The Beauty And The Wolf - Chapter 149

Dimitri sighed. “You haven’t known yet? Sabrina still can’t get over his missing boyfriend. She clearly told you that she love her boyfriend so much and where does it leaves you? My advice for you is to forget her and find another woman to love. After the training, she will go looking for her missing boyfriend and you have no chance of acquiring her love. You will always be a friend to her, nothing more, nothing less.”

Gustav was shaking his head. “I know that she already friend-zoned me, but I can’t give up my affections for her just like that without trying to win her love to the very end. We meet at the wrong time when she’s about to undergo training. But despite that knowledge… I’m still willing to wait and pursue her after fifty years,” he said adamantly.

Dimitri stared at his friend’s serious face for a long time. “So, what will you do if Sabrina and her boyfriend will be reunited sooner or later? Are you planning to do something to the wolf just to be the one who will stand by Sabrina’s side forever?”

Gustav breathed deeply. He was unprepared for the question. What he’s exactly going to do if the strange lover will get reunited before or after Sabrina’s training period?

“Are you going to kill the wolf in order to win Sabrina’s love?” Dimitri asked him point-blank.

Gustav looked at him. “You know that all is fair between love and war. Why are you even asking me this kind of question?”

“Because once I will inform Sabrina about the training, and she knows that there is no avoiding her sealed fate, she would likely request to locate her missing boyfriend first before she will agree willingly to go with me to the training ground, and I have no choice but to grant her wish…” Dimitri said.

Gustav’s eyes widened in alarm. “Y-you mean to say…?”

“Yeah, your guess is correct. I can easily bring the wolf to Sabrina’s side if I want to…” Dimitri’s voice trailed off.

“Then don’t bring the wolf to Sabrina’s side! Please don’t do it, I begged you!” Gustav said in a desperate voice.

Dimitri shook his head. “I didn’t bring the wolf to Sabrina’s side because I want her to give up finding him – so that she will undergo training with peace of mind. But it looks like she’s not the type who give up easily, she is very determined to find her missing lover even if she already look stupid finding Rhett in this town which is the wrong place to begin with…”

“Oh, you mean to say that you already know the location of Sabrina’s missing boyfriend?” Gustav asked curiously.

“Of course, I already know…” Dimitri admitted.

“But why are you not helping Sabrina yet? Why are you hiding the truth from the girl?” Gustav inquired.

Dimitri didn’t answer his friend’s question because he already did a while ago, he continue staring at the horizon in deep silence.

Gustav was pondering about Dimitri’s revelation, thinking how it can help him. Taking advantage of the situation is what is currently running in his mind right now.

Dimitri glanced at him. “I can feel your mind busy thinking of how you can turn the situation to your advantage. Can you tell me what’s on your mind?” he asked.

Gustav grinned. “That’s what I like about you, my friend! You know me so well!” he said.

“Spill the beans!” Dimitri encouraged him to speak up his mind.

“Can you tell me everything about the wolf and that other woman that he got impregnated? I want to understand the whole story,” Gustav requested.

“Sure!” Dimitri spoke.

Gustav listens attentively to Dimitri’s narration about Sabrina’s life, the people related to her including the wolf, Amara, and the Priestess.

Twenty minutes later.

Dimitri finished his narration.

“Interesting!” Gustav commented after learning everything about Sabrina’s life in a nutshell.

The men fell silent for a moment.

Dimitri looked at his friend earnestly. “So… what do you think I should do regarding Sabrina’s situation?” he asked, trying to seek his friend’s opinion.

“You should bring Sabrina to her missing lover… I hope you will agree to my suggestion,” Gustav said.

Dimitri raised a brow after hearing his friend’s suggestion. “Oh, really-? You mean it?”

“Why? You don’t believe me?” Gustav said.

Dimitri laughed softly. “Nothing… I’m just surprised by your answer. I thought since you like Sabrina so much you will oppose their reunion. You stated the opposite, that’s why I’m amuse and surprise at the same time.”

Gustav grinned and shrugged. “Well… what can I say?”

The men continue chatting about Sabrina’s situation on the rooftop, afterward, they went their separate ways before the clock strikes at midnight.

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The following day.

Three visitors arrived at the inn… Lady Helen, Cornelia, and the artist from the capital.

They joined Sabrina in the room.

Lady Helen introduced Sabrina and the artist to each other. “Antony… this is Sabrina… the one I’m talking to you about…” she said.

Antony smiled at Sabrina. “Nice meeting you, dear!” he said cheerfully, smiling brightly at the pretty lady standing in front of him.

Sabrina returned his smile and replied, “Nice meeting you too…”

Lady Helen and Cornelia settled comfortably in the bed.

Antony went to the table and opened his drawing toolkit. He arranged the drawing tools one by one on the table, then he looked at Sabrina. “Come here dear, let’s start sketching your missing boyfriend’s face,” he said.

“Okay,” Sabrina responded and joined the artist at the table.

Antony placed three papers in front of Sabrina with illustrations of different shapes of eyes, nose, mouth, and forehead as well as men’s hairstyles. “Dear, study these photos carefully… show me the eyes, nose, mouth, and shape of the face that’s resembled your boyfriend’s face perfectly then I will begin sketching his face based on what you remembered about his facial features,” he said.

“Okay, give me a minute…” Sabrina said.

“Take your time… no need to rush…” Antony said and went to the window, looking at the view outside the inn.

A few minutes later.

Sabrina has already chosen the shape of the face, forehead, eyes, nose, and mouth that best resembled Rhett’s facial features. She glanced at the artist standing beside the window. “I’m done…” she informed him.

“Great!” Antony said and returned to the table. He picked up his pencil and began sketching Sabrina’s boyfriend on the drawing paper.

Half an hour later, Antony finished his sketch and proudly showed his finished product to Sabrina. “Dear, here is your boyfriend’s photo…” he said.

Sabrina stared at the photo which resembled Rhett’s face perfectly. Tears of longing sprang from her eyes.

Antony looked at Sabrina. “Dear, does the photo look like your missing boyfriend?” he asked.

Sabrina nodded her head. “Yes, very much so…” she replied teary-eyed.

“Alright, I’ll make one more copy for you to keep and the other will be brought to the publishing house to be published in newspapers,” Antony said.

“Okay…” Sabrina handed the photo back to the artist so that he can make another copy.

A few minutes later.

Antony finished making the second photo and put it inside the brown envelope and handed it to Lady Helen. “My lady, I’m done with my job,” he said.

Lady Helen removed the photo from the brown envelope and perused the sketch of Rhett’s photo.

Cornelia looked at the photo as well. “The wolf is good looking,” she observed.

“Indeed!” Lady Helen seconded.

After they finished looking at the photo, Lady Helen stood up and looked at Sabrina. “Dear, we’re leaving now. Antony and I will return to the capital. I will submit the photo to the publisher of the newspaper magazine so that they can include Rhett’s photo in the missing person section. The newspaper edition will arrive this weekend, so watch out for it,” she said.

“Thank you so much for helping me with my problem, my lady,” Sabrina said gratefully.

“Don’t mention it,” Lady Helen responded.

“Thank you for coming everyone,” Sabrina spoke.

Cornelia went to Sabrina’s side and gave her a quick hug. “Take care of yourself,” she said.

“Take care, Aunt,” Sabrina responded.

Sabrina and the visitors left the room and went downstairs.

The visitors exited the inn, Sabrina watched them as they boarded the carriage that was parked near the entrance of the inn, they waved goodbye to her through the window.

The carriage moved forward and vanished from Sabrina’s eyes a few minutes later.

Sabrina went inside the inn and rushed to the room on the third floor.

The moment she entered her room, she immediately went to the table and picked up Rhett’s photo, and went to the bed. She lay her body down and stared at the photo for a long time, fresh tears rolling on her face.

“My love, where are you now? I miss you so much!” she said over and over again as tears of longing and sadness flooded her face. Intense yearning gripped her heart, she feels terrified that she might not be able to see her beloved Rhett anymore.

Although Lady Helen was kind enough to submit Rhett’s photo to the newspaper company on her behalf, still there is no guarantee that anyone can show them Rhett’s exact location. It’s still a wait-and-see situation. But she will try to be optimistic… maybe this time… the newspaper bearing Rhett’s photo can reach the person who knows his whereabouts.

She’s getting tired of walking around town looking for Rhett. She sometimes thinks that she is looking at the wrong place. Maybe Leera hides Rhett in the forest or a faraway mountain or village?

But if she starts looking for him in the forest, where should she start? The forest is vast to begin with, and if she has no clue where to look for him she might get lost in the forest and get bitten by poisonous animals.

Depressed, she put Rhett’s photo in the bed and gently massage her throbbing temple.

She released a deep sigh and closed her eyes for a few minutes, resting her weary mind.

When she opened her eyes, she was shocked to discover that she was no longer in her room!

Stunned, she roamed her eyes around the strange area in great astonishment.

OMG! Where is this place!?

How did she arrive here?

Who brought her here?