Heiress of Dark World

Chapter 7 : A Pack of Wolf

Venice Claire's POV

Every day is a normal day for me, I died at night and back to life in the morning.

Guess what, I was turning 12 years old when I master the power of smell, it takes almost 2 years to perfect it.

Well, I found the dawn as a perfect time to train my senses through meditations and breathing practices.

According to the book it is called Ayurveda and I have reached the higher part of my consciousness. I won't make it to top, to the point that I can talk to God, no, I can't face him, I'm so afraid to meet him and ask him why did he do this to me.

I can walk through fire without getting myself burn, it's the reality, and that is how important our senses and consciousness.

My trainings are getting more difficult than before. He stopped putting a substance on my foods because he knew, I wouldn't fall for it.

In the past three years, the trainings includes weapons...

Every Tuesdays he introduced to me every weapons and how to use it. We went to different warehouses composed of weapons.

On Wednesday we fight using those weapons. At night he treated the wounds I got, which includes slashes and bullets.

He is really good in medicine...

Every week different family of weapons was introduced to me. Family of swords, knives, guns, bullets, archers, explotions.

And these weapons... have already struck me. It tortured my body at its worst state.

Good thing that my experimentation on medicine was useful for closing my wounds fast. If I run out of blood there's a blood reserve to fill my body again, and Uncle Dos have done that many times.

I'm becoming expert in the use of weapons from three years of training. To the fact that, I have defeated the old man in our battle many times but when I get the chance to kill him, his people shoot me with their guns until I can't move.

There, I discovered that my best expertise are sharp things.

Sometimes he led me in an island and gave me a map of ocean to get to the other island where he was waiting. He just gave me an amount of food that can sustain my day, and guess what, it takes miles to get to the other island, so from morning until evening all I did was swimming.

He told me to just swim. It didn't happen once but many times...

Everyday there are so many surprises. It also happened that I was tortured in three months, just torture.

In that three months, I did not see mom and Carlo.

Time have passed I'm getting expert in unlocking chains, with the use of sticks, pins or anything I can see and use. After three months in chains, I've been great in unlocking it, faster in it, that's why I get out of it.

To tell you I'm immune to pain, and it seems like I couldn't live without it. Pain is nothing to me anymore... I'm blank and emotionless outside.

I was back in the present when Carlo snapped his fingers in front of me. Yes, today is Sunday and I am now 13 years old "What are you thinking, hmm?" He said scratching his chin.

"Nothing." I answered plainly, we are watching a movie entitled 'Twilight' it's a great movie but then again it's just a fiction, made out of imagination and not reality.

Carlo was worried when I did not came home for three months, he told me that he tried coming, but he got lost and has been lurking around the street for 5 days. Huh.

He defended himself by saying he's good in fighting but not in directions. Tch.

I looked at him, he is looking at me playfully. Suddenly, his face turned serious. "I heard your dad talking to his phone, I mean to someone with his phone yesterday, he said 'I think she's ready. It's time to take her in the cave for a week'." he mimicked my dad's voice.

"We need to prepare, if he think you're ready, it might be the most difficult part" he patted my shoulder "he will put you in a cave for a week, we need to prepare the things you needed. Tell me anything you might need."

I shove his hand out of my shoulder "I don't care how difficult it will be, it doesn't matter." Looking back in the TV.

"What do you mean doesn't matter?!" His voice rose which made me looked at him, confused "It might get you killed!" He snapped.

This time I laughed but I produces an evil laugh, he looked scared for a moment, what? Do I look that bad on laughing? So, I stopped "Killed?" I stand up and leaned on his now questioning face "I'm long dead, and if my heart stop pumping blood, that's a gift I yearned for years."

I stand straight and walked away, wanting to go inside my room, he might be my bestfriend but he doesn't have the right to get mad.

I stopped on my thoughts when a hand held my wrist making me turned face to face with him. I'm shocked to see his watery eyes.

"Don't say that please, you're the only family I have left ever since my whole family died... I felt nothing, my heart was broken into pieces but when I met you," he breathed in, closing his eyes and opened it once again then continued "I made a reason to live because I made a bestfriend and a sister that I have to protect. You gave me a reason in life, you've been my strength." He sobbed "I know you are there listening to me. I'm begging you, don't take it away from me. Stay alive." he said looking straight into my eyes, with tears flowing down his cheeks, it seems like he's looking for something inside me...

Every Sunday for the past years, Carlo became my best friend and my brother. He always tried making me laugh but he did not succeed, coz' I think, he's dumb. But smirk became my emoji for him that never leave my face if he joked around.

He's also bossy for being overprotective... What a child, I rolled my eyes for the thought, bringing me back to the present.

I looked down from his gaze, the pain is nothing to me... Should I give myself a life of more years in hell? Should I give myself chances to smell my own blood for more years?

He's selfish! I looked at his hoping eyes once again.

Suddenly, a picture of my mom smiling with eyes full of dreams for me popped up on my mind and Carlo's cheered face with eyes full of life. Am I willing to sacrifice my peacefulness to battle for that?

It took time for me to answer but I nodded while looking on his face "I'll try to survive." His face light up and he wiped off his tears using the back of his hands, he smiled so wide.

"Thank you so much little princess." He said with a hug, he pulled out.

"Now, what do I need?" I asked, tch. I know that he knew what I needed. He might had been preparing it.

"Ow about that, wait here." He ran up to the guest room, his room. Yup he lives here ever since dad introduced him to me. I walked back on the couch we were sitting earlier.

Then he came back with a backpack. See? He's prepared! That's how overprotective he is.

"Here's your things, every basic needs in a camp is already in there. Flashlight, foods, I only put easy open canned goods, good for a week and biscuits, a blanket it's kinda small but suits your body, a lighter, a knife and a little gun. There are others that I can't say all at once, I forgot." He scratched the back of his neck.

"It's fine you don't need to tell me, I will see it by then." I said "thank you."

He smiled so bright "No worries princess, but remember this, don't take that bag out of your hold once that old man will take you from here." He said, his eyes are getting dark the moment he mentioned that old man.

I nodded at him, I put the bag down and pulled him in a hug, he hugged me back, soothing my back for a comfort that I needed.

This night mom sleep with me, every night she read a story to make me fall asleep, tonight it's about a story of a little girl lost in a forest, where she made friend with a wolf that helped her get out of the forest. The wolf stayed with her for days until the end of the forest, where her family is waiting for her return.

"You know sweetie, every creature in this world have their weakest and softest spot, and that is what you have to find out." I looked at her and she seems to stared out of the wall, mesmerizing something, so I just let her and she added "Your father is the ruthless person I had ever met, do you know that he killed so many people and I thought he would kill me too, but he gave me a chance and as time goes by I'm getting to know your father and I did not realized I'm falling for him, and that was the moment I'd known his softest side, which made him fall in love with me too." She smiled softly looking at me.

"Always remember, be brave and be smart those are the greatest weapon in the battle. Now, time to go to sleep." She kissed my forehead and I closed my eyes, I felt her lay down in my bed. Softest side.

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The time went so fast I'm now back in the old mansion. We just got here from the Tarre's mansion, I ran towards my room. If you're curious on the bag, the old man doesn't want me to bring something from the Parker's mansion.

So, Carlo put the bag on the van the same as he put himself in the van when I caught him in my closet. He's sneaky...

I looked around if Uncle was here, but it seems like he went somewhere. So, I went back in the van and took the bag back to my room.

After a while I heard footsteps coming, so I hide the bag under my bed. The door opened and revealed the old man.

"Prepare yourself and your things you'll be gone for a week." That's all he said and then walked out. We really never had a talk. Tch.

I prepared my things. I took a handy bag, it's a little bigger than Carlos' bag. I put some of my clothes in it, including Carlos' bag so the old man wouldn't see it.

Well, he gave me my privacy and did not try to look at my things.

We have travelled for miles and I never let myself fall asleep to memorize the way we're going, I have to be prepared for any possibilities.

"Where are we going?" I curiously asked, not even daring to look at him.

"You'll see." He said with a hint of amusement in his voice. Tch. As I expected.

The van stopped in an isolated area, he opened my door fast and started dragging me. We walked in the deserted forest for almost 2 kilometers, until I saw armed men circling the entrance of the cave.

I tried taking my hand out from his grip, but it's too tight.

"Hey! What is that cave, why did you bring me here?" I asked trying to get out but he keeps on dragging me not even bothered to answer my question.

Then he throws me inside. I tried to run but armed men blocked my way aiming their guns on my head.

"Try to move or I'll shoot your head." The old man said, annoyed.

I stopped on my track, I promised Carlo I'll survive. Suddenly, I felt a bag thrown on me, it's my handy bag. And another plastic bag, when I opened it, these are foods and water.

"Your task is to survive for a week here in this Morounes Cave with a pack of wolf." he said like giving a simple instruction.

I immediately looked up shocked 'with a pack of wolf!?' For years I felt something inside me slowly building up. Fear.

Oh no, why do I feel this? Maybe, because I need to survive for my mom, I need to survive for my promise to Carlo. "The gate will be open on Sunday morning, I'm expecting you to be here." He continued then turned his back on me as I heard a big stone being move. Oh no!