I woke hours later in a cave again, snuggled up to something warm and fuzzy. I began to panic. I tried to move, but couldn't. 'I made him a promise!' I yelled at myself. 'How could this have happened?' I struggled against the soft and furry thing. It moved.

"Please let me go. I made a promise to the wolf and I must go and keep it." I said loudly.

"Reddine Thalia Durison, you are keeping the promise to me," I stopped struggling immediately.

"What do you mean sir? I promised to stay there until you knew. I thought you wanted me dead."

"No, I wanted to sleep and you were cold. I decided I wanted you to live and in order to do that, you needed to warm up, are you warm dear?" he asked me. All I could see was his side and fur.

"Y-yes. I am, is there something you'd like me to do? Make you breakfast or clean?"

"Actually, I would like you to stay there. You made it so I could sleep better than I have in years."

"Yes master," after all, he gave me an order so I had to follow it. "After you are ready, I can make you food. You must eat to keep your strength." I said shyly.

"Why do you care so much about a monster?"

"You aren't a monster master. You kill those humans because they threaten you. I've been told the stories and if you had the chance to run, you did. They all claimed you were a coward, but I knew better. You hid here but came around the village often that everyone thought you hated the mountains. I love it here though. It's away and calming."

"I love them as well." he told me softly. I heard his stomach grumble.

"Please master, let me make you food. I don't want you to starve."

"But you'll just run," he said.

"No I won't. I promise, I'll be back. I won't run," he thought it over for a moment.

"I trust you, please be back in an hour so you don't freeze." He let me up and I realized then how big he was. About fifteen feet long and five feet wide. His bed was too small for him. 'I'll have to fix that' I thought. I got up and fixed my dark red cloak then left to find food.

About half an hour later, Moonistare appeared. I had taken off my cloak and found a chicken that had just died and some of her eggs that seemed to be just laid, those were in my cloak while I looked for mushrooms hidden under the blankets of snow.

"Reddine!" he called. "You need to get out of here! That monster's going to kill you!"

"I don't care Moonistare, he's hungry and needs to eat. I made a promise to him"

"What if he wants to eat you?" He almost yelled. I found some mushrooms and put them in my cloak.

"I told him he could already." I dug a little deeper and somehow I found potatoes. I didn't expect that.

"What? Why?"

"I told him I wanted him happy. And he said he wasn't going to. So, if you'll excuse me, I need to go cook him breakfast." I set the items in the make shift bag and began to walk back towards the cave. Moonistare tried to stop me. "He saved my life Moonistare. I almost died and he took me in." I continued to walk towards the cave. I felt so at ease in the cave. I began to work as soon as I got in. I started a small fire where there was burned wood. The rocks around would serve as a good stove thing. I began to make the potatoes by setting them near the fire. Next were the eggs, during them being cooked as eggs, I heard my master start to wake up again.

"Good morning master, I'm sorry there isn't much, I'll go back out to find more food but, I was interrupted."

"By who? No one's living out here I thought."

"A man named Moonistare, he tried to get me to run away." I took the eggs to him and soon the potatoes.

"What did you say?"

"That I made a promise to. I have a chicken here that I'll sit by the entrance to keep cold, but I was thinking I could cook it tonight for you and use the feathers to make a pillow for you." He began to eat.

"You don't have to do that," he said between bites.

"But I will unless you have other tasks for me. I have a few things I'd like to do for you so you living here will be better for you."

"Oh? Like what?" he asked.

"For one, I'd make some baskets so I could get more food for you, a garden, a better bed, and some pillows and blankets too as well. This cave seems big enough to make all of that in here for you." His wolf eyes stared at me. "What?"

"You'd do all of that for me?"

"Of course, now, I must start all this as soon as possible. I need to go to town though master for somethings though. I'd be quick and in and out fast. I even have the money."

"You would just stay though." He answered upsetly.

"No, I wouldn't. Come with me then if you need proof. I'm not going to leave you master." He seemed as if he weighed the options.

"Alright, when do you want us to leave?"

"As soon as we can. Everyone is out hunting today since it's hunting season. We have to be fast though."

"Alright, lets go. Get on my back." I did as I was told with a "Yes master."

He ran to town, staying hidden in the trees, he let me go get what I needed. I had enough money to buy blankets, cloth, a few books to read to him, some cooking supplies, pots, buckets, utensils, etc. and also some sewing supplies.

I even snuck into my house to grab another bag of clothes. Mother was gone it seemed and I took every precaution of hiding the wheelbarrow I also bought with shovels along with a rake wherever I went. When I got what was needed, even some serving platters and a couple plates, I took the wheelbarrow up to where my master was hiding. The thing was super heavy.

I didn't see him so I decided he must've gone back to his home, I went up the mountain and about four hours later, I was at the entrance to his cave. It was getting a bit cold so I started the fire and began to work on his bed. I looked around the entrance for dead grass and found enough to make it more comfortable for him to sleep at night. I laid blankets down over the dead grass so it wouldn't get tangled in his beautiful fur. That took me about three hours. My master still wasn't home so I decided to empty the wheelbarrow about twenty feet away from the fire. I took the wheelbarrow and a shovel with me to get dirt for a garden.

I collected sticks and wood to keep the dirt in, three wheelbarrows full of dirt, and more dead chickens.

"How did these things get everywhere?" I asked myself quietly. The garden took forever it seemed. It was about another twenty feet from the fire, around seven feet long and six feet wide while standing at about two feet off the ground. "I hope master will be pleased." I stated.

He still wasn't back yet and I got worried about him. It was going to start getting dark soon so I started on making him a large pillow. I plucked the feathers from the six chickens I found that day and it wasn't enough to finish it. I needed at least another two to make it semi comfortable.

It took me about two hours to pluck and sew but when it was at the point of needing more chickens, I decided to go out again. I needed to find dinner anyways for him. I set out and began to look around with a couple buckets, one would be for water, the other for food. Snow was bad to eat so I would melt it after I got back. In the end, I found nuts, some more potatoes, a few mushrooms, and after searching almost everywhere for them, chickens then decided that it was time to head back. I enjoyed going to the warm cave that belonged to my master. Maybe he'd even let me brush out his fur, it needed the notts out of it.

I gutted all the chickens and then cut up all the meat then placed it in three pots that were halfway filled with water. I set them by the fire and let it cook. I cut up the potatoes and mushrooms with a knife that I had gotten from town and placed them in the pots as well.

I finally had time to finish the pillow and when I did, my master came back.

"Master! I was so worried about you!" He looked shocked to see me.

"I thought you left," he said.

"What? That's crazy, I promised I wouldn't."

"I saw you go into a house…" he trailed off.

"Oh, I was getting myself clothes from my mother's house. James has my bag and I have no clue where he is, thank God. But, I didn't want to stink up your house with my smell." I set the pillow down on his bed and then went to attend the food.

"You came back?" he came all the way in.

"I said I would. Now, dinner is almost ready, how about you lay down and rest while it finishes cooking." He went to his bed.

"This feels amazing!" He said.

"I'm glad you like it. Maybe I can make an actual bed for you someday soon, but right now I'm just worried about you getting enough to eat. There's about three pots of this soup stuff, go ahead and just eat out of the pots. I'll clean them when you're finished eating master." I brought them over to him one-by-one.

"What about you Reddine Thalia Durison?"

"Master, please don't use my full name, I hate it. And go ahead. I'm fine." I sat in front of him as he began to eat.

"Why do you hate it?" He asked between bites.

"Durison is my father's last name and Thalia is very girly."

"I see. Well, Reddine, after I finish eating, we should sleep."

"Master, I should clean the pots and try to clean up what I bought today tonight."

"Why must you insist on doing all of this?" He finished eating and I used melted snow to rinse them out.

"You're my master, I promised I'd do everything you wanted and wished."

"But, I didn't ask for any of this. Nor said." I looked over my shoulder at him while I began to organize what I got that day.

"I know." was all I said.

I finished organizing everything and began to look for more work. The cave was big enough that my master could pace all around the place. I looked over at him and saw that he was staring at me instead of sleeping.

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