Ruth stood at the same place where Rees had stood a few days before. She had herself covered with a shawl. Nervous, she turned back to see Rees standing a few feets away from her.
As soon as their eyes met, he smiled in encouragement. Ruth could feel the people glancing curiously her way. Although she made sure to not attract much attention by her appearance, with a giant like Rees in his official uniform with a symbol of the O'Dells, it was impossible to be subtle.
By this time, the news of Edwin O'Dell falling in love with a maid had spread in and also out of Vincardine like a wildfire. Both werewolves and humans were equally shocked, and some even thought it was another scandalous rumour about the dark lord.
But the only opinion that everybody shared was that the woman must be another fish caught up in his trap, and it would end in the way it had always been with every other woman.
