Issue #3-Chapter 5, Part 2

As soon as I walked towards the stairs, I walked upwards on the first floor and took a look around. Despite being dark in here, everything seemed back to normal except the door pieces lying on the floor.

I looked down at those pieces and tried not to step on them while I walked towards the exit. Standing by the doorway, my eyes scanned my environment, only to see buildings without any lights on, the road below me and the fog in my way. I was at least happy to see no werewolves in sight.

The smell of death and decay still bothered me and the sound of silence filled the air around me. The cold air caused me to have some goosebumps on my skin.

I shivered even more whenever I examined that fog. Something about it just gave me the creeps, especially when that werewolf came out of there like that earlier.

Standing there for a while longer, I swallowed my spit and took a deep breath once again. Alright, Mara. Here we go now. I began walking on this path towards the end of the alleyway, reminding myself of the directions the old man gave me earlier.

While I walked, I would look front and back just to make sure no werewolf was in sight. It could be anywhere, even hiding in the fog!

Once I finally got there, I looked both ways for any signs of the werewolf present. I found nothing but the street lights, leafless trees and buildings.

When I was about to turn left, I spotted a pool of fresh new blood lying on the ground. Curiosity made me investigate the scene, only to find some blood splatter on the walls standing near the pool of blood.

I betted someone was killed recently, and wondered how many survivors were killed as well. It was all a mystery like a shrouded fog. Either way, it definitely made me shiver down my spine, swallowing my spit once more.

Then I noticed something that I missed: the trailing blood on the ground. When I turned to its direction, it probably led to the fountain area or even elsewhere within Pagis. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I reminded myself to find Aleke and...Silverus. I just hoped no werewolves were there at the fountain.

I reluctantly began to turn left and walk forward towards the fountain. While I walked, I turned my head up at the castle, hoping I would be able to escape from this horrible place.

As I was halfway towards my destination, there was no sound of a running fountain at all. It felt as though the water was either dried up or turned off.

Next, my ears caught a woman's scream, followed by the werewolf's roar, made me gasp quietly and jump a bit. I shivered and breathed deeply a couple times, along with swallowing my spit.

The werewolf's growl, the slicing sound of its victim, and a loud thud also in front of me, followed by the dragging sound. I hoped that the victim wasn't Aleke. I really hoped not.

I failed to see either the victim nor the werewolf in sight, with all this fog in the way. So I took a couple steps while moving my terrified eyes sideways. The ax stood near my cheek and its blade reflected it like a mirror.

Although I knew the old man told me to head straight, but there was no way I would be heading there anytime soon. Not ever in my lifetime as long as the werewolf was there. I needed to find another way to that fountain.

My eyes searched everywhere and failed to find any, even behind me. I returned my head to the front and was relieved when I saw no incoming werewolf so far.

Then I bumped onto something behind me, something furry. Huh? I quickly turned around and gasped as a giant shadow was cast upon me, widening my eyes.

It was a werewolf standing before me and growled at me, with its drooling, sharp teeth smirking at me. Its brown fur gazed at me and its yellow, serpent-like eyes gazed at me.

Opening my mouth, I shivered and breathed hard a couple more breaths out of fear. I frowned and widened my eyes when my heart beated on my chest hard and fast, with sweat forming on my forehead, getting ready to slide down on my face. I couldn't believe that I encountered another werewolf.

When it raised its claws up in the air, it roared at me and sent its saliva and bad breath flying towards my face. I was lucky no spit landed on my face up to my chest area.