Curiosity Spanked a Wolf

The evening was young. The forest was black and empty. A tall, buxom wolfish figure flashed behind the bushes. She stopped and sniffed the air before finally show up. Livonna Grau, a she-werewolf. She carefully looked around and smiled. The forest looked like a normal one so far. Spring does its magic. But the more the werewolf-girl goes deep inside, the more something feel wrong. The birds' songs went to mute slowly and the trees looked like they were staring at her. It also got weirdly darker. Suddenly Livonna noticed a sign - a simple wooden plate saying: “Forbidden Forest”. The werewolf-girl shrugged.
“‘Forbidden Forest’? Nonsense! No forest can be forbidden for a wolf!” she looked around, noticing some fir-trees “Where are fir-trees, there are we, wolves!” she said proudly.

As the werewolf-girl was looking and sniffling around, she suddenly heard a voice upside her, in the darkness of the trees, as even the sun had a hard time to pass.

“What do we have here?” someone’s hand suddenly grabbed the wolf's tail. Livonna growled and turned around, seeing a young horned woman right behind her. The woman’s demonic tail moved left and right, up and down like a snake behind her. She looked at the werewolf-girl, like a mistress to a dog “My, my, my lovely furred one!” she giggled.

Werewolf-girl growled, struggling to break her tail free from the demoness's grab.
“And what do we have here?” she bared her teeth.

The demoness giggled again. Her laugh sounded like some unholy bell ringing around the trees.
“I'm a demonic entity. My name is Minalhan, but I allow you to call me just Mina. If you will behave properly. I admit. I love little creatures like humans and...You. You look fun and lovely… And furred.” Mina smirked “What are you doing here? And you better be polite, dear”

Werewolf-girl stepped closer to demoness
“A demon? Hmph! How theatrical! Why should I answer you at all?” she growled menacingly.

“Cause you're also a corrupted creature. A dark blooded thing. And you should respect your elders.” the demoness showed a finger to the werewolf-girl, like a mistress to a pet “Last strike. Behave.”

Livonna growled, showing her teeth.
“Or what?”

Mina giggled.
“Or else, like a mistress to a pet or like a mama to a child or like an elder to a pupil… I'll punish you. But as you're a dark entity. If you behave and obey, I'll reward you.” Mina looked at Livonna with green bright eyes, scary, like a cat's one “What do you choose?”

Livonna growled angrily.
“You would not dare!”

“Are you sure, my lovely werewolf, that you want to bet?” the demoness extended her hand and, in a very ashaming manner for any werewolf,.pointed the floor. “Here. sit.”

Livonna growled again.
“I’m a wolf, not a dog!”

“And I’'m a demoness, not a human.” Suddenly, the demoness, giggling, vanished from front of the werewolf-girl. And before Livonna could even figure out, what just had happened, Mina reappeared right on the stump, replacing her own sign, and grabbed the wolf-girl’s ear. “Time to learn a lesson in obedience!” she giggled and sat on the stump, making the she-werewolf to bend over her knee. “This position suits you much better, mutt!” Mina smirked. Livonna growled, struggling to break out from position, but Mina held her by her hair, pinning the werewolf to her knees. Suddenly she grabbed a rolled up newspaper. “Maybe this will deliver less pain, but for you this surely will be the most symbolic and humiliating punishment, puppy.” And saying that, she brought the newspaper down on the werewolf’s buttocks with an unexpected power, making the werewolf’s flesh under her thick grey fur turning a bit pink and providing a painful snarl from her.

Livonna growled, squirming on Mina’s lap, while the demoness continued spanking her with the newspaper. Maybe the newspaper was charmed, or maybe Mina’s hand just was powerful and heavy enough, or maybe both, but the spanking turned out to be not just very humiliating but also really painful for the she-werewolf. She squirmed, kicking her long legs at each stroke, growling and howling, but the demoness kept holding her in place, delivering one burning stroke after another.

“OW!!! OW-OW-OW!!!! Stop this! OUCH!!!!” Livonna cried out loud.

“I'll stop when you'll say ‘I'll be a good puppy!’ Say it or I will continue all night long if it needs to be!!!” Mina laughed, reinforcing each word with a hard stroke, making the she-werewolf bawl.

“Ugh! OW!!! I'm not a puppy! OUCH!!!! I am a grown up she-wolf! OUCH!!! OWIEEE!!! My bottom! OUCH!!!!” Livonna protested, squirming and kicking desperately, while tears started flowing like a stream over her cheeks.

The demoness just kept spanking the werewolf’s bottom again and again.
“Suit yourself.”

Livonna wept bitterly, squirming in pain
“OW!!! OUCH!!! Ugh! OUCH!!! Okay! Okay! OUCH!!! OWIEE!!! I will be good werewolf! I promise! OUCH!!!”

Mina just kept going.
“A GOOD LITTLE PUPPY! I said!”

Livonna growled through her weep.
“OW!!! I... OUCH!!! ...am... OUCH!!!! ...not... OW!!! ...a... OW!!! ...puppy! OUCH!!! Please... OWIEE!!! ...let... OUCH!!! ...me... OWIEE!!!! ...keep... OUCH!!! ...at... OWIE!!!! ...least... OUCH!!! ...a... OWIEE!!!! ...bit... OUCH!!!! ...of... OUCH!!! ...my... OW!!!! ...dignity! OUCH!!!! EEYOOOW!!!”

Mina’s strokes became faster, making Livonna growl and bawl louder.
“SAY. IT!”

Livonna growled with all her anger which was still not spanked out.
“I am the wolf, not a dog! Ouch!!!”

Mina just kept spanking, without any pause, making Livonna bawl in pain and humiliation.
“Only you can make it stop and I told you how. Blame yourself.”

Livonna bawled in terrible pain and desperation.
“Ow-ow-ow!!! Ouch!!! Ugh! You will pay for this! Owiee!!! Ow!!! Ouch!!! One day you will pay for this... OUCH!!! Ugh! OWIEEE!!!! Okay! Okay! I'll be a good wolf cub! OUCH!!!”

Suddenly Mina finally stopped and pushed Livonna out of her lap.
“Now, rub your bottom, puppy!”

Livonna jumped up and started jumping and hopping in place in pain, just like she was dancing a kind of a war dance, howling and rubbing her terrible sore bottom.

Mina watched her brat war dance, smirking.
“You may be a werewolf. Or a she-wolf stuck in that form, I don't care. You don't attack me or even show your teeth at me, Puppy.”

“Ugh! Okay, okay, as you say! Ouch!” Livonna whimpered. She continued her dance of pain about a minute or two more, before she could get herself together and finally stop.

Mina stood up, walked to Livonna and hit her head with the newspaper, making the she-werewolf growl through the tears.
“Allright, what are you doing in my forest? What is your goal anyway?”

Livonna pouted.
“Just to know what this forest is, and why is it forbidden. Well, the last part I already got, I think…”

Mina gave her a strict gaze.
“You're a naughty girl, you won't get a free tour. Begone and think about a wiser approach, naughty pup.”

Livonna sighed.
“And if I'll ask nicely?”

Mina smirked.
“Funny how you needed a hard spanking to get to this conclusion, hm? So what is the truth ? Villagers and humans are mean with a she-wolf and she wants a sanctuary forest?”

Livonna thought for a minute and nodded.
“Well, yes…”

Mina smirked wider.
“And was it wise to insult me, attack me, rebel against that forbidden sign to get it, Puppy?”

Livonna sighed and shook her head.
“Well... No... Sorry for that…”

The demoness opened her side little bag and got out a thin leather collar.
“This is the key of my forest to you. The only one. Decide yourself.”

Livonna snarled.
“To become your hellhound or to be banished from your forest?”

Mina nodded.
“Correct. You want to stay? That's the collar. So?”

Livonna shook her head and turned around to go away.
“Thank you, but no. I'll better find my own forest, where I'll be free.”

Mina shrugged.
“Humph! Suit yourself, Hellhound.” She threw the collar away “Be a nice pup.”

Livonna growled and ran out from the Forbidden Forest. Only far away from the forest edge she finally stopped and gave her sore bottom a few gentle rubs.
“Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ugh! I’d better warn milady that this forest is impassable, and there is nothing valuable… Ow! Ouch! Ow! My bottom! How is it possible to give such a spanking with just some newspaper?! I won’t sit for a week! Ouch!”

(Livonna the she-werewolf meets Mina the demoness (who belongs to Minalhan))

The Flying Ship

 

The night was young.

The cold light of the waning moon illuminated the shabby walls of the old castle. Girlish voices could be heard from the dining room window.

"So, the princess is at least one step ahead us. What a shame!" Dame Athanasia, a tall slim brunette, put her needle-like fangs inside the red liquid in her wineglass.

"But she still doesn't get the Paddle, so we have a chance, milady, don't we?" Wolffang, a young greenskin girl, asked a bit nervously, putting some sauerkraut in her mouth.

"Yes." the vampiress nodded. "And that's why we need to find the last part of the Paddle before her. And before the demons."

"The main problem is even not the lack of time," Kajira, a redhead witch, noticed. "Only someone, who has the elder blood in their veins, can open the vaults. And as we know, only princess Maera and her mother meet these requirements. This is one thing, which can't be fixed even by ancient magic." She sighed.

"That's why we need to find the last part of the Paddle before all our rivals." Dame Athanasia smiled. "And then we'll just wait, till the princess will bring us all the parts of the paddle. Or I will drink her blood to get the last part and all the other myself. I guess, if I will taste her blood, it will count that I have the elder blood in my veins." the vampiress laughed.

"I guess so, milady," Livonna, a tall, buxom girl with wolfish features said carefully, chewing raw meet.

"And that's why we need to get the power crystal, girls!" Dame Athanasia nodded at a large ship in the castle main hall, which was visible through the door frame. "Tonight "Night Flier"'s construction will be completed. And we need to make it fly."

"As I said, milady, the most reliable way to get a crystal is to borrow it from a local mage guild," Kajira smiled, sipping her beer.

"Alright, girls. Lets finish our little supper. We don't have all night. Time to go and get the crystal! Nobody can stop us!" Dame Athanasia grinned.

Few hours later an unremarkable stone panel slowly moved, making a creepy screeching sound and opening a cobwebbed, cramped underground passage. She-werewolf carefully looked out from the darkness, carefully sniffing air.

"All clear, milady!" she whispered.

"Excellent! Now let's find the crystal!" Dame Athanasia stepped out from the darkness.

"I wish I knew what it smells like!" Livonna sighed.

"Just try to find anything with the most powerful smell, Livonna," Kajira patted werewolf's shoulder. "I bet my ass this crystal will be the most charged thing in this vault."

Livonna nodded and walked forward. She walked slowly between the shelves, sniffing carefully. Dame Athanasia walked right behind her, giving her impatient looks.

"Is it somewhere close?" she asked.

"I'm not sure, milady," Livonna said carefully "Here are too many smells..."
"Maybe I should give you a spanking, to make your nose sharper?" Dame Athanasia crossed her arms.

"No, no, no! I think I feel the smell we are looking for!" Livonna shivered and quickly went to a built-in wall locker. "I think, it is here!"

"Let me have a look!" Wolffang came closer quickly and took the lock picks. "Kajira, isn't the lock enchanted?"

"Let me check." the witch's fingers quickly folded in a witchcraft sign, while Livonna carefully sniffed the lock. "I don't smell anything but something powerful inside the locker." the wolf-girl said.

"It surely isn't cursed. When I was a student in a School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, before I was expelled for seeking for powerful dark magic, we never locked almost all of our lockers or doors. It was almost useless, since we all were practicing magic..." Kajira laughed, but when Wolffang quickly picked the lock and opened the door. "Oh, Isaiah's silver panties! What had you done?! Yes, the lock isn't cursed, but I'm pretty sure it was enchanted to start the alarm, if somebody will open it without the right key!"

"It doesn't matter now!" Dame Athanasia shouted. "Just grab the crystal and run! Kajira, open the portal!"

"Consider it done, milady!" the witch prepared read the spell from a scroll, but suddenly shook her head. "Oh, crap! We need more space, or the portal will just collapse, consuming nearby shelves!" she ran back to the secret passage

"Quick! Go! Go!" Dame Athanasia ran behind the witch, while the she-werewolf and the orcess quickly followed her. Kajira hurriedly read the spell, and the portal finally opened.

But before the girls could jumped into it, suddenly few masked figures appeared right behind them.

"Nobody expects the Heoths Inquisition!" the tall man in black masque said, while his minions took Dame Athanasia and her henchwomen. Right in the moment, when he said his words, Kajira dropped the crystal, which disappeared in the portal, which collapsed right after that. Nobody noticed that.

The man in black masque ordered to his men with a gesture to turn their captures face him.

"Nobody expects the Heoths Inquisition!" he said again dramatically. "Our chief weapon is surprise... surprise and fear... fear and surprise... Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency... Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Divine Order.... Our four... no... Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Divine Order, and nice stylish uniforms!" he shook his head. "All right! Stop right here, criminal scum! Nobody breaks the law on our watch! We're confiscating your stolen goods. And you'd better prepare for the punishment!"

The girls shivered.

"What a punishment do you mean, sir?" Wolffang asked carefully, being almost sure that she already knew the answer.

The man in black masque smirked.

"That depends on what did you stole, wenches!" he turned to his minions "Search them!"

The inspection didn't take much time, since only Dame Athanasia and Wolffang were dressed at all, but inquisitors found nothing suspicious. The man in the black masque shrugged.

"It looks like we caught you right before you found what you came here fore, preventing your stealing. That's good. But you still should be punished for violating the law by trespassing." he turned to his minions "All right. We'll start with the orcess! Bend her over that table and hold her tight!" he turned to Wolffang "And you partners in crime may watch. They will be next one by one anyway."

Wolffang tried to struggle, but was easily overpowered and quickly found herself bent over the wooden table with her bottom bared. The man in black masque smirked and before she even tried to protest some more, the riding crop landed heavily on her round buttocks. Wolffang screamed and wagged her bottom, trying to make the stinging sensation easy at least a bit. The second stroke came quickly. Then were third and fourth and fifth and even more and more. Wolffang cried in pain, squirming over the tabletop. Dame Athanasia sighed, feeling completely powerless. She often threatened her henchwomen with spanking and almost as often spanked them herself, but even while she never seen anything wrong with putting them in danger, even she also never really liked seen them suffering for nothing. Kajira just whimpered feeling sorry for Wolffang and even more for herself, since she knew, that she should be next.

"You bastards!" Livonna suddenly growled. "Let us go with a warning! We even didn't stole anything!"

"I will let you all go with a good warming!" the man in the black masque responded "And you will be next, werewolf-girl!"

Livonna snarled, but didn't dare to actually bite anyone. And it was still not so easy for inquisitors to made her bend over the table. Suddenly Dame Athanasia called out to the man in black masque.

"Grand inquisitor, please, don't hurt her! Can't you see, she's just a beast, who don't know anything, but following orders?"

The man in black masque smirked and took the crop in his left hand.

"Good. I won't hurt her more than needed." He raised the crop. His minions smirked understandingly. Dame Athanasia and her henchwomen couldn't know that the man in black masque was ambidextrous.

Livonna gritted her teeth, promising herself to show this man no weakness, but it doesn't took too long from him to make her squirm on the tabletop, furiously kicking and howling like a wounded from the pain. The crop in his hand was stinging her soft flesh like an angry hornet. The werewolf struggled to break out from the inquisitors grip and wept bitterly, screaming out loud at each burning stroke of the crop landing on her now terrible sore and welted bottom.

When Livonna's cry finally turned into a wolfish howl completely, the man in black masque finally stopped whipping her and gestured his men to release her. The she-werewolf, howling and sobbing, limped in the corner, where already was standing Wolffang. Both girls looked at each other, whimpering, but kept silence.

Inquisitors stripped Kajira from her mantle and made her bend over the table. The witch was much left used to spanking comparing to she-werewolf and orcess, so even the first stroke of the crop made her scream almost as loud as she could and kick her bot legs. The man in black masque nodded to his minion to hold her tight and continued whipping poor witch's bottom, leaving sore welts and making her furiously squirming and kicking at each stroke. Kajura bawled in pain, but all her weep and pleading were in vain.

When her punishment was finally over, Kajira gave her poor bottom a gentle rub, but the man in black masque suddenly gave her hands a swift stroke with the crop.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. No rubbing! Gentlemen, make sure that these ladies, won't rub their bottom until I'll say that their punishment is over."

"But you already gave my poor girls a thrashing! Their punishment should be over!" Dame Athanasia protested, while inquisitors were stripping her from her top.

"It's not over 'til we say so!" the man in black masque said, giving Dame Athanasia a strict look. "And now, lady, it is your time to bend over and take your punishment."

Dame Athanasia gave him an arrogant look, but bent over the table, sticking her firm bottom out. One of the inquisitors gripped her wrists, securing her on the tabletop.

"This is not necessary." the vampiress said "I will take my punishment like a true lady and knight as I am!"

"Your behaviour is very unladylike, Dame." the man in black masque said sternly, raising the crop. "Invading mages vaults in the night, keeping company rubbing shoulders with thieves, witches and even werewolves. You should be ashamed of yourself." and with this words he gave Dame Athanasia's porcelain-white buttocks first hard stroke of the crop. Dame Athanasia growled through clenched teeth, but held still. The notation man in black masque just gave her was much worse than the pain from his crop. But after the first ten strokes the vampire knight broke in tears and finally started wiggling on the tabletop, wagging her now sore and striped bottom, wailing in pain.

Livonna, Kajira and Wolffang could only whimpering, hearing their leader's weep.

After a few minutes, which seemed like an eternity to Dame Athanasia, the man in black masque finally stopped.

"I think now all of you are punished properly." he said, gesturing his minion to release the vampiress. Dame Athanasia slowly stood up from the table, still weeping bitterly, but got herself together enough to not to rub her bottom. She just looked down at the floor, trying to avoid the inquisitors gazes.

"Now you four better to run away from here and never come back." the man in black masque said. "And if I'll ever catch any of you again, this will be a walk in the park in comparison!"

Sobbing and whimpering, the girls ran away quickly.

It still was about some hours before then dawn, when Blood Moon Gang found themselves in the dark woods.

"Well, at least we are still alive and free." Dame Athanasia smiled through tears. "And now we knew, where to look for the crystal! Tomorrow night we will come again and finally get it!"

"Maybe not tomorrow, milady?" Wolffang asked carefully, gently rubbing her terrible sore bottom "Don't get me wrong, I'm all for implementation of you plans, but I'll prefer not to take any risks to get another spanking before I'll be able to sit down comfortable..."

"I wonder, why the portal closed right after it opened?" Livonna asked suddenly "And how did it happen, that the inquisitors didn't find the crystal? Did we just got spanked for nothing?" she pouted.

"I'm not sure. Maybe something fell into the portal, when I opened it... Ow! Ugh! This hurts so bad!" Kajira complained, rubbing her welted bottom "But that doesn't explain, what happened to the crystal. You held it, milady, right?"

"Yes, I took it right when we found it..." Dame Athanasia sighed. "I think I accidentally dropped it, when those dorks grabbed me. Maybe the crystal just rolled under one of the shelves? Do you remember, how it smells, Livonna?" the vampiress patted the werewolf's shoulder.

"Yes, milady!" Livonna replied proudly.

"At least we'll find it much quickly, when we'll make a second attempt. But yes, we won't return to this vault until we all will be able to sit down comfortable again!" Dame Athanasia winced.

They reached Dame Athanasia's castle right before the dawn.

When Dame Athanasia, Livonna, Kajira and Wolffang finally arrived to the castle, spent some time, nursing their badly sore bottom and complaining about their failure.

Only when she finally felt better at least a bit, Dame Athanasia decided to check her notes, so she went to her cabinet. First she didn't believe her eyes. She blinked once. Then twice. But the crystal they found and lost in the vault was laying right on her bureau, glistening in the candlelight. The vampiress couldn't help but laugh happily.

"Livonna, Kajira, Wolffang! Come here! I have a surprise for you!" she called.

The girls appeared quickly, still grumpy and rubbing their bottoms. Dame Athanasia smiled.

"It turned out that our punishment worth it!" she said. Her henchwomen gave her a puzzled looks. Dame Athanasia smiled wider and showed them the crystal. Her smile became even more wider, while she watched, how their faces changed.

"So this is why the portal collapsed so quickly!" Kajira said, smiling exactingly. "You dropped the crystal right into it milady."

"Yes, my dear witch. And now nobody knows that we have it! All turned out just perfect!"

"This was very painful perfection!" Livonna complained.

"No pain, no gain, my dear werewolf." Dame Athanasia smirked, making Livonna wincing. "Anyway, now we have all we need, and "Night Flier"'s construction is finally completed. We're leaving tonight!"

"I'll prepare the crystal," Kajira took the crystal from Dame Athanasia's hand and leaved. Wolffang followed her. Livonna shifted from one foot to the other.

"Milady, are you sure, we are not making a mistake?" she asked carefully "What if this expedition will be a point of no return for us?"

Dame Athanasia patted she-werewolf's head.

"Even if so, we'll face it together, my friend. And we will win this war."

Right before twilight Kajira started the ritual. She put the crystal at stand and cast a spell, awaking it's power. The crystal started glowing, and it's shining heated inside the air balloon, making it inflating.

Dame Athanasia gestured her revenants to open the gates. They started rotating the wheels, moving the massive mechanism. The castle roof above the main hall suddenly moved, opening.

"Everyone to your places!" Dame Athanasia commanded. "Good bye, earth! Godspeed!"

"Night Flier" slowly lifted off the ground and began to gain altitude. Dame Athanasia seated into a captains chair on a soft cushion. Kajira stood near the crystal, casting a new spell to make a tailwind. Wolffang took the helm. And Livonna went to the nose of the flying ship, taking the position of the lookout.

"Our destination point is the land of the Orcs!" Dame Athanasia said. "Off we go!"

Spanking Breeze

Wolffang was a quite young and very ambitious orcess. She was a thief and always wanted to make a really great burglary or even a robbery. When she heard about a dwarfs's merchantman laden with the dwarfs's gold, she thought that it's her chance to make a name in gangland. She asked the captain for a couchette on a board. He thought that just a one passenger won't be a big problem, and agreed.

When the ship went to the open sea, Wolffang sneaked to the chest and picked the lock. When she opened the chest and saw the golden coins, she laughed in triumph. Suddenly a heavy hand in a mitten lay down over her shoulder.

"Well, well, well! What do we have here?" the dwarf captain asked in a stern voice.

"Whoops!"

"Madame Wolffang, I suppose? What do you think are you doing here?"

"I can explain! This is not what you are thinking about!"

Orcess gulped. Without any more words, the dwarf pulled her by hair away from the chest.

The captain forced the thief to stay on all fours, stepped on her hair and raised the cat o'nine tails.

"Oh, I know how to teach a naughty thievish girl a lesson!" he said and give Wolffang's upturned butt a powerful stroke. Few seconds later the lash's strokes over a bare skin and the orcess howling filled with pain were heard for a miles around the ship.

"Oh, what a surprise! I never thought, that a green skin can turn red! Did you know that, Wolffang?" the dwarf teased poor orcess, while continue thrashing her plump bottom properly.

"OUCH!!! EYOOW!!!! YARAAAA!!!! My butt! That hurts! That hurts terrible!" unlucky thief bawled in pain.

When the whipping was finally over, Wolffang's buttocks and even thighs were full covered with a searing stripes. The orcess hardly stand up but started the brat war dance immediately, trying to get even a little relief from the sting.

"OW!!! OW!!! OUCH!!! Hurt! Hurt! OW!!! Butt hurt! OW!!!! My butt hurts so bad! OUCH!!! OW!!! I will not sit down for a week! OW!!!" the orcess complained.

"And now listen me very carefully, scumbag! If I will saw you anytime anywhere again, I'll think that you want to get another very thoroughly thrashing! Understood?"

"Yes... OW!!!"

"Ok "lady", you've had enough punishment, time to go!"

"B-b-u-u-t-t, you can't dump me in the ocean!" the orcess stutters.

"Oh, your fine, the land isn't THAT far away!".

"Au! Ow! Au! But my's bottom is so sore! I can barely walk! How can I swim?!"

"Poorly, I'm guessing!"

Wolffang tried to protest but a powerful kick made her fly out from the board.

"Remember, tell other orc skanks what happens when you mess with a Dwarf!" the captain shouted.

"OUCH!!! Oh, no! The water is salt! My butt is so sore! EYOOW!!!" and with a loud SPLASH Wolffang disappeared under water just to bobbed up few seconds later, moaning in pain and awkwardly swimming to the waterside.

Immortal Vampire

Dame Athanasia stunned in shock, looking at the closed door.

"This is not good..." she whispered nervously. "This is not good."

"So, are we now a trio?" Wolffang asked carefully. "And what is our next step, milady?"

Dame Athanasia turned to her.

"What is our next step? Get over here!" she pulled Wolffang over her lap, baring her bottom.

"Whoops! But milady..." the orcess tried to protest, but her words drowned in a lament, when her mistress's hairbrush started repeatedly landing over her bottom, which was still sore after previous spanking.

"Listen carefully, useless wench!" the vampiress said in frighteningly calm voice. "Do you have any idea, what had you done? I'm sure, not!" she lectured whining orcess, accenting every word with a heavy smack of her solid wooden hairbrush over first green and now dark red buttocks. "Livonna is out. She is confused, angered, completely heart broken! She can make something stupid and pay a terrible price for that! And it is all just because of your stupid jealousy!" the brush landed over orcess's sore bottom especially hard, making her bawl loudly. "I told you not to ruin her love. But you disobeyed me! And you have enough arrogance to offer excuses! Shame on you!"

"OW!!! OUCH!!!! I am sorry milady! EEYOOOW!!!! I am sorry!" Wolffang wept and bawled bitterly, squirming and kicking over Dame Athanasia's lap. She never saw her this angry ever before.

When Wolffang's buttocks turned deep purple and fully covered with nasty bruises, Dame Athanasia finally stopped the punishment. She pushed crying orcess from her knee. Wolffang jumped up from the floor, hopping around in a brat war dance, clutching her terrible bruised buttocks. Dame Athanasia took her by the hand and dragged to the doorstep.

"And now you will go and find Livonna! And when you will find her, you will convince her return to me at any cost! Is that clear?" the vampiress asked.

"But she will eat me alive!" the orcess argued, rubbing her sore bottom. "Please, milady, have a mercy!"

"It is your fault, that she ran away, so it is you who should convince her to return! Go away and don't you dare to come back without Livonna!" Dame Athanasia gave Wolffang a hard kick, throwing her away in the street and closed the door behind her.

"I'm sorry, milady, but why are you so worried about Livonna? You were always so strict with her, but now you're looking just like you lost your Best friend?" Kajira asked carefully.

Dame Athanasia sighed.

"It is a very long story, Kajira. It is a very long story." she shook her head. "Well, I guess you have right to know it. After all, if Wolffang won't come back just like Livonna, you will be my only friend. If I can call you a friend, my dear witch." the vampiress sat in front of the fireplace. "Come here, take a sit. It is a very long story. Long time ago I wasn't a vampire knight." Dame Athanasia sighed again. "I was nothing...

***

I was the youngest child in Morrisville family. The one, who could only hope for a successful marriage - my oldest sister was supposed to inherit our family mansion and an one half of the family capitals, our oldest brother - the other half of them, his younger brother became a knight. So, I had almost no prospects. But I hated the idea just to find a rich and high-ranking husband. I wanted to make myself a name by my own.

Since the old times were always fascinating me, I decided to learn archaeology. No sooner said than done. My teacher, Richard Croft, was a real genius without a doubt! His motto was "If you want to be a good archaeologist, you gotta get out of the library!". We travelled a lot, looking for ancient tombs. It was a life, I was dreaming when I was a kid! Of course, it was not just like in an adventure novel, but much more exciting, than dinner parties and all those high society receptions, I was used to. But it also was very hard. And my teacher was very strict man.

Once I accidentally spilled a cup of coffee over a map of an ancient tomb we were looking for for quite a long time and finally found right that evening. Sir Richard was furious. He walloped me with his whip really hard. Yes, he had spanked me few times before, but he never did it that hard! I thought, he was gonna kill me with that whip! After the punishment he left me lying on a bench, weeping and sobbing, and focused on the ruined map, hoping to fix it. I tried to apology, but he pretended not to notice me. So I went away, hoping to find a way to get back into his good graces. So, I went into the crypt without a map or anything, but with only a lantern.

 

I was pretty sure, I'll just lost and die deep under earth, but instead of that I found the feretory we were looking for. A tomb of an ancient vampire prince! He was killed in his tomb and abandoned with all his cursed treasures centuries ago. And I was the first person, who stepped into his crypt so many years after his killers left it. This thought made my sore feeling after a whipping from Sir Richard easier a bit. I became proud of myself and decided to look at the skeleton closely. I tried to open his mouth and suddenly felt a sharp pain. I accidentally pricked my finger on his fang!

Of course, I never told Sir Richard about that accident. I only showed him the feretory. He was so happy that he not just forgave me for ruined map, but also apologised for the whipping he gave me. He was pretty sure, that our discovery will immortalise our names. And I was hoping, that one prick won't end badly. I was wrong.

It started with headaches under the sunlight. First I thought that those were just because of a hot of that place. The tomb we were exploring was in a desert. But then my skin started burning in a sunlight, making me hide all day long under the awning. And then came the hunger. Bloodlust. This is even worse than the fear beyond the sunlight. You can live in the shadows, but you can't stand this hunger. I tried. I tried my Best. I was hoping, that it will just drain my powers but nothing more. I was wrong. The worst thing in vampire being is a need in a fresh blood just to exist at all. The hunger made my body putrefy. I wasn't dying! I was dead already. And now I was need to drink a fresh blood just not to become a piece of rotten flesh.

I didn't have a much choice, so I decided to give up to this hunger. In our camp were only me and my teacher. So I drunk his blood. I didn't kill him. I just drunk as much, as I need to feed myself. I left him alive, but unconscious, took all the books about vampirism we had in the camp and left. You'll ask me, what happened to him, I guess. Well, he survived, but he also became a vampire. And few years later he found me. Since I turned him into a vampire, he couldn't really confront me. And since that time I was desperately trying to find a cure from vampirism, he actually won't. Instead, he suggested to help me. We spent a lot of time in our quests and we found a way to cure ourselves. But it is too difficult to complete it. And while we were searching for it, we also found out that vampirism has it's advantages. I am immortal, my wounds are healing much faster, I am stronger and more powerful than I was ever before. And with all my knowledge about supernatural I became an expert in such a questions. Me former teacher is now my archivist and majordomo, who runs my main mansion, while I'm travelling in my new quests.

But I guess, you're more interested about how I met Livonna..."

And while Dame Athanasia and Kajira were talking about the past, sitting in a warm room in front of a fireplace, and Wolffang was walking through the streets under the heavy rain, desperately searching for Livonna, the poor she-werewolf was still on the outer wood, howling bitterly and weeping about her ruined love. She was still in her full beast form.

"Careful, you fool! You don't want to get her attention!" a young elven woman whispered to her sidekick. "I bet my ass, this is not a regular wolf, but Livonna Grau herself! And if she is here, that means, that her mistress is somewhere nearby. And that means, that that greenskin bitch is also somewhere in this city! Excellent!"

"But mistress Van'Elle, why are you so sure, that this is that she-werewolf?" her companion asked puzzled. "And how can you be sure, that Wolffang is still travelling with that vampire knight?"

"Well, my dear Flavia, I have eyes and ears in every town and city. And I also have an intuition, which says, that I'm right! So we'll go to city, find Wolffang and make her pay her debt!"

Handsome and the Beast

"Is that him, milady?" Livonna asked, sniffing air and pricking her ears up. "Really handsome one!" she smiled wistfully, looking at young blond elf in green suit.

"It doesn't matter, if he is handsome or ugly!" Dame Athanasia shook her head. "As I already said, he is the keeper of the runic key I need. Well, we need."

"And what's the problem, milady?" Wolffang smirked. "Easy peasy lemon squeezy! All we need is just to sneak into his house and find that key, right?" she put her hand on the bunch of master keys under her apron.

"The problem is, we don't know, where in his house the key is hidden, my dear burglar," Dame Athanasia slapped orcess's butt. "And if we will blow up the dark, searching his house through, he will find out, that somebody stole the key too quickly. No. We need to find another way."

"Maybe you will just subjugate him by your bite, milady?" Kajira asked, straightening her pointed hat. "And then you will easily make him tell you everything you need to know and after that - to forgot, that he even saw you."

"Elven blood is too tasty for mine kind," Dame Athanasia sighed. "I'm not sure, if I will be able to control myself enough not to drain him over. And if I'll turn him into vampire, that will break all our conspiracy. But I have a better idea. Wolffang, Livonna, you two should track his usual routes. Kajira, prepare our wolf-girl's clothes, please."

"What do you have in mind, milady?" Livonna looked at her mistress in confusion.

"Since we can't just invade his house and blow up the dark searching for the key, you will get it for me." Dame Athanasia patted werewolf-girl's head. "You will turn into your human form and befriend with this elf. Your wolfish sense of smell will help you to find the key, when you'll became the welcome guest in his house. And if you'll find out, that there are any magic traps, you'll find the way to let Kajira in, so she'll help you." she patted Livonna's head once again. "I'm sure, you'll succeed, my fair beast!"

Few days later, in the evening a three pretty young women, two dressed as a philistines and one - as an aristocrat, were walking down the street. One of them, a beauty with a wolfish grey hair, stopped and sniffed air.

"He is coming!" she whispered, turning to her companions.

Dame Athanasia nodded contentedly.

"Excellent! Livonna, dear, stay here. Wollfang!" she turned to the orcess. "Get ready!" the vampiress stepped behind an arch, hiding in shadows. Wolffang put her hand on the saber hilt. Few minutes later they heard foot steps approaching. Livonna nodded. Wolffang raised the sabre.

"Where do you think you are going, pretty?" she asked, smirking. "Do you have any money? Or any jewels? No? And what if I'll find some on your body?"

"Help! Please! Someone!" Livonna screamed, while orcess was coming closer.

"Stop right there, criminal scum!" both girls heard strict male voice, and the elf appeared from the evening shadows with a rapier drawn. Wolffang screamed angrily and tried to attack him, but even if she was planning to defeat him for real, she had no chance against a knight. So he quickly disarmed her and put his rapier to her throat.

"I surrender! I promise!" Wolffang gulped in fear. She was pretty sure, that he will just scare her away, but not capture. The knight looked at her sternly.

"And what should I do with you?" He sighed. "Call the guards and send you to the court?"

The orcess shook her head, looking at him pleadingly. The elf frowned.

"Well, I have an idea. Pull your skirt up!" he said, taking off his belt. Wolffang pouted, but submitted. Livonna smirked.

Few seconds later the whooping sounds of the belt landing on the soft skin repeatedly and the girlish screams of pain were heard around the alley. Wolffang was begging for mercy and weeping bitterly, struggling the pain. She quickly became almost ready to confess, that it all was nothing but a staging, but when she caught the gaze of Dame Athanasia, who was watching all the scene from around the corner, poor orcess bit her tongue. She knew very well, that her mistress will punish her for failed task much more severely, than even the elven knight. And she just screamed and wept in pain till he was satisfied and just kicked her away. Steal crying in pain, failed robber ran away, clutching her very sore bottom. The knight followed her with his gaze and turned to the girl he saved. Livonna smiled and curtsied.

"Oh, thank you, milord! You saved my life!" she finally noticed, that her breasts are uncovered and blushed, fixing her corsage.

"Not at all, young lady," the knight smiled back and turned away, giving her time to fix her dress. "It is dangerous walking alone so late, you know?" he said jocosely strictly.

"I know," Livonna sighed. "I know. My bad. My employer made me to clean dust in his library all over, and I made too many breaks to read..." she smiled guilty. "I was happy he didn't caught me, when I was reading his books instead of working, or I could get a spanking instead of payment," Livonna giggled and sighed again. "So I ended my work quite late. Right when highwaymen go out for prey..." she looked at the knight. "If it wasn't for you, I would definitely have been robbed, and possibly killed!" Livonna curtsied again.

"All's well that ends well!" the knight smiled. "Don't feel bad for your thirst for knowledge," he winked at the girl. "I hope, the book you were reading was an academic treatise, not just some romance novel. But even it was the latest, don't feel guilty. What is your name, young lady? I am Falaen, Knight of the Realm." he saluted.

"My name is Livonna," Livonna curtsied again, blushing. "You may not believe me, milord, but that was an academic treatise. About natural balance and the role of predators in its maintenance. I was always loving books, but my family was very poor, so I never could get a proper education." She sighed. "Well, now the robber is gone. I guess, I can continue my way home. I hope, nothing more bad will happen to me. Thank you very much for saving me and good bye!" Livonna sighed again and turned away, preparing to go, but suddenly the knight's hand lay on her shoulder.

"Not so fast, Livonna," Falaen smiled. "Night streets aren't safe enough, and my evening is free. Why should I not escort you home?"

Livonna smiled happily.

"Oh, thank you very much, milord."

All the way home Livonna was trying to keep the conversation going. She never felt herself so foolish ever before, but Falaen found her rustic spontaneity surprisingly nice. Of course this girl was far from the noble ladies from his usual encirclement. She was too rude and totally lack of manners, but she was really cute in her clumsiness. Her almost primal wilderness was really tempting. So when they finally reached her home, Falaen asked her, if they may meet again. And when Livonna blushed and agreed, he insisted to meet the next day in city park. She promised him to be there at midday, made a curtsy and disappeared behind a tenement house's door just to get out from a window on the other side.

Dame Athanasia was very happy about her maid's success. But it was only the first step to her triumph. So she allowed Livonna to date Falaen and insisted that she should behave nice with him. At least, until she will find the runic key. Wolffang tried to complain about the spanking she received, but Dame Athanasia just called that collateral damage and even Kajira advised poor orcess to forget about that punishment and not make a drama. End justifies the means.

The next day at the midday Livonna came to the park. Falaen was happy to see her again. They spent few hours just promenading around the lake, making pauses to stare at water. Livonna tried her Best to not make a fool of herself and not disappoint Falaen. But actually she charmed him by her easiness. She was completely different from the noble ladies and high society dandies. And in the same time the werewolf-girl started feeling that she finally met someone, who saw a person in her. So after the date in park they met again quite soon. Falaen taught Livonna some high society manners and even gave her few science lessons. He was surprised, how willingly this girl accepted new knowledge. He didn't know that, but she even asked Dame Athanasia and Kajira to help her to study. And not just the witch but even the vampiress surprisingly gladly helped her. And while Falaen was teaching Livonna some science and manners, she reminded him, how to simple enjoy life by walking around a forest or just doing nonsense time to time. So one day he finally invited her in his house. The only problem remained was Livonna's secret. Her curse. Her beast nature, which she kept hidden from Falaen. She wanted to confess him, but still was unsure if he won't just chase her away after that. And she continued trying her Best to hide her beast part from him.

And while Livonna was happy and Dame Athanasia was pretty sure, that she almost got the key, Wolffang became more and more jealous and envious. Falaen was really very handsome and smart, but while that wolf in chick's clothing almost got his heart, she got only a very painful belting from him. And in the same time Wolffang was pretty sure, that Livonna doesn't even try to speed up. Just like she really started falling in love with that elf! And that was unacceptable! At least Wolffang was sure so. After all, if this love will become Livonna's main priority, wouldn't she betray Dame Athanasia? Wolffang discussed this with the vampiress few times, and she even agreed with her, that the she-werewolf's make-believe love became true. Maybe even mutual. But when the orcess asked if she should take some measures, the vampiress suddenly became very serious and strictly prohibited her to do anything about that without any explanation. Wolfgang was confused, but decided to take matters in her own hands.

It was nice sunny day. Nothing foreshadowed trouble. Falaen and Livonna went to the market to buy her some new clothing. The knight finally decided to officially announce that she is his girlfriend. Livonna was over the moon. She was so happy that even didn't notice a pretty familiar smell.

Wolffang tried to stay on the leeward, but it wasn't so easy on the market with so many people around. Even not to lose the knight and his girl wasn't an easy task. Orcess sighed. She wasn't sure how to ruin their romance, but she had an idea. And right now she was looking for an opportunity. And finally she saw her. A noble elven lady in a very expensive dress with two bodyguards - a dwarf and an elf. She was much more focused on goods on the shelves than on her own safety, while her bodyguards were admiring pretty girls instead of looking for their employer. Wolffang smirked and looked for Livonna. Just in time to notice, that Falaen leaved her alone to prepare his surprise. The time was right.

The orcess sneaked behind the elven lady and easily stole her wallet. If she wanted to be sure, that silly woman won't notice that she was just robbed, Wolffang would replace the wallet with a stone the same weight. She did this trick many times before. But now she wanted to make some noise. And trying to be as quick and as inconspicuous as possible, she sneaked behind Livonna, put the stollen wallet in her bag and escaped as quick as it was possible, hiding behind the arch. The she-werewolf finally recognised the smell, but right when she turned around, the noble lady in a beautiful blue dress suddenly screamed:

"Thieves! I got robbed! You two, fools! Do something!"

Her bodyguards looked around, trying to find anyone looking like a thief even a bit. A crowd become bigger. Wolffand choose a moment and sneaked out from her hide. She sneaked behind the dwarf.

"That grey-haired girl stole something from the lady!" she whispered in his ear before disappear again. The dwarf turned around, trying to get, who was just speaking to him, but decided to follow mysterious advice and caught poor Livonna by her hand.

"Where do you think you are going, princess?" he asked and turned to his partner. "Aurelio, I think I found our thief! Help me to search her!"

"How dare you?! You have no right to do this!" Livonna protested, but two men easily overpowered her and while Aurelio was holding her by her arms, his partner searched her bad.

"I found it!" he shouted. "I found it, lady Shahirim!"

"Good job, Shtyz!" Lady Megalkarven Shahirim took her wallet from his hands and screamed: "Strip this vile thief naked! She deserved a good birching!"

Her bodyguards nodded contentedly, and Shtyz started ripping Livonna's dress.

"But I have no idea, how this wallet got into my bag! I didn't steal it! Please, don't do this to me! I swear, this is a mistake!" Livonna protested, struggling, but neither the lady nor her bodyguards listened to her.

"Hey! What do you think you are doing! Stop immediately! I forbid you!" Falaen screamed, trying to get through the crowd, but he was too far to stop lady Shahirim's bodyguards.

Wolffang smiled, peeking from around the corner.

Shtyz and Aurelio stripped poor Livonna naked and made her bend over by tying her hands. Aurelio took a big bunch of birches and, while Shtyz was keeping loudly protesting girl in position, started flogging her. Livonna screamed out loud and wagged her plump bottom like a mad, trying to make the terrible pain easy even a bit. She was desperate. She could stand the humiliation. She could stand the pain. But she was frightened about her secret will be revealed. It was a well know fact, that the pain always makes werewolves show their true nature. The nature of the beast. And no matter how hard she tried to stand the pain, she couldn't prevent her transformation. Lady Shahirim laughed, watching at poor girl's suffering, and all the crowd roared approval. They all were pretty sure, that this girl was a thief, so nobody felt pity for her. Except Falaen, who still tried to get through the crowd and stop this reprisal. But when he finally did it, it was too late. Livonna's body started changing. Her ears became pointy and covered with a grey fur, while her hair became totally look just like a long wolfish wool. Her arms and legs turned into a wolf's paws. Then even her body became wolfish and her face turned into a muzzle. Her torturers stopped.

"What?! A werewolf?!" Aurelio screamed, stepping back.

"Guards! Guards! A werewolf! A werewolf!" Shtyz screamed out loud, throwing the rope.

Livonna looked at Falaen, who was totally shocked. The fear and disenchantment in his eyes were much worse than any pain or humiliation.

"I am sorry, Falaen! I can explain!" she mumbled. But he just turned away. The werewolfess growled desperately and just ran away like darkness.

Falaen also walked away, still not wanting to believe what he just saw.

Wolffang laughed until she drop. Suddenly someone's heavy hand lay over her shoulder. Wolffang turned around and gulped in fear, seeing furious Dame Athanasia.

"Do you have any idea, what had you done, stupid girl?" the vampiress asked sternly, grabbing her maid by the braid.

"But that mutt wanted to betray us and stay with that elf! Someone should stop her! I thought..."

"You are here not for thinking!" Dame Athanasia interrupted her. "I could just talk to Livonna and she would listen to me! And you ruined all the plan, stupid jealous vixen! Three weeks of preparation down the drain!" she pulled orcess hair, making her scream and turn her face to the wall. "Stand still!" she raised the girl's skirt. Wolffang sobbed in fear. She knew very well what is going to happen.

Dame Athanasia raised her umbrella.

"And now try to finally remember! Never spoil my plans! Never do anything without my permission if that affects my plans even indirectly! Stop competing with your partners! And never hurt feeling of any of them this way ever again! Is that clear?" she said in low stern voice, accentuating every word by a hard stroke of her umbrella on the girl's bottom.

Wolffang wept in pain and nodded, begging for mercy. She never saw her mistress so angry. By the time the punishment was finished, the orcess's bottom was bruised badly.

"Take her to our lair," Dame Athanasia said to Kajira, who suddenly appeared from the shadows. "And if Livonna will return before me, try to stop her from killing Wolffang. I don't want to loose any of you," she whispered in the witch's ear and walked away, covering from the sunlight under her umbrella.

Just as Dame Athanasia thought, Falaen went right to his house. He still was so shocked about what he saw at the market, that he didn't noticed, when a woman in dark clothes appeared from the shadows and bit him right in the neck. Suddenly he felt weakness and then a strange apathy. The woman turned him around, looking right in his eyes.

"Your blood is so tasty! It was very hard not to drain you down." she smirked. "Do you remember, what had happen today, Falaen Knight of the Realm?"

"Yes, milady." he nodded. His voice sounded empty.

"And what had happen today?"

"I found out that the girl I loved was actually a wild beast. Literally."

"Good. And now you have nothing to lose, Falaen. So give me the runic key," Dame Athanasia commanded.

Falaen just nodded and invited her to his home. There he led her into the kitchen and opened a shelf filled with cupcakes.

"Such a silly stash!" he said without any emotions. "Some magic, and a no one will notice that one of these cupcakes stays on this shelf much longer than such a stuff can stored." he took one of the cupcakes and crashed it, taking the runic key out. "It's yours milady." he gave it to vampiress.

Dame Athanasia smiled.

"Thank you, my dear. Now eat all what left from this delicious cupcake and forget that you ever touched it. And lead me out from your cosy home." she hid the key in her pocket.

Falaen quickly ate all the crumbs remaining from the enchanted cupcake and lead his sinister guest to the door. On the porch Dame Athasia gazed into his eyes.

"Forget about me. Forget about the key." she said in low voice.

"Yes, milady." Falaen answered.

"What do you remember?" Dame Athanasia asked.

"The girl I loved was a werewolf..." he respond perplexedly.

"Go and have some rest. And you never saw me," Dame Athanasia turned around and walked away, while totally confused Falaen closed door behind himself.

They both didn't noticed that poor Livonna was peeking from the bushes, weeping in pain and desperation.

"Is Livonna here?" Dame Athanasia asked, closing the door behind her.

"No, milady," Kajira turned to her. "How did it go? Have you got the key?"

"Yes! Another step to my victory. To our victory, my dear Kajira!" the vampiress smiled, but frowned noticing Wolffang, who tried to hide behind the curtain.

"Hey you, foolish girl! Go and find Livonna before she'll make anything stupid!"

"But she will torn me into pieces!" the orcess protested.

"Oh, yes! I will!" a rabid roar was heard behind their backs. All three women turned to the door and saw furious Livonna standing on the threshold.

"Oh, darkness!" Wolffang closed her eyes and hugged herself.

"How dare you to speak to me in such a voice!" Dame Athanasia said sternly. "Get over my knee! Now!"

"How dare you to ruin my love?" Livonna screamed hysterically. "You could make him forget about what he had seen on the market! But you didn't! Why?" she came up to her mistress, showing her ivories.

"To be sure, that he will not recall about the runic key any time soon, being too upset about how his love turned to be a beast!" Dame Athanasia grabbed Livonna by her scruff. "And I don't need to explain any of my decisions to any of you three! So get over my knee! Now!" and she put struggling she-werewolf over her knee. "Now you need some lesson in humility!" the vampiress took a solid wooden hairbrush.

"This is not fair! I got birched for nothing just because of this greenskin framed me! OW!!! OUCH!!! Milady, please, don't do this! OWIEE!!! I am so sore already! EEYOOW!!!" Livonna bawled in pain, squirming and struggling after each heavy spank landing over her already badly flogged bottom.

Livonna howled and bawled in pain, while Dame Athanasia continued walloping her with the hairbrush, neglecting her protests.

"...And I am your mistress, so it is me who decides what is right and what is wrong! And you can only... Hey what do you think you are doing?!" the vampiress tried to keep the she-werewolf lying over her knee, but Livonna suddenly break away and grabbed her mistress by the collar.

"I don't care if I owe you! I don't care if you are my mistress! You have no right to ignore my feelings like this!" she punched Dame Athanasia in the face and ran away, slamming the door behind herself.

Dame Athanasia stunned in shock, looking at the closed door.

The weather has turned bad. It was raining cats and dogs. Falaen was sitting in an armchair in front of the fireplace, looking out the window, sadly staring at raindrops running down the glass.

There was a knock on the door.

"Who is there?" Falaen asked, standing up from the armchair.

"It's me, Lydda!" the female voice answered.

"Oh, it's you," Falaen sighed and opened the door. "Come in, my old friend! How do you do?" he hugged her.

"Well, that's a state secret, you know," a young elven blonde giggled and hugged him back. "But speaking seriously, I am fine. Me and princess Maera are still trying to find her disappeared mother." she frowned for a second. "And how are you, my friend?"

"Well, fifty-fifty," Falaen shrugged.

"What's the matter, Falaen? I see that something is bothering you!" Lydda frowned.

Livonna didn't noticed that. She only wept bitterly, gazing at elves through the window. They didn't even notice her. And she didn’t even realise that she was just seeing a meeting of old friends. Her heart was broken. Weeping bitterly poor werewolfess walked away. And at each step she was turning more and more beast-alike.

A big grey she-wolf ran out the city and stopped only when she reached the forest. She sat on the ground, raised her muzzle and howled bitterly, feeling how the raindrops are running down over her fluffy wool. She never felt so lonely and so betrayed in her whole life. She howled to the clouded sky but the storm muffled her, turning her howl into a silent weep.