The Beauty And The Wolf - Chapter 102

“So, how your plan will play out?” Olga asked apprehensively.

Azere cleared her throat. “I can see the witches flocking to our home soon. They will be looking for Maera and Hilda. The guard in the prison facility in the basement of the White Coven Castle will inform everyone that we’re the last person the two women saw before they disappear from this world. It’s only natural that they will come here to demand the women’s return…” Azere answered.

“Are we going to fight them head on? Like fight to the death?” Olga inquired.

Azere smiled. “It looks like we have no other option… but on the other hand we do have another option, in fact, a brilliant one!” she raved.

“So, tell me about it now!” Olga said excitedly.

Azere whispered her plan in Olga’s ears. Done revealing her plan, she smiled smugly. “It’s brilliant isn’t it?” she grinned.

Olga clapped her hands in glee and gushes, “Absolutely perfect!”

“Alright, go now to the room in the basement so that your power will be restored,” Azere commanded.

“Aye!” Olga replied eagerly. She put her mug in the sink and left the kitchen, going to the basement.

Azere stared at the serene view outside the kitchen.

The crystal clear water in the lake looks so calm, but not for long ‘coz the entire Laswich Mountain will be flooded with witches soon. She better get ready for their arrival!

But before that, she will visit the cave first and check on Sabrina, Rhett, and Amara’s condition there, hoping that they’re doing fine during her absence. She missed her charge more than anyone in this world!

Fifteen minutes later.

Olga returned to the kitchen table, looking refreshed and invigorated.

Azere looked at her. “Feeling good that you got your power back?” she asked.

“Yup!” Olga grinned joyously.

Azere asked, “I’m going to visit the cave. Do you like to go with me?”

“Sure!” Olga replied merrily. Then she went silent for a moment. “Um… I just want to ask this. Do you think that one of the medallions in the forbidden room was the one missing that Maera was looking for?” she inquired.

Azere shook her head. “I don’t think so! The two medallions in the basement were already there in the forbidden room since we’re young and before Mother join the Supreme Witch contest. Therefore, the missing medallion was still out there and whoever has it – she or he was keeping their mouth shut not wanting to let the world know that they have the medallion in their possession,” she elaborated further.

“Ah, I see… so… we’re finally going to use the two medallions when the witches start attacking us?” Olga asked.

“Yeah… we have no choice. Do you remember? In the past, Mother told us that we can use the two medallions if our life is in danger and we have to defend Laswich Mountain from invaders. That’s the only valid reason she allowed us. But the moment we’re done using them we have to return the two medallions to its resting place in the forbidden room. We can’t abuse or use the medallions for personal gain or else we will pay a heavy price in the end,” Azere explained.

“Yeah, I remember!” Olga smiled.

Azere finished sipping her coffee, she left the table and washed the cups in the sink.

Olga asked, “When are we going to visit the cave?”

“After two hours,” Azere replied.

“Okay, I’ll just perform some cleaning around the house because there’s dust everywhere!” she said, scrunching up her nose.

“You do that! I’ll prepare our recipe for dinner. I’ll start cooking after we finish visiting the cave,” Azere said.

Olga nods her head and left the kitchen to begin her cleaning spree.

Azere left the kitchen door and went to the back of the house to gather some vegetables in the garden. When she arrived there, overgrown bushes flooded the entire place, she released a deep sigh. The weeds and bushes need to be taken out from the garden or else no more vegetables to harvest in the days to come.

Tomorrow she will start uprooting and cultivating the garden so that they can grow and harvest more.

Once she’s back in the cave, she will just go to her hut and harvest vegetables there because she was confident that Rhett had taken good care of her vegetable garden there since it’s one of their readily available food sources.

A few minutes later, Azere failed to harvest anything from the garden, she released a deep sigh. Time to go to the cave!

She went back to the house and found Olga sweeping the entire house.

“We have nothing to cook, so I have to go to my hut and harvest some vegetables in my garden and also get some chicken and eggs,” she said.

“Okay,” Olga replied with a nod of her head then resumed her chore.

Azere went back to the kitchen to get a basket, and from there she teleport directly to her hut.

She vanished from the kitchen, she reappeared a few minutes later outside her hut in the forest.

The scene that greeted her when she arrived at her hut is not good. She quickly checked the garden, the bushes and weeds are more visible than the green leafy vegetables, which is a sign that the garden has been neglected for a long time.

And the chickens were all dead in their wooden cages! It looks like they haven’t been feed and taken care of for a long time.

Damn! What’s going on here!?

“Why did Rhett neglect my garden? I entrusted the hut and my garden to him! He should have taken care of it!” she blurted angrily and marched towards the location of the cave. She has all intention to scold the wolf for neglecting her garden!

She sprinted towards the cave. Feeling upset, she even forgot to teleport to reach her destination quickly.

Fuming inwardly, Azere reached the entrance of the cave in no time.

Once she’s already there, she saw no one at the entrance. “Where are they?” she asked herself.

She always saw Sabrina sitting on the wooden chair looking at the view outside. Then she also notices the grasses growing in the entrance of the cave. Sabrina always took them out.

The cave projected an appearance that it has been deserted for a long time!

“Oh no!” she blurted.

Her heart starts beating fast.

She waved her hand in the air, summoning her pet butterfly, it floated in the air. “Go inside the cave and check the people there. Don’t leave unless you have checked the entire cave thoroughly! Go now!” she commanded urgently.

“Yes, master!” the butterfly replied and flew towards the entrance of the cave and vanished from Azere’s eyes.

Azere sighed heavily, she walked toward the shade under the maple tree and sat down on the grassy ground. She lowered her empty basket beside her and stared at the entrance of the cave anxiously.

She was hoping fervently that the people inside the cave are doing well even if the current situation doesn’t look good outside.

Ugh!

The waiting is killing her!

After a few minutes of agonizing moments, Azere saw her butterfly pet exit the cave and it flew towards her location. “Butterfly, tell me… what did you see inside the cave? Hurry up tell me!” she said urgently.

“Master, the cave is empty! I checked every nook and cranny of the cave, but no one’s there! The place was abandoned,” the butterfly replied.

Azere’s face went paperwhite. “Where are they!? Where is Sabrina!?” she blurted fearfully. She looked at the butterfly. “Did you see any corpses? Any dead body inside the cave?” she asked in a trembling voice.

“No, master. I didn’t see any decomposing bodies there. However, I noticed that their clothes and belongings were still there…” the butterfly answered.

“Go and find them, check the nearby areas! I’ll be waiting for your news here,” she ordered.

“Yes, master!” the butterfly responded and flew in the direction of the woods.

Azere returned to the shade under the maple tree, deeply bothered by the turn of events.

Why is it that Sabrina, Rhett, and Amara vanished from the cave?

The wolf can leave the cave anytime, but it would be impossible for Sabrina and Amara to leave the cave together since they can’t breathe and they will die if they stay longer outside the cave.

If that is the case, then something must have transpired here while she and Olga were imprisoned inside the prison facility in the White Coven Castle!

But where are they now?

Why do they vanish without a clue?

What happened way back during her absence?

Who took them away?

Where to find them?

Her mind was bombarded with multitudes of questions running simultaneously in her mind.

Two hours later.

She was in that state of confusion when Olga arrived at the place, she stood outside the cave looking at the entrance, then turned around and looked at the maple tree after sensing Azere’s essence behind her.

She rushed to her side after seeing her friend’s forlorn face, looking like she was carrying the whole world on her shoulder. “What happened to you?” she asked after she reached her side.

“Sabrina is gone, as well as Rhett and Amara!” Azere blurted dejectedly.

A frown appeared on Olga’s face. “What gone! As in they disappeared without a trace? Is that what you mean?” she asked, confused.

“That’s right!” Azere responded gloomily.

“H-how did you know?” Olga asked as she lowered herself on the ground beside her friend.

Azere took a deep breath. “I teleported first into my hut to harvest some vegetables and get some eggs and chickens, but when I arrived there the garden was overtaken by bushes and weeds and the poultry was all dead in their wooden cages. The picture was heartbreaking. I was mad that the wolf neglected my hut and the garden, but when I come here to confront him, they’re nowhere to be found. I send my butterfly pet inside the cave to investigate. The cave was empty and no dead bodies were found inside. Their clothes and personal belongings were intact inside the cave. They disappear without a trace! So, I instructed my pet to investigate the neighboring areas hoping we can find some clues of their whereabouts,” she said, ending her lengthy explanation.

A crease formed on Olga’s forehead.. “Gone? Without leaving any trace behind? If that’s the case then a powerful powerful entity was behind all these!” she declared. “They were forcibly taken away from the cave! That’s my theory!”