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Wolf, Tony and Virginia arrived in the fourth kingdom. Virginia took in a deep breath.

Its great to be back she thought as she exhaled.

The mirror was in a tiny room different than the one it was in before. The new room was white with a red carpet. There was no windows, but a huge chandelier with twenty candle burning brightly. A part from the mirror there was only one other piece of furniture. A table with two chairs, in the centre of the room.

King Wendell was stood near the table dressed in the suit that always reminded Virginia of a navy Admiral.

Tony took off the head of the costume he was wearing. King Wendell starred at Tony with a small grin on his face.

"People in the tenth kingdom must indeed have some strange customs." Remarked Wendell.

"There is a perfectly good reason why I am wearing this costume." Said Tony.

"I am sure it's a very interesting anecdote, Anthony. But you don't have to explain yourself." Wendell turned to Wolf and Virginia. He smiled at Virginia. " You look radiant."

Virginia beamed back at him fondly. "Thank you. I don't feel radiant, I feel as big as a house."

Wendell put his hand gently on her shoulder. "Your father told me about you problems. I guarantee you if there is away to help you I will find it."

Wendell grinned at Wolf. "It would appear married life as tamed you Wolf. You have not said a word yet."

"Impossible." Laughed Virginia. "No one could ever change Wolf."

"Huff puff, you did change me, Virginia!" Spoke Wolf taking hold of his wife's hand to kiss. "For the better."

Wendell cleared his throat. "Well, I am sure Virginia would like to rest. Anthony, could you Take them to the guest room in the west wing?"
"Of course, Wendell." Replied Tony.

"Virginia, Wolf I look forward to speaking to you later at dinner. We have much to catch up on."

"Dinner!" Wolfs face lit up. "Great! I have not had anything to eat for three hours!"

Wendell smiled at his friends. "Until later." He said before leaving the room.

Tony waited a moment before taking hold of Virginias small bag and leading them to the west wing.

Virginia glanced around the corridors on the way. Its looks so different she thought. Maybe they have redecorated. She glanced out of a window.

"This is not Wendell's castle." Noted Virginia she saw the different landscape.

"This is not the castle you were married in, the same castle which usually stores the mirror." Said Tony. "This is one of Wendell's smaller castles. This castle is located on the second and fourth kingdom border."

"We are in the Pink Castle!" Exclaimed Wolf.

"Pink?" Asked Virginia confused. " Why is the castle called 'Pink' "

"This castle is used for relations between both the second and fourth kingdoms. As the fourth is ruled by the house of white and the second ruled by the house of red." Replied Wolf.

"Of course" Realised Virginia suddenly. "For the castle to be neutral ground for both parties. They have named the castle as combination of red and white. Pink!"

"Wendell moved the mirror here so he could have his meeting and still greet you both when you arrived." Said Tony

"Who is Wendell's meeting with?" Asked Wolf.

"Queen Riding Hood the Third." Stated Tony opening the door to the guest room. "She will be arriving tomorrow."

"Why?" Asked Wolf in a voice louder than he meant.

"Relations between the two kingdoms is at an all time low. Trade has stopped, Villages at the borders are fighting all the time. Wendell has asked Queen Riding Hood to meet with him to discuss away out of the current situation."

"Is there a reason this happened so suddenly." Asked Wolf with concern on his face.

Tony adverted his eyes away from wolf. "It's many things. Too may to list."

Wolf starred at Tony. He's a really bad liar he thought.

Tony gave his daughter a hug. "I'll let you have some rest." He kissed her on the forehead and left her room.

Virginia watched him leave.

"I have missed him." She told Wolf. But Wolf was not listening to her. He seemed to be deep in thought. Virginia noticed.

"Wolf what's wrong?" She asked standing in front of him. But her husband still did not react.

"Wolf?" She said softy. Wolf looked at his wife. He shook his head slightly pulling himself away from his thoughts.

"Sorry, my little sausage. I was just thinking."

"About what?"

Wolf scratched the side of his head with his right hand.

"Urm, nothing. Not much. No great importance." Wolf looked uncomfortable.

"Wolf, please tell me what's.." Began Virginia when suddenly wolf got really angry.

"Huff puff, is it Virginia must be obeyed time already. Must I tell you everything that I think all the time. Have you ever stopped and thought that I might not want to share my inner most thoughts with you." He began to pace around the room like a caged animal. Virginia took a step away from wolf at this outburst. What's wrong with him she thought. Its not a full moon here for a few more days at least. So it can't be that. I need to calm him down.

"Being you Wife. I thought if you needed to speak to anyone it would be me." Said Virginia softly and calmly.

Wolf's face changed from a glare into a softer but sadder look.

"There are things about me you don't know about." Whispered Wolf.

"Like what?" Asked Virginia.

Wolf started to sweat. He didn't like the way the conversation was going. I'm going to be spending the rest of my life with her. She would find out soon or later.

Wolf faced Virginia his expression was grim.

"Hearing the name Queen Riding Hood brought back some bad memories." Said Wolf quietly.

Virginia watched her husband intensely. She had never seen him like this before and it worried her.

"Go on." Virginia gestured softly. "What memories?"

Wolf took in a deep breath. He was going to have speak about a subject he didn't even like thinking about.

"My parents death." Wolf looked to the ground.

"Why would Queen Riding Hood remind you of your parents death?" Asked Virginia carefully not wanting to up set Wolf even more. "I thought your parents were killed by farmers."

"That's true." Answered Wolf looking up angrily, his eyes a burning yellow. "But it was Queen Riding Hood second, Mother of the current Queen Riding Hood, daughter to Red Riding Hood, that give them the order to burn them!"

"I'm so sorry Wolf." Said Virginia in shock.

"I need to be alone." Growled Wolf storming out of the room. "Don't wait up for me."

As the door closed Virginia heard a small thump to the ground. She looked down and spotted a black leather credit card holder. It must belong to Wolf she thought. He must have dropped it.

Virginia opened the holder. But instead of credit cards it was full of small pictures of herself and Wolf together.

Family is really important to Wolf, she thought as she pressed to pictures against her heart.

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Virginia was slowly drifting off to sleep. She had excused herself and Wolf from the evening dinner with the King and her father. She had told them she just needed to rest. They seemed disappointed but accepted her excuse.

She had waited as long as she could for Wolf to return. But she decided she had waited long enough. He will return when he wants to thought Virginia pulling more of the blanket around herself, as she fell to sleep.

Virginia had not been a sleep for more than ten minutes when she suddenly woke up. She wrapped her dressing gown around herself and left her room.

Virginia stood in the dark corridor and inhaled deeply though her nose, trying to pick up a particular scent: meat.

Her scenes where telling her to follow the corridor to the right of her. She obeyed her scenes and went in the directions they told her, finally ending at the palace kitchen.

Virginia walked into the kitchen slowly trying to spot anyone working in there. But there was not a soul about, not at that time of night. She took in another smell and smiled.

On a large table, in the middle of the kitchen, was the flesh that a woke Virginias scenes. It was a freshly killed lamb, It had not even been skinned yet.

Virginia licked her lips as she picked up a carving knife and started to hack the leg off the body. When she pulled the severed leg away from the lambs body blood leaked out on to the table.

Virginia took a bite of the uncooked lamb leg, which was covered in blood, and chewed it hungrily. It tastes amazing. Very succulent and wonderfully tender She thought as she took another bite. Within five minutes the leg of lamb was just a bone.

Virginia took in a deep breath and wiped the blood away from her mouth with her silk, white sheave as she left the kitchen, to go back to bed, with the blood from the lambs body dripping off the table to the ground.