What's hidden behind the shield? (Part - 1)

Cassie who was sniffing in the air to find the presence of the vampire and track him, looked back as she heard the word cry. She innocently tilted her head and looked properly at the trio's face as if trying to figure out who was crying.

"Who is crying and why?" she asked.

Jimmy glared at Lucas as he saw Cassie face all dry and same as it was.

"Where is the tear?" he asked Lucas while glaring him and ignoring Cassie question.

Feeling guilty but yet having no guts to apologize, Lucas ignored his gaze as if nothing ever happened and stepped forward.

"let's go, I will be your play mate," he said to Cassie just to change the topic.

Hearing him, Joey ran up to there, too. He was smiling prettily and nodded, "Yeah, I will be your friend, too! So, what should we play".

Hah! Look at these children, they are so excited to play with me but I don't have time for it yet.

She looked at Jimmy who was standing alone while frowning and ignored him as he did to her.

"If you want to follow me, then you can but I can't play right now since I need to do something urgent," said Cassie, her thin finger passing through her long hair as if combing it.

She didn't stopped to hear their reply since the smell of the vampire blood was fading quickly then it should, and she ran toward the direction from where the faint smell was coming but tilted her head as her running was in vain because her leg was in air.

Lucas was carrying her, not properly but through the collar which was enough to keep her legs in the air. She struggled and moved her legs and hands in sync to get out from his grip but lastly ended up giving him a glare.

"Why are you picking me up like this?" her eyes staring him meanly and lips pursed as if being irritated.

He bragged about his height since Cassie small legs could only take her to a certain distance in a long time. Feeling proud about his height, he said, "Tell me where you want to go, I will bring you there".

"Why, are you her babysitter?" said Jimmy loudly and irritatingly.

Cassie after hearing him felt like being provoked and stuck herself at Lucas like a baby gorilla.

Lucas flinched and looked at her face as she stuck her self to him and blushed since she looked cute while staring at him with her big eyes.

"A.. um..," he hesitated and stuttered as he parted his lips to say something but stopped after he realized that he have already forgotten the question needed to be asked because of her cuteness which left a great impact on his mind.

She looked at his pouting yet shy face and smiled brightly.

Aha! It seems that my cuteness have done the work it needed to do!

"Follow the smell that just surrounded this place, quickly!" she ordered him but it didn't worked since he didn't moved or took a step.

She looked at him while being baffled but he had a terrified look on his face which confused her more.

Why is he like this?

Looking at his frustrated face, she asked, "What's the matter, why aren't you taking me there?".

"That's a forbidden area for wolves like us. Until we become mature enough, we are not allowed to enter that place from where the smell is coming or we will be punished severely," Jimmy said, his arms crossed and eyes looking another way but words were meant for Cassie to hear.

Tsk! This guy, he is still avoiding me as if I am some intruder in his daily life. But what should I do to go there?

Cassie hopped down from his arms and started to head toward the direction while being stubborn even though they warned her about the situation.

Joey panicked and grabbed her hand, "Don't go, you will be punished!".

"Well, until I don't die, I don't mind being punished," she replied aloofly and freeing herself from his soft grip, she again started to move.

"Ahhhm!" a noise came from her mouth as Joey carried her properly like a child, "since you want to go I will take you, after all we are friends".

Friend? Does he really consider me his friend? I was just joking around but it seems that he is serious!

"No, you can't or you will he punished, too," Jimmy yelled as he outstretched his hand to stop Joey.

"Yes, you should not take me or you will be punished, too!" said Cassie with a serious face.

Joey gave a smile to both of them and ran while carrying Cassie using his paws. His human foot turned into a wolf paw as he used it to run quickly. The speed was quite good and unlike what Cassie thought of him, he was more then just a lolita boy.

Since he was going there, the two brother followed him, too, which showed their love between each other.

"You don't mind getting punished because of me, but now your brothers will also get punished," said Cassie while observing his reaction.

He smiled, his eyes looking ahead and air flicking his hair behind, "There is no way that I can stop them, since I know what they feel right now and moreover, if I were them, then I, too, have followed".

So, this is what it really happens when you have a sibling! I had a younger sibling, too, but he left the world even before maturing, so it was just for a short term and I don't really remember what it really feels like having a sibling.

Her left hand around his nape and right hand tugging his shirt, eyes left in daze and hair fluttering everywhere because of the passing air.

At that time, Cassie missed the time and memory of her younger brother who killed himself due to depression. She only remembered how he died but what was the real cause behind his death almost become hazy in her mind since she was only 30 years at that time and a lot of time passed after that.

Joey glanced at Cassie hazy eyes which looked like if lost in thoughts and stopped after a jump, "Ms.." he said since he was yet to know her name, "We are here!".

Cassie blinked and looked at the place after coming back from her daze self.

She got down on the ground and glanced around. It wasn't anything special in particular since there was only a big ground covered with walls from four side with no roof.

It looked quite old covered with moss but the blood print at some places remained as it was. Scuffs and other stuffs used to torture vampires specially made of silver was everywhere on the ground as if it was usual for that ground to have those stuffs.

But still she saw no one there but the presence of a vampire's blood become more stronger as if she only needed to take few more steps and than the vampire will appear in front of you.

"A little far, there is the place where you will see the king. But since he is using a shield to stop others from escaping inside, he will find out your presence if you tried to take a inch inside the shield," said Joey as he seriously looked straight ahead.

Cassie was dumbfounded and she felt baffled, "Uh! What do you…" she stopped since she realized that the reason he brought her there was because he misunderstood her reason for wishing to go to a forbidden place.

He thought that she wished to meet the king, so he brought her but the actual reason was far from reaching his mind.