Rosie's Games

Chapter 160: Little Kitten 2

Perhaps that was true.

Perhaps she had gotten stronger this time, however, she didn't understand how it happened. Was it just because of that incident on the cliff? Or… was it because of that crown?

The Duke had already left for a few minutes and yet she still could not stop herself from thinking about the words that he said.

She closed her eyes and once again recalled the memories that she saw. For some reason, everything felt so vivid. It was as if she was there watching everything that transpired in front of her as it happened.

This was not the first time that she had done something like this, but it was the first time she decided to take a closer look at the small details in the vision. josei

Strangely enough, the place before her was not surrounded by snow. In fact, it was the opposite. The day felt hot, the house was constructed from wood, its roof made of hay and other materials that could not be found in the North.

She thought of the villages and the tribes that could be found in the North. It seems that she was wrong.

The clothes were also not very suitable for people who spent most of their time in the snow and cold. In fact, their clothes looked like they were living in a hot place. The woman and men were using some sort of animal skin to cover their private parts, and even more of them were wearing small clothing.

Their skins were not as pale as those that lived in the North for a long time and… and the language that they spoke was not something that she had heard in the past.

Just what is going on? When did this happen?

She tried to look at the soldiers that were attempting to tie up some children, but for some reason, she could not make out their faces. They looked blurred.

Was it because the one who was showing her this could not recall their faces? In the end, Rosalind sighed.

"Miss!"

Rosalind jolted in her seat when she heard Tabatha's voice.

"Miss, there is a problem." Tabatha walked inside her carriage without even waiting for her approval. Right then and there, Rosalind could hear the other people's panic voices outside.

"What?" she immediately noticed Tabatha's pale expression.

"Beasts…"

"What?"

"There are beasts outside!"

Rosalind walked out of the carriage, and just as Tabatha said, some soldiers were already fighting the invading beasts. They looked like the white tigers that she had seen in illustrations in the past. She heard that white tigers were pretty common in the North, but this…

The tigers in front of them were actually red and black!

Luckily, it seemed that the tigers the soldiers were fighting were not that big. She looked around and realized that they had entered another small forest and had stopped on a pathway surrounded by dead trees. It was not dark yet, but the large branches from the trees were enough to dim the whole pathway.

She then looked at the Duke and Denys who were on their horses overlooking the soldiers. This was enough to tell her that the tigers were not much of a threat to them.

She looked to her left and saw Dame Fraunces on her horse too. It seems that the situation was well under control. They were going deeper and deeper into the North so it should be normal for them to encounter a beast or two.

"Hm?" Rosalind jumped down, the sound of her boot hitting the snow attracted the Duke's attention.

"You should get back to your carriage. This is something that they can easily handle," he dismounted from his black horse and put a large cloak around her. That made her realize that she got out of her carriage without anything that could protect her from the cold.

"Thank you."

"You should get back. Get some rest."

Rosalind said nothing as she once again looked at where Dame Fraunces was. She frowned.

"What?" Dame Fraunces asked when she noticed her gaze. Seeing the Duke standing next to Rosalind, Fraunces's face immediately turned ugly. "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"There is something…" Rosalind started walking towards Dame Fraunces and her heart started racing. She could feel something hiding in those woods.

"Where are you going?" the Duke asked as he held her wrist.

"There…"

He lifted an eyebrow then he looked at where Rosalind was staying.

"We are surrounded by nothing but trees and beasts and yet you want to go to where the trees are the thickest?" Dame Fraunces blurted out. However, she must have realized that talking was a mistake as she snorted and turned her head away. Then she and her horse moved closer to where the soldiers were still fighting the tigers.

"Let me accompany you."

Rosalind nodded. At least the Duke did not stop her.

"Those are demonic tigers. They do not like to stay together and usually travel by twos or threes," the Duke explained as they moved closer to the trees.

"Hmmm," again, Rosalind nodded. Then she stopped walking.

"Did you hear that?" she asked. Almost immediately she heard him take his sword out of its sheath. "That— " Was that a growl? She wasn't too sure,so she looked at him to confirm.

Again, she heard another growl but this time, she was quick to realize that it was not a growl but a whimper. She did not hesitate to walk into the forest and follow the sound, the Duke followed behind her without making any noise.

"That is— " Rosalind stopped walking when she found the source of the sound. It was a small… cat.

A small red cat licking the body of a large demonic tiger.

"Let me end it," the Duke said. Before she could stop him, he was already moving toward the large demonic tiger.

"Wait!" Rosalind panicked. Why would the Duke kill the small tiger?

To her surprise, the man did not kill the small tiger but the large demonic tiger instead. "It's been suffering. Someone injured it," The Duke explained. "It was about to give birth so it was weak. Those two tigers from earlier must be her younglings." The Duke continued.

Rosalind only nodded as she approached the small red tiger. However, just as she was about to touch it, she felt a suffocating feeling in her chest.

Something was coming, she thought as she looked into the deeper part of the forest.

Something was coming from the deepest part of the woods and it was coming for them!

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Update with Edit. The last 2 chapters are still unedited. 30-79- Unedited. But I already gave the chapters to my editor. Hoping for the best. :)