KEEPER OF THE DESERTED ISLAND

DIFFERENCE IN PERSONALITY

She had never seen a wolf in her life and here she was with a magnificent white wolf in front of her. Its fur was so pure and fluffy with no blemish and the eyes were very dark as the night ocean

“This is so magnificent” she wowed aloud as she covered her mouth in awe before running closer to touch its fur

He marched around the room for a while before shifting back to his human form which was more fascinating for her

“Why did you shift so fast? I was still admiring you and was hoping to watch you for a longer time” she complained and he smiled

“I only did that to confirm if my strength has been regained, my energy is too low to stay in that form for too long” he replied and sat down on the bed

She walked closer to him and observed him from up close, he was a handsome with all his features sharp and stunning. His eyebrows were neatly drawn and shaped, his thick lips with the upper part black and the lower kind of red was so attractive and the long nose bridge added elegance to his already perfect face.

“We have a lot of introduction to do, don’t you think so?” she asked with a corky smile before pulling a chair to have her seat

Yes, he is sure beautiful but that shouldn’t cloud her sense of reasoning, what if he’s a spy or enemy? She will be the one to handle the consequences, she just can’t fall for his beauty and ignore protocols

“Yes, that’s true” he confirmed with a solid nod

“What do you want to know about me first?” he asked cheerfully and she couldn’t hide her blush 

“Who are you? Why were you in the woods wounded? Are you a thief or spy?” she rushed down the questions while folding her hands

“I am a wolf as you can see, I was wounded in the woods because I ran away from my pack and they followed me to take me back but they couldn’t. I’m not a thief or spy, I’m a slave that ran away with the chance I got” he replied all her questions and she paused for a minute before thinking of what to ask Him next

“if I heard you right, you are a slave who ran away from his pack? Why? Did you commit some grave sin to run away? Or you wanted freedom that bad?” she asked titling her head

“I didn’t commit any sin but it’s true I wanted freedom so much. I was tired of living as a slave for my pack because our superiors are wicked and brutal. They give many painful punishments for small mistakes and also beat us up badly, I was tired of living that lifestyle so I decided to risk my life for my freedom” he explained

“And what makes you think this side is better? This system is everywhere. Look at me, I’m a princess of the kingdom and have everything at my feet. I have been raised to know and understand that they are below me. They have to obey my commands and also I have the right to punish them if they don’t heed to what I commanded them to do, am I still a brutal person?” she said with a shrug

“As much as you are entitled to bossing them around, you can still do that humanely, you don’t have to drag them through hell just to be a terror they think of and avoid. The process is simple, give them punishment like they deserve, not way more than they deserve. Have you ever witnessed someone bathed with scalding hot water? Have you ever seen a situation where all the limbs are chopped off just because they touched royalty by mistake? Do you still think that’s normal?” he asked and by this time, he was raising his voice a bit, the hurt evident in his voice

“You have the right to discipline them but not up to that point, that’s some scary ass s**t” she murmured and shuddered at the thought of it

“They must be so merciless” she added and he confirmed immediately

“Very merciless, you don’t want to imagine”

“Since I can’t be sure if you are saying the truth right now, I will keep watching instead. I’ll see what to do with you as the days rolled by” she remarked and stood up to take her leave

“Just make sure you never take any step out of this room, it’s sealed off anyone’s access but it doesn’t hurt to be careful you know” she instructed and went out of the room

Throughout her training that morning, she wasn’t focused. She kept thinking about him, his beautiful wolf and what he said about his people skinning others alive with hot water

“urgh, they are such a cold and heartless bastards” she murmured to herself as she shook her head to rid the thought

“You can’t seem to focus this morning, did you suddenly lose your touch overnight?” she heard the familiar annoying voice ask behind her

“Not again” she sighed as she puffed out the air in her lung

“Is something going on with the almighty princess?” Jerrick asked as he stood in front of her properly

“ah! I suddenly got the spirit and strength to shoot now, what do you think? Do you want to be my board? Let’s see if I still have my touch” she stated pulling her bow towards him

“How can a lady be always aggressive? No wonder I can’t even peek into your thought” he hissed and she scoffed

“I blocked access because of sneaky and p*****t bastards like you” she replied and he wowed

“You curse a lot for some fragile and beautiful princess, the king is always thinking you are calm and easy going but this your version of calmness seems to be newly invented” he chewed as he moved closer to her

“Jerrick! Don’t disturb my training this morning, it’s better you go carry out whatever you came here for or you go back home” she said closing her eyes to signify she’s had enough of his talks

“But I came here for you though, my father said to spend some quality time with you” he added looking at the sky

“Oopss sorry, as you can see, I have no quality time to spare” she attacked and stuck her tongue out

“You have no choice, your dad is watching over his easy going daughter right now, should I give you the opportunity to display your true color to him?” he asked with a smirk as he motioned for her to see her dad who was looking at them from the balcony of the palace behind them

“You are a bastard” she cursed him with a wide smile

“anything to make you feel better” he said with a shrug and smile 

She doesn’t like the presence of Jerrick because he was similar to the people her wolf friend was talking about few minutes ago. They were good childhood friends who really liked each other, they trained their powers and magic from the same teacher and even learnt their martial arts together. They were inseparable twins who shared everything until she found out that he was just sweet to only her, he was a terror to others outside.

She had gone over to his house that very morning of a bright Saturday and saw him bathing a slave with a bowl of soup

“You don’t serve garbage and call it meal” he said as he turned the bowl on the head of the slave who just stood there in silent tears

She gasped at the sight and staggered back in shock, she had never expected her friend to be someone this terrible. He smiles at her and care for her every time so never in her wildest dream did she thinks he was someone like that.

His hard expression melted as he turned to see her standing in the yard, he came down to welcome her warmly but for some reasons, she didn’t want to see his face that day

“You! What do you think you are doing?” she asked softly glancing at the slave who was trying to clean off the soup in her eyes

“doing? Ah that?” he asked pointing to the slave and her eyes gave the answer he was looking for

“I was just teaching her a lesson, Humans seems to believe we are weak and would not do anything since we have been nice to them but they are wrong. If you do something wrong, you will be punished and that punishment should be in such a way that others watching wouldn’t want to make them, that’s how you get rid of crime” he stated with a smile, not even a hint of remorse and she slapped him

“You are an icon of evil, so despicable and wicked. If you think you are great with doing this then you are wrong, you are just a powerful garbage that goes about bullying people and I’m sorry I can’t stick or laugh with someone like that” she yelled and turned to go home but she was held back by him

“Did you just say all those to me? because of some slave? You called me garbage?” he asked with his eyes radiating anger but she flung his hand away

“get off me! you are a garbage, one that cannot be recycled” she confirmed and that only got him worked up

“You pretend to be the nicest person in front of me and make me feel happy but you do this to people behind? What is more despicable than this?” she fired

“they are not like us, they are not in the same status like us, why should I treat them like you?” he asked and she scoffed

“I have had enough of your nonsense, treating people like dirt just because they are not in the same social status with you is just trashy, it’s not about the status, it’s about you as an individual” she remarked and turned to leave

“Tie her to the wood right now” he yelled and the maid was seized with immediate effect

She was tied to the big wood at the right hand side of the yard with her chest region facing the tree, before Shirley could blink, the servants already lined up with different cane sizes. He just smirked before turning to pick them up one by one to select the one that suit his taste

“What do you think you are doing?” Shirley asked with her eyes going forth and back between the cane and the tied maid

“trying to show you what social class means” he said picking up a robust cane as his choice before moving to the maid

He landed a stroke on her back and she yelled in pain making Shirley fold her wrist in anger, in a twinkle of an eye, her eyes had changed to red and she broke the rope to pieces just from where she was standing

“Don’t you dare make me start” she warned as she growled at Jerrick who by now was having his eyes in red color

“That’s the reality of life, don’t provoke me if you don’t want to see them suffer” he groaned and she tried to punch him but he blocked it and threw her away with the wind

They fought hard with their powers as they got wounded due to how they threw themselves at different objects. She went back home after the Prime minister stopped their display of powers and scolded them, ever since then, she didn’t have a good relationship with him and she doesn’t plan to anytime soon.

She had to cooperate with him since her father was watching and they practiced together. Thanks to her troubled mind, she didn’t stand a chance with him as he easily beat her in the game.

“Is something troubling you? You can’t seems to focus” he asked as they dropped their bow 

“Nothing of such is happening” she replied turning to leave but he stepped in front of her and helped her shift the stray hair trying to get into her eyes, his hand brushing her forehead lightly

She looked into his eyes with her mouth open, she realized what he had done in the twinkle of an eye and she didn’t hesitate to give him a hard kick on his right leg

“Sneaky bastard” she snarled at him as she walked away, ignoring the fact that her father was watching