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At midnight, when the fire was about to extinguish, and the three teens were drifting to sleep, but Cerise looked up to meet the Red Knight's eyes.

"Chase…"

"Yeah?" he asked a bit sleepy "Something wrong?" his hand instinctively went to his sword.

"No, we are in no danger" she calmed him, making sure her friend was asleep, then she bluntly confronted him "Do you love her?"

"What?!" he asked shocked, turning as red as his armor "what do you mean?"

"Do you care for her?"

"Well, yes" he said shrugging a little, really hopping that Darling was in fact asleep.

"Will you watch over her?"

"Definitely"

"And from one Red to another, would you never ever hurt her?"

"I would never" he said honorably "I would protect her, even when I know she is more than capable of handling herself, but I still worry, because… she is my best friend, she is… The White Knight, I feel…complete when I am around her"

Cerise smiled nodding understandingly "That's all I need to hear" she pulled her hood even lower "thanks, Chase"


The next morning, the two knights waked up, cuddling into each other, only to notice that the wolf girl was nowhere to be found.

"Cerise?" Darling stood up looking around "Cerise?!"

Chase found a note on the edge of his sword "Sorry, I needed to find him, don't worry, I will be fine, I will meet you back in the border of the valley in two days' tops. Take care and stay away from the wolves' territory, I will see you soon. Love Cerise" Chase read.

"I can't believe it, she went ahead and tried to find him on her own! Oh when I find her I must certainly will ki-"

"Hey, hey" Chase calmed her down "She is probably concerned about Daring, she knows what she is doing"

"Yeah, but Daring is not quite himself right now, she can't face him alone, he could be dangerous"

"I think she knows" Chase said cutting through her thoughts, realizing now where all her questions last night were leading, she wanted to know if Darling would be safe if she decided to leave her with him "I promise, we will find her" he looked up, it seemed like it could rain that day "For now, it's best if we do some scouting and then find a place to stay, tomorrow we will go to the border, just to see if she is there as agreed, until then, we have no need to freak out, everything is according to plan"


Nothing went according to plan, Cerise could faintly follow the scent, but with the strong winds blowing in the opposite direction, every time she had finally find the right scent, it would blow away leaving her in the dark.

"Come on" she protested, fate was definitely having some fun with her situation.

She decided not to follow the river anymore, knowing that at the end of that road, most positively she would find some wolves, after all, the reserve wasn't that far away from there. So she started to climb the base of the mountain to have a better view, thankfully she had a great sense of orientation, opposite to what her story told her.

The wind blew with might and the teen tried to look for cover. She found a little open in a cavern and as if destiny would have it, she found some footprints going inside and at the end, a little bit of light, there was a fire.

Cerise walked inside slowly, trying to keep her senses as sharp as possible, her instinct kept on telling her to turn away, but for this once, she wasn't about to hear them.

"Daring?" she called and the huge figure that had been curled into itself, rose very slowly without turning around.

"Cerise?" the voice called, it was Daring, no doubt, his tone was deeper, but still it was recognizable.

"It's you" Cerise said relieved walking inside with a confident pace before Daring avoided her "Stay away!" he growled, his strong voice echoing in the cavern.

"It's alright" she cooed "you have no idea how long we been looking for you" she took a step closer, but the Beast recoiled.

"Don't come near me!" he snapped "Don't you see? I am hideous!"

Cerise frowned at his remark "You are just going through a change, Daring. Please, just turn around, let me help you"

"I am hideous inside and out" he finally said "you better keep your distance"

"What are you talking about?" she demanded

"I am the one that told your secret, ok?!" he shouted "I told the whole school about the Book of Legends, about your mom, I heard it all at the castle"

Cerise was taken aback, she couldn't believe he would do that "W- why?" she asked hurt.

"I-I don't know, I wanted to make you feel how I felt"

"Felt about what?" she asked in a firmer tone walking towards just to notice something between his paws "Is...is that the rose you gave me at the Flower Ball?"

Daring silently nodded "To its last petal" he murmured.

"You kept it all these weeks?" she felt something inside her, a warmth.

"I…did" he protected it against himself "It means something to me"

Cerise took a deep breath "I am here, Daring, I came to look for you, doesn't that mean something too?"

He growled in a low tone, avoiding her "It's best if you just leave. I am a monster! Can't you realize that? There is no turning back for me"

"So you changed" she said "You can't hexpect to be just judge by your looks, there is more than just that to it. I know you, you care, you aren't as shallow as you would like people to think…" she walked towards "Didn't you told me a couple of days ago, that you understood Rebels? Now you have a choice too"

"I choose to be left alone!" he screamed, his voice seemed fiercer than ever before.

Cerise took a step back at his response, but she didn't back down "You aren't the only beast, Daring. And that one trait, shouldn't be the one to define you" she walked outside the cavern. Daring turned slightly to take a peek, thinking she would finally leave him be, but instead, Cerise just settled at the entrance fixing her hood ready to fall asleep. He has half annoyed by this, but at the same time, he was moved and grateful, not to be lonely. But... why did she stay?


So...yeah! I hope you liked it! And thanks very much for reading Monday's update! I will see you Friday for more and as always, thanks for the support, the follows and reviews! See you soon!