Chapter Four

Katie stared down the long trail. It looked so familiar, why was that, she didn't remember ever being here before. Maybe she had just been in the woods before and didn't know it. She saw a single white rose along the trail. "Look at the rose," she said smiling to Gryffin. She stopped and looked at it closely. "Isn't it pretty?" She asked seeing a dew drop drop fall from it.

"Of course it is," he said giving her a smile. He stepped in front of her and picked it clean from the ground. "Here you go; you can put it into some water when we get back." He handed it to her.

"Thank you," Katie said taking it from his hand. She felt a sharp pain on the tip of her finger. She looked at it and saw a small blood droplet at the tip of her finger. She stared at it for what seemed like eternity. Why couldn't she keep her eyes off of it? She heard Gryffin curse to himself and reach for her hand. Katie jerked it back and continued to watch a few more droplets run down her finger. Then Gryffin's strong grip held her hand and wouldn't let it go no matter how much she tried to pull it away. He pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and held it over her cut until it stopped bleeding.

"What's going on," Gryffin said the tone of his voice concerned.

"I don't know…I couldn't stop…staring," her voice was shaking. "I'm starting to scare myself," she said. Then she shrugged it off quickly. She couldn't have any one concerned for her, especially with her secret. Wait, her secret, what was her secret? What's my secret? She thought feeling herself wander along the path further. She had just said she had a secret but she had not one clue as to what it was. "Don't worry, I'm fine," she said turning to face a slower paced Gryffin.

"You don't seem like you're fine," he said speeding his pace a little bit to catch up with her. She watched him as he gazed to the rose that she was holding quite gingerly. He was in deep thought as he then looked past her. His eyes stayed put not moving.

"What's wrong?" Katie asked looking at him and then she turned around. There was a wolf or something like that about five feet from her moving in slowly, smelling her scent with curiosity. She inhaled deeply and didn't move an inch. I thought there were just bears…not wolves, I could've handled bears. Instead I get wolves. She thought feeling panic rise in herself.

Gryffin pulled her behind him. "It's okay," he whispered to her. Before she knew it she had tears running down her face. Why am I crying, she touched the tears running down her cheeks. When she had looked back up the wolf was gone. She wiped at the tears quickly before Gryffin spotted them running down her cheek. "I saw that," he mumbled turned around to face her and laying his hands on her shoulders. "It's okay," he gave her a small hug. "We'll go back to the house how about that?"

"Fine with me," Katie whispered softly. She looked to the ground a little embarrassed. "I…I," she stopped and stood still, "I'm so sorry if I've caused you or Vivian and Gabriel trouble Gryffin…I wish I could offer more help with memories it's just…," her voice quivered. A flood of pictures came flooding in her head unexpectedly. She began to feel lightheaded. In the next few moments she was on the ground unconscious.

A/N: I'm soooooooooooooo very sorry that I have not updated in a really, really long time…over a year. I suffer major writers block on many of my fanfictions these days and I know that's not a great excuse, but I feel it's fairly reasonable. So I saw the Blood and Chocolate movie and was terribly disappointed…I mean God, I could go on for hours on what they did wrong. I hope you enjoy this even though it's really short…sorry. Any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated.

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