping only to feed on the random wild animals below when I was thirsty, though the feeling of always being watched persisted.
"This is home, David." Lilith said earnestly before a wolf's howl emerged from her slender throat. It was answered in the distance by another, deeper howl. And in the distance I could see a lupine form come closer, though still shrouded by shadow. When the figure, which turned out to be a full-on werewolf, landed in front of us, Lilith introduced him. "This is John, David, David, John. He was human like you once, before…"
"….I think that's enough, Lilith." John said cutting her off, I guess what she was about to say he was sensitive about. I figured it had something to do with getting bitten by a werewolf. Turning around he led me and Lilith into a cave where the flickering orange light clued us in to a fire. Here there was another person this one, for want of a better term, was a cat-girl. With white fur, blue hair the same shade as my own, tan skin, and oversized breasts. Jumping up she introduced herself as Felicia, and it was then I noticed the abundance of cats in the cave. Settling near the fire so one of them could nuzzle up near me, I petted it contently, whilst I listened to my three companions share stories of the Makai realm with me.
Lilith watched David slowly fall asleep just an hour before dawn, a white cat nuzzled up near him, purring in its sleep. She smiled to herself, knowing he was at least gentle in nature, though Felicia had a habit of jumping on cat lovers. But that didn't matter, Felicia was a flirt, but flirting and promiscuity are two completely different things. Taking a deep breath she wondered if she should get some shut-eye herself. She took a closer look at David, and remembered how he hung on all of their words, like a child in his first day of school, before age and apathy took over his willingness to learn. She also took note of how the dragon-like eyes he had obtained looked attractive with wonder. She didn't think she saw anything as beautiful as those eyes. Her mind made up, she took a spot right behind David, and apprehensively at first, put an arm around him. The warmth of his skin soothed her, and made going to sleep that much easier.