Chapter Four

Wolfe sat up slowly. He put a hand on his forehead and took a few deep breaths. He looks down and notices that he is no longer on the ground of central park, but in a bed, one of the softest beds he has ever had the pleasure of sleeping in. His eyes slowly looked around his surrounding. He was in a bed room. A sent tickled his nose, he closed his eyes and breathed in deeply; "roses" he said as he slowly turned to the night table bedside the bed there stood a vase full of purple and pink roses; at least two dozen if not more.

As he breathed he smelled another sent. One he found more delicious then the smell of the roses. It reminded him of warm vanilla sugar. He had smelled the sent once before; "where I have smelled that before?" Wolfe pushes back the heavy blanket and made his way slowly to the vanity. He looked into the mirror. There was no mistaking who his father is, almost everything about him was a reflection of his father; expect his eyes, they belonged to his mother.

His glance fell away from his reflection to a picture on the vanity. It was a girl and what appeared to be her parents although she looked nothing like them. His mind reflected on when he was a cub growing up with his parents. He smiled a little thinking of a moment that passed between him and his father.

Wolfe picked the picture up, "You are the most beautiful creature alive." He spoke to the picture as if it was really her. Wolfe couldn't take his eyes off her face, her violet eyes entranced him. As he stood there looking at the photograph the sent of warm vanilla sugar become stronger in his nose. He soon realized that sent belonged to her and she was making her way towards the room. "Huff puff". He quickly returned the photograph back to the vanity and ran to the bed just as the door knob began to turn.

Amber slowly opened the door in one hand she is held a tray that had a bowl of chicken soup some crackers and a few slices of bread. "Oh you're awake" she looked at the man in her bed. "How do you feel?" she set the tray on the night table.

"Fine, thank you."

"I'm amber"
"My name is Wolfe..."

"Wolfe, well that's not a name you hear often." Amber pauses "I like it"

"I think your name is very beautiful and it is very fitting of an angel like you." Wolfe says charmingly.

"Last night you....what I mean is, what happen to you last night? You were just laying there in the middle of the side walk, I thought you got mugged or had a heart attack or something. Then you told me not to take you to the doctors. I didn't know what else to do so I brought you here." Amber had real concern on her face that Wolfe found very touching.

"I guess you could call it a sickness that I have every once in a while. Thank you sweet lady for all of your help I greatly appreciate it." Wolfe reached for her hand and kissed it gently. "How can I repay you?"

"There is nothing, I'm just glad to see you doing so much better."

Wolfe looked deep in her eyes, then a feeling returned to him. its here, whatever the king sent me to look for is right here his eyes slowly moved down to the necklace that she was wearing and saw the little purple gem around her neck, That has to be it. But how am I going to get it Wolfe thinks in his mind.

Wolf held wife's hand as he walks her through the woods. He notices the look on her face "my love what is wrong."

"Do you think Wolfe is okay?"

"I'm sure he is..."

"It was a full moon last night" Virginia cuts him off. "You know how he tries to fight what he is"

"I'm sure he's fine" Wolf wraps an arm around her. His eyes slowly move to the sky over head. "Come on we better go home it doesn't look safe to be out here any longer" Virginia nods in agreement.

The sky over head is not a dark gray as it would be if I a storm was coming. It was black. Dark black. It was dangerous to anyone caught near it without covering. Everyone knew soon this darkness will prove more deadly then anyone could imagine. The king new this might be then end of his kingdom if the jewel was not found in time.