The monster makes an appearance (Finale)

[I added a place called Einearth, its not a place in the lore. It's a place to help the story. Hope you guys don't mind, as much as I hate breaking the lore. I feel like this is good for the character development of Cera. Thanks for reading!!!! Please leave a review, it will really help the story!!!]

We are walking to the Rosemary and Thyme with the stuff that we have. Just some basic supplies that we got on the way here. We still have the most important thing which is the bags of coin. They are good and safe, those are important for the future. I am grateful that we have Jaskier to help us here in Novigrad. Having free lodging and a safe place to stay is nice. When we are done talking to Jaskier's contact at the Minstrel, we can see if Ciri is pregnant.

We soon make it to our destination and we knock on the door. "Who is it?!" This time it's a female saying it. Guess the story's about Jaskier were true, Geralt and Yen told me the story's about there time together with Jaskier. Apparently he was with a different woman more than Geralt was. I didn't know how bad it could have been since I never saw Geralt with other women. Yen was pretty adamant on making sure I knew that Geralt was a man whore. Her words, not mine. Thinking back, those two didn't have the best relationship.

I look to Ciri to answer her, she knows Jaskier way better than me so it's only fitting that she is the one that responds. It is his business after all, I wonder if he does intend to make this place a brothel. It would be a waste of a nice property in my opinion. "It's Jaskier's friends!! We were here earlier!!" Ciri keeps it brief, I can see her shivering from the cold right now. Its one of those nights, good thing we have a bed too sleep in tonight.

We hear soft footsteps approach the door and it opens. I must say, the young lady that answered the door is quite beautiful. Didn't think Jaskier had it in him to be honest, guess I was wrong. She looks at us and we look at her. There is a silence that isn't breaking, soon she moves to allow us in. As we enter she finally asks a question. "So your the two that Sir Dandelion was talking about. He was right in saying that you both stick out." I guess she was prepared for us. So that means Jaskier is out right now, I wonder what he's up to.

I look to the small woman, she is pretty short. Must be 5'4 maybe 5'5. Ciri is very tall for a lady standing at 5'9, when the heels are on she is 5'11. I am much taller than most men, so I guess most people would be considered short in my opinion. "Who are you? Jaskier never said anyone was coming over." I should find out her intentions, I know she isn't a threat. However, if she is waiting here instead of Jaskier, then he is doing something without us. I wouldn't think he is doing anything of ill will. I am concerned though, the way he reacted when we got here was suspicious.

She gives me a nice smile, I think this one has the chance to capture the bards heart with a smile like that. "I am Priscilla, other's may know me as Calloneta. I'm a bard and actress, you must be Cera." I haven't heard of her, but that doesn't mean she isn't famous. I am sure that if she can associate herself with Jaskier she has talent. I can see Ciri staring at me with a look telling me to hurry up. I wonder why she is in such a rush.

I look back to Priscilla with a smile to reciprocate the warm welcome. "Yeah I'm Cera, and that one over there is Ciri. It's nice to meet you." I hold out my hand and we shake in a polite greeting. I guess we have another ally here in Novigrad. I wonder how many bards we are going to have helping us, we finish shaking hands and I feel a weird chill go up my spine. I don't know why, but I feel like I did something I shouldn't have done. Priscilla gives a look as if I know something. "What?" I don't know why she is looking at me like that.

She takes a breath and walks to the table and hands me a book. "Read it, I'm sure you will find the contents interesting." Now that's a little weird, what use would this book serve me. I flip open the cover and the first thing I see is 'The Emerald Death and The Massacre of Einearth city'.

I look back at her thoroughly confused. "What is this?" I have never heard of this, but if Priscilla or Jaskier know about this. Then others will too, I can't believe someone actually wrote about that horrible day. There was so much blood, so much I did wrong.

She takes the book from me and puts it back on the table. "It's a story of what you did in Einearth city, beyond the mountain range of the continent. You are quite popular with the scholars and bards on this side of the mountains. I would have thought you knew by now, didn't think you would be such a nice guy after reading that tail." So my sins and crimes against humanity have reached this far. Philip did say he recognized me, but this is ridiculous. If people found out that I was here, they might try something stupid.

Ciri walks over and grabs my arm. She drags me away from Priscilla and brings me to our stuff. "I need you to bring this up to our room. Help me with it." I think she is upset at something. I don't get what I did wrong.

I stop her really fast so I can speak to her. "I need to ask Priscilla a few more questions about that book." I turn away from her before she can say anything. Then I feel a tight grip on my right shoulder and I am forcefully turned around looking at Ciri again.

Ciri gives me a happy looking face, but the feeling I'm getting from her isn't a happy feeling at all. "I. Said. Help. Me. Bring. This. Up. To. Our. Room." I am over come with a need to listen to her. I give her a silent nod and pick up the stuff really fast. She goes behind me and puts her hands on my back pushing me up the stairs. I don't know why she is acting like this, maybe it's a girl thing.

I bring the stuff up to our room and she closes the door fast behind us. I set the stuff down and turn to her. "Did I do something wrong?" If I know what I did I can make sure I don't do it again. She turns away from me really fast as she releases a huff in the process. I am really confused right now.

She is still turned away from me as I hear her voice. It is much quieter than normal when she speaks to me. "What do you think of that Priscilla girl.....She seemed to really like talking to you....." I get it now. She's jealous about me talking to Priscilla, I wonder what would make her think like that. I walk up behind her and hug her.

I rest my head on top of hers, I think I can turn this around. I hope this doesn't happen a lot, I get Priscilla is beautiful, but I wouldn't look at other women the way I do Ciri. "Are you jealous of Priscilla? I find it hard to have a legitimate reason to react that way...." She stays silent and I just wait for her to give me a response.

~~~(POV Ciri)~~~

I feel so dumb right now. I can't believe I just did all of this to get him away from her. Unknown to her, the Elder Blood had an affect on her mind. It was making her protect what was hers, an incredibly powerful bond has formed between the two. Her magic made her react in the way she did so she wouldn't lose Cera. The magic is an instinct, not a conscious thing. When she first thought of how beautiful Priscilla was, her magic ran on instinct. Taking her 'mate' away from a potential rival. Cera would have done the same thing if the positions were altered.

The feeling I had earlier is gone now, I just had to get him away from her. I don't know why though, I feel like an obsessive stalker now. I should give him an answer, he has been waiting awhile now. "I'm sorry I reacted like that Cera.....I couldn't stop myself.....I feel so stupid right now....." Cera isn't like that. In all fairness, when a guy approaches me it isn't really nice or polite these days. I probably made a bad first impression on Priscilla too. I was very rude in yanking Cera away like that. They were in the middle of talking for crying out loud.

After I give my answer he chuckles and kisses the top of my head. "It's okay, I think you should apologize too Priscilla later though. She looked pretty shocked when you did that." I can understand that. It is also the mature thing to do, I really hope I'm not like this around every girl Cera talks too. If so, I'm going to have a problem with that. He just holds me here, he lays his cheek on my head relaxing. I'll admit, this is really helping right now. Getting past things like this will be hard for me, but it's never Cera's fault. I just need to not be so jealous.

After a good 10 minutes of him just holding me we hear a bunch of noise and yelling down stairs. I don't think this is going to be good, I remember what happened earlier today. Jaskier has trouble paying people back from what I remember. He has a tendency to borrow money from people and then piss them off. Cera lets go of me and we head downstairs ready for a fight.