We got up, Larten seemed recovered but I could tell he wasn't all there, and ran out of the trailer. There was a big group of people and in the centre were Mr Tall and a man, no a wolf, no, both. Mr Tall was holding a big rifle, he was going to shoot the Wolf man. I couldn't let that happen.

I could hear his thoughts, with him being part animal.

He was just scared.

I jumped out in front of Mr Tall, blocking the gun from the Wolfman.

"Rikki! No! He will kill you!" Larten shouted.

Because I wasn't trying to fight him, the Wolfman didn't attack me. I stayed calm and zoned in on his thoughts.

He was confused, and angry.

"I am Rikki. What is your name?" I asked him.

He raised a hand/paw to strike me.

"Hey, I am not trying to hurt you. I promise you. Do you want everyone to leave?" He nodded, everyone gasped.

"Could you?" I asked everyone.

Everyone nodded including Mr Tall. But not Larten.

Everyone left, Mr Tall tried to take Larten but he wouldn't budge. Instead he came over to me.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Vampires get along with Wolves. I am curious." I nodded.

"So what is your name?" I asked and sat down. I pulled Larten along with me, he winced as his bruised weak spot hit the floor.

The Wolfman sat down too. He looked confused.

"I can hear your thoughts." I explained.

'Kyton.'

"Well Hi, Kyton." I said.

"So what is wrong?"

'Me scared of fire!'

"Okay, everybody was." I said and smiled at him.

"Why did you kill my boy's friend?" Larten nearly barked at him.

The Wolfman instantly snarled at him.

I stood in between them.

"Why?" I asked more gently.

'He kept poking me with sticks.'

"The boy kept poking him with sticks."

We talked for a few hours, until we saw it was getting lighter and me and Larten yawned.

"We are going to go to bed. See you tomorrow Kyton."

"Bye. Thanks." He said, well barked. It was the first time he had talked.

I stuck out my hand for him to shake. And he did.

He handed his hairy claw hand to me and I shook it gently.

Larten stubbornly nodded goodbye to Kyton. Kyton did the same.

Once we were back in the trailer, Larten was sad again. He had been holding it in when we were outside. But he was determined to hide it.

"Are you okay?" I asked him.

"No. Everything from two hundred years, rubble and ash."

"Sorry."

"What for?" He choked out.

"If I hadn't made you come with me, then you could have stopped them. I could have helped stopping them."

He was silent.

"I will leave. I have brought nothing but bad news since I got here, I will never come back." I said and grabbed my suitcase.

"Put that down."

So I did.

"And come here." He said and pointed in front of him.

I walked up to him and looked up at him.

Through cloudy eyes he smiled at me, then hugged me. It wasn't a friendly hug, but it definitely wasn't a bad one. A bit more than friendly actually.

When he pulled away, his large hands were on either side of my face and he leaned in slowly and kissed me. He tasted like melted chocolate and faint coffee, he smelt like it had just rained.

He came apart from me and whispered,

"It is had not, not hadn't."

I smiled.

"Let us go to bed." He told me.

And we did, no funny business. As he got onto the bed he saw the diary and saddened. I put my hand on his back and he turned around, now my hand was on his chest. He slept and I could feel his chest rising and falling.

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