Royal Dread (With Shelby) Chapter 15

by Steven in Illinois

OMG SORRY FOR BEING SO SLOW! Everyone wants me to keep making "Desperate for Love"

Reality hit themin the wave of roars. Isabel turned, and sure enough the stupid raptors were back. She stood there frozen, as a raptor charged her down. Jacob was busy fighting another one, and then didn't notice a sickening crunch made, by Isabel's bones. He turned later on and saw her lying there, ready to be food. He stabbed each raptor, one by one roaring in fry, until they left. He picked Isabel up, and hurried. This was not good; the blood would take a very long time to heal. They'd need to stay outside castle grounds for then. Isabel's eyes barely opened. "Jacob...I'm sorry..." she whispered. Jacob slapped aside the apology. "Forget that. Let's get your injury right."

He helped her rather simply, and before she knew it, she was fine. However, there wasn't too much simplicity in her wound. One of her bones had been torn and broken so fiercely she winced randomly time to time. By the time everything was straightened out and the blood flow had been covered up, Isabel was lying down in the bed. She simply stared at him. "Thank you." she whispered. She fell asleep, and Jacob walked outside to the clear sky. Why did they have to be so inhuman? Couldn't they just be regular people, with no trouble at all and no worriesif their nose started bleeding? He grumbled at the sky, then eventually he too laid down to sleep.

When he woke, Isabel was already up, but still lying in bed. Jacob got up, and prepared some basic food by killing a rabbit. He gave her the meat, and she chowed down on it hungrily. Her wrists and fingers were okay, so she could eat simply. Jacob stared at her. "If you had been covered in the head, I'd've mistaken you for a zombie." he said rather shortly. She stared at him, amused. "Of course...but who the heck do you think we are?" she asked. Jacob blinked. "What?"

"Think will you? When our blood is traced by raptors, we can only run away. They can smell our blood, and yet they ignore their favorite meal, humans, and attack fellow monsters? Why do you think that's true?"

Jacob stared. "Do you mean..."