Zari? The woman’s name was so strange yet pretty at the same time. “It’s lovely to meet you as well Zari.” The Princess said with a happy smile. Grace watched as the werewolf pulled her dagger out of the tree with ease, she had tried to pull the dagger out with no luck twice, and yet it seemed so easy for this woman. “Thank you.” She said reaching out to take it from the woman, before blinking with a confused look as she kissed Grace’s noise. She stared at her for a moment before turning to leave and go home. 

Behind her, the woman said something about vampires, causing her to stop and turn around. [b]“There are no such…..”[/b] Grace stopped herself though, yesterday she was saying the same thing about the beast, and it was clearly real. Honestly it might be a good thing that she didn’t believe in vampires; after all she was just told the bite she had gotten from the beast might mean something more than a scar. The fact that vampires were real might just push her off the edge. Grace shook her head as she cleared her throat. [b]“Good night Zari.”[/b] She said instead emerald eyes scanning the woman’s body once more with a smile as she turned to leave the woods.

Quickly Grace made her way out of the woods, before quietly walking near the edge of the forest until at the outer part of the wall. Looking back at the forest for a moment, she squeezed through one of the cracks. As she moved around the front of the castle she stopped at the sight of her father waiting for her, arms crossed as he stared sternly at her. 

[b]“Grace where have you ran off to?”[/b] He asked sternly as his eyes shifted down to the sliver dagger which held to her side by the bejeweled hilt. [b]“Did you return to the woods after I told you it would not be tolerated?”[/b] He added angrily. Grace frowned putting the dagger in its sheath as her father showed his anger, his voice was loud to her and the light breeze seemed to echo slightly. Grace kept her eyes on the ground, after being near Zari the want to fight with her father was surpassed. 

[b]“I am giving you a guard to keep you out of the forest, if I cannot.”[/b] A rather tall black haired and fit man stepped beside the King bowing to Grace with a smile. However there was something about the man seemed…..off to her, she felt uncomfortable in front of him. As she knew there was no way to get her father to change his mind, Grace pushed her way past her father to go to bed. That night her dreams centered around Zari and herself. It was enough to make Grace blush all throughout the day when she thought about it. The thoughts only made the pull of going back to forest so much worse, but she was strong enough to keep herself from going in the day, at least for now.