Amelia woke up to find a black haired man with blue grey eyes sitting next to her and that she was laid in a soft bed. Looking round she saw that it was fairly ornate and then she looked at the man.
"Greetings you are safe that Castle GriffinWing do not worry the widows are shut no light can harm you," he said speaking in a rich accent lordly.
"You know" Amelia replied speaking for the first time.
"Yes I know you and I have waited to meet you again for a long time, I will not harm you. This is my home I found you three nights ago" he said.
"I do not know"
"Say nothing your wounds are healed I will send some food up for you the red wine is blood" with that he left.
As promised a servant arrived with food and Amelia eat with huger and thought about for her savoir.
"He knows what I am yet he has not killed me this is strange. He said he had wanted to meet me again. I have never seen him but his eyes they are familiar some where t matters not he will tell me in time"
Some time later the man came back bringing with him a long green dress with soft shoes.
"It is night put these on and I will shoe you round the castle".
"I have questions to ask of you human I do not know if I can trust you"
"That is understandable and I will answer your questions once you are dressed".
A few minutes later Amelia left the room in the dress and both went down stairs. On the way they passed a young brown haired girl. Reaching the ground floor the man took Amelia into the back gardens an they sat down.
"Now you can ask away no one baring the girl you saw knows what you are and it must stay that way," he said.
"I want to know why you know what I was and why you do not fear me".
"It was twenty years ago that wolf had attacked a village and you came. Most of the people had been killed baring a few. That nigh you saved a little five-year-old boy. You took him on your horse and told him things would be ok and you have a ring with your initial on it. You then gave him to humans that appeared a lord with brown/silver hair".
"Yes I remember that boy" then she saw the ring on his hand.
"I am that boy grown up that man was by father I have been looking for you for a long time Amelia".
"How do you know that?"
"I heard one of the other call you it that night I have waited to meet you ever since then".
"Thank you for this ah these wounds they still hurt we heal fast but".
"The healers that did that I dare not leave them I am sorry but you will have to stay until they are healed".
"My friends will be looking for me but if I must stay the so be it a week will do no harm".
The following night Amelia stayed in bed as the wounds were more painful and the girl came to her."Hello I am Dorika my brother saved you in thanks for what you did that night. I was there I saw what happen I was with our mother he had run off and I stayed with mother".
"You are both strange you look little like your father yet his other children were there that night".
"This castle is our mothers she was the daughter of a war lord that had been causing trouble". With this Dorika looked away. "Our father went against him and sized the castle mother had no part in it father liked her and so long as she obeyed him all her father wealth could go to her. She accept then father he took her and had her, he stayed here for a month night after night to secure this land".
"So that is the way things are you are his bastard children".
"Yes he does not care for us but he made a deal an will not break it, we live here as long as we obey the will of his heir".
"That is the way things work child it has been like that for a long time and will not change, he has not told me his name".
"He will so when he is ready I will not say if he has not, am glad to meet you at last" with that she left and Amelia slept.
The next night she waited in the garden in the same green dress and the man appeared next to her.
"I am glad you spoke to my sister she is nice and you know your history".
"I did and now I want to know your name".
"Dmitri, that is my name Amelia".
"It is good to know you have asked me much about my world I get the impression that you want to join us".
"It had crossed my mind I was never sure my place here I have no chance of becoming any one" he replied.
"You could join us you and your men and Dorika. You would start off in the lower ranks but it would be easy to move up over centuries it would happen" Amelia replied.
"I will think it over Dorika may not want to but it has been on my mind since that night".
"I am here for four more nights then leave you must have decided by then".
Two nights had passed and Amelia sat chatting with Dmitri and Dorika when there was a shout.
"Amelia thank the ancestors I have found you" looking round all saw Marcell standing there.
"Marcell I am fine this is Dmitir and his sister Dorika he saved me life and both have looked after me".
Stepping out of the trees Marcull shook Dmitri's hand and kissed Dorika on the cheek.
"Greetings I am Marcell I thank you for taking care of her".
"Marcell I stay one more night both have a choice to make. Dmitri was that little boy I saved all those years ago".
"I thought he looked familiar if you are thinking of doing it then take care. Victor and all are worried especially Eniko she is scared that you have been killed".
"You can tell her that I am fine and that I will come back tomorrow night".
"Fine an escort will come here, then take care my lady" with that he vanished.
"You have to decide tonight what you want to do".
"I want to become what you are Amelia" replied Dmitri.
"So do I there is nothing for us here the men belong to our half brother we have no chance in this world" replied Dorika.
"Ok then you will both leave with me tomorrow night to escort me back. Once back at the castle I will bite you both and take your cloths. I will then kill a man a bandit and mutilate his body and put his cloths on you. Dorika the remains of your dress will be found next to the body. That way all will think you have been killed".
"Ok then that is how it must be since our mother died we have nothing now we have smoothing" replied Dmitri.