Two weeks passed since Sky had been caught by the werewolf. His only job was to observe the patterns of the werewolf's behaviour over these two weeks.
The werewolf liked to indulge himself into sex in the afternoons, while he returned to bed for a sleep at nights. There seemed to be no change to this routine over the two weeks.
The only thing that changed was the females in the afternoon. Every afternoon, a group of females from the same race would visit to satisfy the werewolf's carnal desires.
Sky also noticed that the females who the werewolf had promised his favour were very enthusiastic in their next visit. This made Sky guess that the werewolf had fulfilled these females's demands.
This confused Sky a little. Why did the level seven werewolf grant the females his favour, when he clearly had no need to.
One day, Sky could not help but ask the werewolf about this. "Why are you giving them your favours, when you are so strong?"
The werewolf laughed at Sky. Sky was just a kid in the wolf's eyes. Even if he explained, Sky might not get it. So he just laughed.
It was mere curiosity from Sky's side, so he did not take it seriously when the werewolf just laughed and not replied.
But as the time passed, Sky's mind started to be crushed by the pressure again. He immediately wanted to find the blood essence for Artha.
The four tailed fox did everything she could think of to stop his decreasing state of mind. She did have a method to cure Artha, but the price was too high. If there was another way, she would definitely not use it.
But from the looks of it, Sky's mind might not hold up before they could escape. No matter how much she tried to make a conversation, Sky seemed to be in a daze.
He would repeatedly ask her for the method, but she would refuse to tell him every time. This made Sky's mind feeble.
The werewolf was also cunning and did not allow Sky to gain more information than required. All he did was rape female monsters in front of Sky, just to break his pure heart.
Sky was so disgusted by the werewolf's treatment towards the females, he started developing a hate towards Sex. Previously, all he wanted to do was, push Artha down every time he had the chance to, but now, he had lost all interest.
The werewolf had wanted to effect Sky's mind, and he had succeeded. Sky's dreams started getting worse as the days passed. He would scream in heart breaking pain every time he slept.
The four tailed fox's existence and her constant conversations were the only things that kept Sky from losing his mind.
They say love can make someone crazy. This was exactly what Sky was going through. He was going crazy from his love towards Artha and her safety.
...
Three weeks passed and Sky's mind was in such a chaotic state that he forgot to observe the werewolf's behaviour today.
It eventually turned into dusk and the werewolf left with a satisfied smile on his face as he watched Sky. Sky's mind had collapsed.
"Tell me the method to save Artha!" He cried as he shouted at the four tailed fox.
The four tailed fox felt sad seeing his broken behaviour. But she still kept quiet about the method.
[ If I tell you, I don't have the confidence that you will not stop me.]
She wanted to shout at him, but she did not. Instead, she tried to make a light conversation to lighten his mind.
"Once Artha....." she started.
"Stop! I don't care about Artha's past! I care about her present!" Sky screamed as soon as she started. His eyes expressed fear as he begged her. "Please I beg you, if you have a way, please help Artha. I would do anything for her."
The four tailed fox sighed sadly. Sky's rationality had been eaten slowly by the werewolf's methods and now, he was no different than a madman. But she still used the gentlest tone she could, as she tried to bring him back.
No matter what she spoke, it was all dust to Sky's ears. He heard from his left and discarded them from his right. All he wanted to know was a way to cure Artha.
The four tailed fox finally snapped at his madmen behaviour. She was also in pain for the condition her sister was in, but Sky kept asking her to save Artha. This made her feel that she was intentionally not helping Artha.
Artha was her sister, she loved Artha as much as Sky. She would have already helped Artha, if she really had another way. The method she had would make her pay a large price, and Artha would definitely not be happy to be saved by this method.
This was the main reason that she did not want to use this way. She did not want to be despised by her own little sister.
But Sky made it sound like she did not love or care about Artha, and she had finally reached the end of her patience.
"You think I don't want to save her." She shouted, "I want to save her more than you do. But it is too heavy. Why don't you understand the heavy weight behind it."
"Anyway, what would you do if Artha does not live. Don't you still have Carnage to love. Don't act like your world is getting destroyed." She released all the pent up emotion and frustration of being held hostage by the werewolf on Sky.
But she chose the wrong words to say this time. "So you don't have a way?" Sky murmured in a low voice and went into a daze.
Sky's mind was currently in a very weak state. He started misinterpreting her words. The four tailed fox had said, 'what would you do, if Artha dies. Don't you have Carnage.'
This sentence would normally get Sky out of his confusion. But now, his mind had started believing that the four tailed fox was lying about possessing the method to save Artha, and thus she started consoling him using Carnage.
His eyes lost all colour, he had truly lost his rationality now. No matter how much the four tailed fox tried to speak to him, Sky did not respond anymore.
.....
The werewolf found Sky in a empty state next morning and smiled. Seems like he had finally managed to break Sky's heart.
He ignored Sky from then and started indulging in his carnal desires.
Today, it was the turn for the female foxes again. But Sky had already lost all consciousness. His body was living, but his brain was drifting in a never ending nightmare.
The four tailed fox was also starting to lose her mind. Even though she had the method. She still felt crazy after seeing Sky's current state.
She moved her gaze away from Sky's face and looked at the werewolf. The werewolf was currently playing with Lia, the pure blood fox. She got disgusted at the werewolf but suddenly, her eyes were pulled towards Lia, who was below the werewolf.
Her mind felt a jolt and a sudden thought passed her. This surprised her so much that she could not help but scream.
Luckily, her screams were drowned by the screams of pleasure from Lia, otherwise, she would have been found out by the werewolf.
"Sky.. I found a way to let us escape from the werewolf." She spoke in a low voice, trying her best to reduce her excitement.
She just could not help it. If her plan worked, they would get out of this place and save Artha without any problems.
But she did not receive any reply from Sky. She turned away from Lia and looked at Sky. She saw his eyes which were devoid of light and got scared.
Sky was currently in an endless nightmare, he could not hear the words of the four tailed fox.
Slowly, his left hand sent a strand of pure energy to his mind, which cooled his mind rapidly, until he came out of the nightmare.
"Sky.... I have found a way to escape from the werewolf." Seeing Sky gaining his consciousness, the four tailed fox hurriedly spoke.
Sky's eyes brightened for a second, but soon lost their colour. "You don't need to console me." He said with a dejected tone.
The four tailed fox could see that Sky did not believe her. "No Sky! This time I really found a way. It's related to Lia and the fox goddess. Let me expla....," she immediately started to say.
"Enough! I don't want to speak to you anymore." Sky interrupted her and closed his eyes.
He no longer believed the four tailed fox. She did not say the method to save Artha before, so he assumed that she was trying to lie again and give him false hope.
As he closed his eyes, he entered the darkness again. There he saw Artha looking at him with a loving gaze.
He smiled, "do I look ugly now?" He asked.
"No!" She replied.
"My Sky is the best. No matter if he was raging like the thunder clouds, or peaceful like the summer days, or dark like the cloudy days, he is still beautiful to my eyes." She replied.
Sky's eyes turned red, "am I going to lose you?" He cried as he spoke.
Artha walked towards him. In this darkness, she was his only source of light. She placed her jade like fair hands on his face. "Even if the world shatters, your Artha will never leave you." She took him into her arms and Sky fell asleep in his lover's arms.
The nightmares have ended but his mind was so exhausted that he fell into a deep sleep.
The four tailed fox tried to call out to him, but Sky did not wake up. He was already in a deep sleep.
A week passed but Sky did not wake up. It has been a month since the werewolf had caught Sky, and Artha's body started to turn pale. She had finally used up all the blood essence that was left in her.
Seeing her sister in this state, the four tailed fox sighed sadly. She caressed Artha. "Sky loves you a lot. Take care of him." She said these final words to her.
She then proceeded to write a letter to Sky.
.....
Sky slept for two weeks straight. He woke up and saw that he was in the werewolf's palace and he had been dreaming, Sky immediately started to get scared.
"Lefty, please let me in." He shouted at his left hand with a pleading but urgent tone. A month had already passed, Sky was scared about Artha's condition.
He got into his first space and ran towards Artha's body. His heart stopped for a second as he imagined the worst possibility.
But the worst possibility did not occur, Artha was completely fine. Her face had a rosy complexion, a state which showed a excess blood flow. This both startled and excited Sky.
Artha was safe, and by the looks of it, her problem seemed to have been solved. Looking at Artha's rosy complexion, Sky's thoughts drifted to what had caused this situation. Immediately a figure popped up in his head. 'The Four Tailed Fox'.
Sky immediately turned around and found the fox in the corner of the space. He excitedly went over. "You were right, sorry I doub...." his voice stopped as he looked at the four tailed fox.
Sky saw a 'human' there instead of the four tailed fox. This human looked just like the four tailed fox, the only difference being the lack of tails.
Yes! That's right. This body did not have any tails. Somehow, the fox had transformed into a human.
Even though Sky had his doubts, it was swept away by his excitement as he walked towards her and held her hands. "ha haa! I love you. I love you so much. Thanks for saving Artha." He pulled her hands excitedly.
But the next situation dumbfounded Sky. The hand he was holding dropped away and fell to the ground. The human body fell to the side.
Sky eyes widened as he saw the four tailed fox falling to the side. He took her body into his arms and shook her face by the cheeks.
But no matter how much he shook or how long he shook, the four tailed fox did not show any movement. Sky's body shivered as his thoughts drifted to her unmoving body.
'She was dead.'
A huge darkness fell upon his mind.