Where is it?

" You may lay yourself down while I get ready" Darren informed in a serious tone just as they got into the room. Kyley nodded her head at him and moved to do just as he said. She proceeded towards the bed and gently lay herself down.

Darren didn't linger around either as he moved to the drawers in the corner and began rummaging through them, picking up the things he needed to tend to Kyley's wounds.

Kyley watched Darren all the while as searched through the drawers with a serious expression.

Soon, Darren turned around with a bundle of bandage, a tweezer, a pack of wool and a dressing film in hand and walked towards the bed where Kyley was.

" Let me see?" Once he sat by the bed and placed the things in his hand on the bedside table, he asked. His tone was calm and solemn as he faced Kyley still with a serious expression.

Kyley nodded severally and reached to lift up her shirt, revealing her soaked-up bandaged wound to the side of her stomach. It looked a bit of a mess.

Darren creased his gaze at the wound and reached to slowly remove the soaked bandage. When he was done, he picked a wool with the tweezers and cleaned the surface of the wounds before applying bluish-gooey medicine. He then bandaged the wounds in a tidied manner.

While at it, Kyley's face strained a bit in hurt but it wasn't for long. Once the bluish-gooey medicine was applied using the tweezer and wool, the irritating hurt began to subside and she couldn't help but wonder just what sort of medicine it was.

She meant to ask but seeing how focused Darren was, she decided to hold it in for now.

When Darren was done with the abdomen wound, he moved to the slight wounds on her arms which tingled Kyley as Darren applied the medicine since they no longer hurt her. She had to move her thought elsewhere to divert her attention to the tingling sensation.

" Just what kind of medicine is that?" Kyley finally asked as Darren put the medicine away when he was done tending to all of her wounds; including the bruises on her legs..

Kyley had always thought and wondered just what kind of medicine it was and why Darren had it as it was too potent yet unknown. Kyley had never come across such medicine before and she believed with its potency, it should be known throughout the world.

Darren looked at Kyley for a second before smiling and saying " Blue moon, it's native to where I'm from" He informed.

" Blue moon?" Kyley looked to the side and muttered in a low tone, repeating as if trying to memorize its name so as to never forget.

" Yes, and it's very rare I tell you" Darren chuckled at his own joke. It was a common saying amongst his people.

Kyley on the other hand batted her lids in confusion when something occured to her, and she asked after a while of deliberating. " And where is that?"

" Pardon?" Darren shot his head forward to ask.

" Your hometown. Where is it? Just who are you?" Kyley asked in quick succession, unable to hold back the questions she'd been holding in all these while.

At this, Darren paused and looked up in contemplation for a while.

" Far away from here" Darren looked at Kyley and said with a mysterious smile, clearly teasong her. However, Kyley frowned and didn't pursue anymore knowing she wouldn't get more than that from him.

This wasn't the first time that Kyley would be asking.

She had asked him on several occasions but all she got in response was vague responses and had been evasive about his background all the while. Then Kyley resorted to asking indirect questions that may point at his identity but she had never met a being as cautious as Darren.

He was as though he was subconsciously prepared to never tell anyone who he is no matter what.

No matter how many times and the manner in which she asked, Darren just wouldn't slip up at any point for a reason.

' Why's it so hard for him to just reveal his identity?' Kyley was frustrated by this, and the fact that there was nothing she could do about it.

She knew Darren was in no way ordinary. However, she couldn't figure out if he was a Werewolf like herself or not, she could r sense the wolf in him. And that left her curious as to his identity.

" Alright. You're good to go for now. I'll take my leave now, I need to take a really long nap" Darren held his waist as he stood and said. Kyley looked at him with a baffled expression.

' Weird...' Didn't he just wake up just this morning? However, Kyley didn't voice out her thoughts and just nodded her head succinctly. " Thank you."

Darren nodded his head merely " Rest up.for.now. I'll catch up.wiyh you later in the day when I'm up" Darren informed as he yawned and left the room.

Kyley nodded her head slowly and watched das Darren walked out of the room. She could tell from his drooping shoulders that he was really tired and going to bed. It baffled her but she didn't give much thought to it.

Slam!

Once Darren left, Kyley looked down at her tidied wound and poked a finger at it. ' it hurts but...Not as much as it used to in the past' she thought to.herself.as she flinched in pain.

" Haah!" She let out a deep breath and looked towards the window. The soft breeze blew the curtain aside in a rhythmic sail, leaving an opening for Kyley to watch the nature outside.

Unbeknownst to her, a small smile appeared on her face as she suddenly felt a sensation that had never been in her heart before. Kyley didn't know what peace was, but she thought that it must be how she felt at this moment.

Feeling her eyelids getting heavy after several minutes, Kyley yawned and lay herself to sleep; without worry as to how she had prior thought it was weird to sleep after breakfast. To her, Darren was the only weird one in this regard.

...

Later in the noon, Kyley fluttered her eyes open. Yawning, she slowly sat up in bed conscious of her wounds which she looked down at.

Grrrr!

Just then, her stomach grumbled loudly and she couldn't help but frown sadly. She was famished!

She hadn't finished her meal in the morning and being a werewolf, her body needed a lot of nutrients for revitalizing and regeneration. Thus, the need to eat well at a sizable amount.

Fast metabolism is it?

Not knowing what to do, Kyley decided to go see Darren and ask if there was still a bit left of the meal from earlier in the morning.

Without hesitating, she got out of bed and walked.out of the room holding her wounds. It didn't hurt much as before but she still couldn't walk properly without feeling much pain from it.

Kyley walked down the stairs to look for Darren but she didn't find him. It was then that she remembered that he had said he was going to bed earlier after breakfast.

Kyley was once again stomped. She stood beneath the stairs wondering what to do as her gaze was latched dunto the kitchen. She wanted to go in there and make something but she couldn't for three reasons.

One, she was only a guest in Darren's house. How could she go into his kitchen without his permission. Despite the fact that Darren had given her the chance to walk around and move freely in his house, Kyley was still mannered enough to not cross certain boundaries.

Secondly, she had no idea how to cook! Was she to go in there and just start mixing whatever she could find in there. It would be a waste of food and she wouldnt even like it, not to speak of Darren. Afterall, they were in the depths of the dark woods, and Kyley still wondered how Darren got the resources to make meals.

She couldn't just up and make a waste of his resources when she has no idea as to whether they were limited. It was just a wrongful thing to do entirely, regardless.

And lastly, since she couldn't make a meal without Darren, she couldn't be in the kitchen without his aid. However, ' Knowing he's still probably asleep, I really shouldn't go and wake him up.jusy because im famished. It's not proper...' Kyley thought as she looked up the fleet of stairs, wondering what to do.

After a hesitant while, Kyley decided to go by the decision of her still grumbling stomach. She went back up the stairs and approached Darren's room.

Once she got to the door, she stood there blankly staring at the floor with a hesitant expression on her face. She couldn't bring herself to knock on the door as she would probably disturb Darren's sleep.

Kyley didn't want to be a burden to Darren, as it definitely would make him start to despise her for her weakness and perturbance. Kyley had experienced enough of this, and she didn't want the same.to repeat with Darren.

However...

' I'm really really hungry. Besides, what if he's already awake?' Kyley thought and raised a fist to rap her knuckles against the door afterwards.

Knock! Knock!

She waited several seconds amidst the silence that came after. Her heart beating anxiously in antsy. What if Darren got angry at her?

Kyley shuddered at the thought of this and immediately turned to leave.

Just then,

Clamp!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Kyley heard the sound of the heels of his boots clamping against the wooden floorboard, his footsteps indicated that he was coming near. Kyley turned to face the door again. This time, her heart became even more restless and she looked about in thought of what to say.

Should she just tell him that it was nothing and that he could go back to bed? But what was the point of knocking then?

Tell him the truth? What if he gets mad?

Click!

" Kyley? Is there something wrong?" Just as Kyley was busy thinking, the door was pulled open and a tired-looking Darren stood behind the door to.ask with a confused expression on his face.

Kyley instantly became thoughtless and she just stared at Darren with widened eyes. She wanted to speak but she had no idea what to say.

She was caught stomped and speechless as her mind went completely blank!