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its been a year since rhydian was reunited with his great love and her family. He is lying awake next to Maddy in the place segolia set up for them. A private lodge with the rolling snowy hills at their door.
Truthfully, while he couldn' t be happier, the memories of what happened back in stoneybridge all those months ago still haunt him. Images of white wood, liam, king caid play on repeat. him and maddy have spoken about it over time of course but neither want to burden the other too harshly, the memories still fresh enough in each others minds that it still causes them pain. Rhydian has overheard maddy talking to her parents emily and daniel about it a few times and felt dissheartened for her and so never bought up the events again. Lying awake now, he cant help but feel all bottled up and he decides he needs to move.
He plants a soft kiss on maddys forhead before slipping on some warm enough clothing and chunky boots and quietly steps out the lodge door.
While the snow is shallow enough to walk on, running is not so easy so rhydian joggs a few paces before transforming into his wolf form. he runs round the edge of the hills that circle the lodge a few times feeling the cold wind brush his face running faster and faster trying to get his memories to subside but they don't of course, just as they havent done the numerous amount of times hes tried this method, while it does make him feel more comforted. on his final lap he notices something wrong. There's a small fire lit near the lodge. Rhydian instantly panics running straight for it but as he nears he notices another thing. There's a figure dessed in dark clothing sitting behind it though he doesnt appear to be warming himself by it, infact as rhydian transforms back into his human form he sees that the figure is about as pale as the snow hes standing in. Rhydian keeps his distance from the fire, and the figure, his eyes keeping a dull yellow and his veigns midly flexing black and then the figure does something extradinary, he waves his hand across the fire and it subsides leaving rhydian noticably more scared
"who are you, what have you done with maddy?"
"who's maddy?"
the stranger looks around at their surroundings somewhat comedically and then behind him to the lodge
"ohhh the sleeping girl? nothing at all i hardly noticed she waa there to be honest though her parents on the ither hand were snoring quite a bit but no bother."
"what do you want"
"me? nothing in particular though i could hear your troublesome thoughts rather loudly, disturbed me and Tal"
"Who's tal who are you what do you mean read my thoughts? Who, are you?" rhydian demands. hes just angry now his veigns pulsing. It seems the stranger notices this as he glances and rhydians balled fists that are now darkley veigned and says
"i, Rhydian. Am Vladimir Dracula, pleased to make your aquaintance