Chapter 3- What Are You Afraid Of?
"Are you sure I can't be there while you're changing his bandages?" Philip asked as him and Theodosia quickly walked through the village.
Theodosia sighed shifting her arms to hold the medical supplies better, "fine, but you have to stay away from him. You know I'm not allowed to let you in."
Irritated from having to watch her struggle, Philip snatches some of the supplies from her arms. "I don't know why I can't see him. They know how much Alex means to me, he's practically a father to me!" Theodosia stopped, her gaze held on Philip. "What?" Philip questioned. She shook her head, then continued walking.
"Stay there," Theodosia instructed as they walked into the tent. Philip sighed as he made a seat for himself on a nearby table.
"Theo, do you think he'll be okay?" Philip asked.
Theodosia paused as she began to pull off Alex's bandages. "Of course."
"It's been almost two weeks, and there's not even any signs on him waking up," Philip stated.
"I'm sure he'll be fine," Theodosia reassured.
"I don't know," Philip mumbled turning away.
Theodosia sighed as she returned to changing the bandages. She reached over to grab clean one when she felt someone tightly grab her arm. She quickly turned around to see Alex staring back at her. Theodosia inhaled a sharp breath as she stared into his eyes. His cold and clammy hand twitched as it held her arm, while his foggy eyes, full of vibrant red vain, stared back unmoving. Alex's grip tightened causing Theodosia to chock back. Until her throat began to burn, she couldn't handle it anymore, she finally breathed letting out an ear-piercing scream.
The heavy winds howled pulling Angelica's dark curly hair back. "Jefferson!" she shouted. The wolf's ears twitched as he stood up from under the tree. Thomas gave out a low whine when Angelica pulled him down to her level by his thick hair. "How?" She hissed.
"How what?" Thomas asked as he pulled at her hands, trying to get her to let go of him.
"How did you find the humans' village?" She sneered.
"Angie, sweetie, you and your sister aren't the only ones smart enough to know where the humans are located," Thomas smirked.
Angelica scoffed letting go of Thomas. "I knew letting Peggy see that wolf was a bad idea."
"Leave the girl alone, her and Laurens have nothing to do with how I found the village," Thomas stated as he fixed his hair.
"You wolves are really something," Angelica scoffed.
"And you forest nymphs are a bunch of pretentious bitch," Thomas sneered.
Angelica let out a loud growl as she grabbed Jefferson by the shirt collar pulling him back down to her level. "Listen here, you disgusting mutt, if I catch you going anywhere near the human village again I, will, skin you!"
Thomas smirk, "so quick witted."
Angelica scoffed as she pushed Thomas back, "you're on thin ice Jefferson, along with your whole species!" She received no response, just a dumbass smirk for the tall wolf.
"Theo! Theo! Theodosia" Philip called as he chased the young girl through the village.
Theodosia stopped turning to Philip, he was taken back by the tears streaming down the girls face. "Philip, just no!"
"What happened?" Philip asked. Theodosia only shook her head wildly. "Theo," Philip called in a softer tone placing his hands on her shoulders. "What happened?"
Theodosia sighed collecting herself, "there's something wrong about Alexander."
"What do you mean?" Philip asked.
"I-I don't, I mean I don't know exactly," Theodosia mumbled.
Philip sighed dropping his hands, "I think your overacting."
"Philip wait!" Theodosia called as Philip walked away. Philip stopped still facing away from Theodosia. "I don't think you should go near him, you might get hurt." She got no response, Philip just walked away.
Theodosia fingers twitch as she felt pain strike her arm. The young girl looked down pulling up her sleeve, she watched blood escape down her arm. She lifted it up to see five small cuts on her arm. She slowly pulled her sleeve back down looking back at the tent where Alex resides.
"Philip Schuyler, please stay safe," Theodosia whispered.
"Theodosia," Burr called as he walked into the tent, seeing her sitting on her bed reading in candle light.
"Hello dad," she greets closing her book.
"You okay sweetie?" he asked as he sat down next to her.
Theodosia paused, cocking her head. "What do you mean?" she finally spoke immediately knowing what she said didn't quite answer what he asked.
Aaron raised his eyebrows rethinking what his daughter said. "Well I heard some people say that they saw the Schuyler boy chasing you, and that you were crying."
Theodosia eyes widen as she held shocked, embarrassed expression. "Oh, Philip scared me, he was just trying to apologize. You know how much of a crybaby I can be sometimes," Theodosia lied, unsure why she was even lying.
Aaron chuckled wrapping his arm around Theodosia pulling her closer, "Sweetheart you're not a cry baby."
"Well I'm not the bravest," Theodosia stated pulling away from her dad and standing up. "It's definitely one of the reasons I'm not a hunter."
"You don't need to be a hunter, you're too smart, its best for you to use your skill in another way." Burr claimed.
"Father, you're a hunter." Theodosia stated placing her hands on her hips.
Aaron sighed, "Theodosia, you're not a baby, and you definitely don't need to be a hunter." He stood up, quickly gave Theodosia a hug the walked away stopped at the doorway. "Love you."
Theodosia sighed, "love you too." She then walked outside watching her dad walk away. She was waiting for her dad to get out of sight, however a stray noise in the distance caught her attention. She sauntered towards the strange noise but stopped when she noticed Philip running around. Theodosia quickly hid behind a nearby tent. She ran from place to place to keep up with Philip. Theodosia stopped once she realized where he was heading.
She cursed to herself as she watched Philip quickly scan her surrounds then ran into the tent Alexander was in. "Damn it Philip," she sneered as she ran in after him.