Thirst for Vengeance - Victoria Sinclair (to read list .TXT) 📗

"Im going to take a trip into town, you stay here and rest ok?" Bryce said as he was getting up. "This fire should go out by itself in about an hour, so enjoy it while you can alright?" He gave me a smile as he stepped around the fire and was quickly lost from sight. 

Scooting a little close to the fire I wrapped my arms around my legs and looked into the crackling flames. I couldn't wait until I was better, I couldn't wait to find the two beings that had made my life a living nightmare. I just needed a little patience, a little more training. 

Since my belly was full and the warmth of the fire and warmed me up considerable I decided to go back inside and lay down. Might as well sleep while I can, because once I got out of here nothing was going to stop me from achieving my goal. 

It had been almost a week since Bryce had taken me in, I had spent most of my mornings stretching out my muscles and running laps around his house. I had made sure to stay close because the forest unnerved me every since the run in with the faerie. Not seeing any sight of her all week made me more relaxed but I still was not ready to go near it again. For washing's I had decided to walk down to a river that was on the west end of the house, there was still forest but not as thick as the woods around the pond. 

I was finally feeling like myself again and as far as I could feel my wounds were finally healed. It has been awhile since. Today was finally going to be the day that I left, I had already told Bryce last night that I needed to go and thanked him for all that he is done. When I asked him how I could pay him back he advised me not to worry about it. 

I had spent most of the morning jogging around the house, building my stamina back up and occasionally glancing over toward the mysterious pound. After about my tenth lap Bryce walked outside and waved at me. Today he was wearing nothing put black leather trousers and a white cotton tight that looked to be a little tight on him, not that I had minded. He has kept a distance from me since I had been there, sleeping on the floor while I slept on the bed. I had offered multiple times to switch places with him but he always refused.  

Although it was odd, I had always went to sleep before he did and it seemed like he was always up and out whenever I came to in the mornings. Of course, maybe I was just a late sleeper who knew. 

Bryce gave me a smile as I slowed down and stopped a few feet away from him, slowly moving my hands through my hair to get all the strands out of my face. "Its about time, I'm going to head down to where me and..." I stopped a moment, frowning. "Where Alex and I were." It was still hard to think let alone talk about him, Bryce hadn't let me go back out there. Bryce said he had buried the body for me, another thought I didn't really want to think about. 

Bryce gave me a small smile and handed me a medium leather bag containing all my clothes. I grabbed the bag gratefully and smiled at him again, "It was nice meeting you, again thank you for everything you have done." 

"It was really not problem, but you can't count me out just yet Aurora." Bryce said as he walked back inside the house. I stood there for a moment, confused. Before I realized it Bryce was right back outside with a leather bag of his own, his blue eyes twinkled. "Figured I'd hang around with you for a little bit." 

All I could do was stand there for a moment, my mouth slightly agape. "What?" Was all that I could manage to stutter. Bryce walked off the porch and started walking past me towards the trail, "Come on slow poke, if you want to make it to town by nightfall!" I kept staring at him for a moment as he took off, when it finally processed what was going on I went to take a step forward to follow him. At that moment a small hand grabbed mine, shocking me and causing my to jerk to the side. Looking over a saw a familiar oval face with red frizzy hair, it was Sunny. 

"Wait! Wait! Don't be scared, I won't get mad again. I know you're leaving, and it might be a long time before you come back. I want to warn you." Her face was serious, giving me chills down my body. "Warn me about what? I really need to go.." Bryce hadn't turned around yet but I could barely see him through the tree line. Sunny pouted slightly as she saw where I was gazing, "I know you like him but you can not trust him! You have to believe me." I sighed loudly and begun to walk in the direction Bryce had went, I was not going to listen let alone trust a creature that had thrown me into a tree. 

Green eyes appeared in front of me, I saw her golden wings in action as she floated in front of me. It was a beautiful sight, almost reminded me of a hummingbirds wings. "Listen, just take my words as fruit of thought. You are a powerful being and can not fall under his lies." I narrowed my eyes and move around past her, "What do you mean a powerful being? A powerful human sure, and I have not fallen for anything he has said." I started walking faster, needing to her away from the faerie. However she had other plans, appearing before me once again. "Do you remember on the trail when you could hear the rider behind you?" 

This made me stop cold, "How did you know-" Sunny put up her hands, making me pause. "Just listen, he will be back in a moment and I do not have time to argue with you. You will learn everything in due time. You are not normal, your fate is tied to his and not in a good way. You will have a difficult choice to and you need to make the right one. Don't trust anyone." With those final words, she was gone. Her words bothered me and stirred something in my memory, but I couldn't place it. I didn't have long to think before I realized Bryce was coming back toward me, worry displayed on his face. 

"Is everything ok? I figured you would be right behind me?" I smiled and nodded, trying to forget all the words Sunny had just put in my head, she was just a faerie that didn't know what she was talking about. At least, that's what I was telling myself as I started walking with Bryce toward the trail. I couldn't explain how she had known about the incident on the trail, or what she was going on about the  me being a powerful being. I pushed it to the back of my mind as Bryce and I finally reached the trail. I looked over at him, "Where is the closest town?" Bryce stopped for a moment, looking towards both sides of the trail. After a moment he finally pointed toward the winding path that was going up the mountain. "There is a tiny village on top of the mountain we can stop at, from there we can continue down the other side and there will be a bigger village there. We could pick us up a contract or two." He said smiling. I, however, frowned at this. I was not sure if I was ready for another partner or not, but I also was not ready to travel alone after the accident. "Alright, lets move on then!" 

My feet were aching by the time we reached the end of the mountain trail and had arrived at a small town named Winhaven. The small lodge at the top of the moment had not been able to offer them any rooms, they were all filled with hunters. The sun was dipping quickly in the sky, casting a purple shade over the town. I stared at the scene in front of me in wonder and fascination, this was the biggest town I had ever seen. The town was nothing like I could have imagined, it had been built into the side of a ruff and scraggly cliff face. 

I usually only had seen the village down in the valley, or the small one on top of the mountain, but never one built into a cliff. If I was seeing right there was also a giant manor like house at the top of the craggy mountain, it made me wonder what luxury was inside that giant place. The town was built lower down the mountain face, a series of tall but narrow buildings with highly slanted roof lines that were connected together, though they came in all sorts of variety and shapes. 

Lower down, along the flatter lands, was another series of buildings. If I had to take a guess, there where maybe about several hundred people living in this town. I had never seen anything so big and was completely overwhelmed and beside myself. "I want to turn around and go back, I can't do this." I muttered quickly as I tried to turn around and go back up the mountain side. "Ah, come on you haven't even walked inside yet! I promise I will stay next to you the entire time." Bryce arched and eyebrow and tugged me forward. 

Lanterns and torches were already being lit, giving the town a peaceful air to it. I then looked up at the manor house, wondering if there would be lanterns or torches lit up there. However, to my disappointment no lights came from the manor, maybe it was abandoned. "This is a very good place to find a contract, hell maybe you will run into some of your monster hunter friends." Bryce said with another smile as he again tugged me towards town. 

"There are many inns and travelers here, you see this town is on a crossroad." Bryce pointed to some