The Shadow Prince

"Lucia, do not go to the silent forest, there's a scary castle there" Nana shout-out and make me roll my eyes in annoy. For a thousand times my grandmother warned me about the abandon castle near the silent forest, she mention about a ghost and wild animal there which make me get interest to check it more. "She makes me want to go and take a look if she keep warning me like that" I murmured while start walking to the other direction but take a glance to where the Silent forest. My grandmother is a British, she's living in the small town near the Dingle, and honestly I don't know where it is exactly. Lucia... Gasped, I turn around and see no one. Who? My name is Lucia Windham, I am 7 years old and this is the first time I visit my grandmother with my mom. The truth is, I know the reason my mother take me here, looks like my parents will going on separate ways since my father had a new woman in his office, his secretary, typical. I know for a young girl in my age, I shouldn't have known something like that but like my mother said, I am older than the other girl. People call me genius, but it left me with no friends beside books. No matter, with books I can go anywhere and be anyone I like so I don't need friends. Lie. Sighed, I pick the dried branch before take a seat in the sand. You see, Dingle in near to the sea so beside hills, we can see the big blue see from my grandmother's house. If only our neighbor is near. How can my grandmother living alone here, in the middle of nowhere by herself? Since my grandfather die, she rejects the idea of moving out to America with us. Thank God, I brought one of my books here, I thought before lean on the sand and start reading. It's only a minute before I heard an agony scream coming from behind me. I stood up abruptly before take a look around only to get shock when I saw a man crawling from the Silent forest with blood in his clothes. Oh my God!! Gasped, I leave my book before running to where he lay on the ground. Oh my God, what's happen to him?! "Hey.. Hey.. are you okay?" I asked breathlessly from running toward him before kneel in front of the wounded man. He frown and staring at me for a second before cough a lot of blood which make me gasped loudly in fear when I see more blood keep coming out from his mouth. "Oh my God" I whispered in fear "I need to call someone" I said and try to move only to get stop by a hand and make me turn my gaze back to him. "No.." He said and winced. What? "Don't speak" I shook my head quickly in respond when I see it huring him then open my jacket before wrapped it in his wounded flesh and push it to stop the bleed, ew.. ew.. ew... "You keep bleeding" I shout in panic, I never saw so many blood coming out from someone. I raise an eyebrown when I hear a laugh in between cough coming from him. "It's not funny!!" I scowl with a frown before hear howling from the wood that make me shivered. Oh my God, what is that? A wolf? "What's your name?" I was shock when I hear he speak and feel a touch on my cheek. Why he looks calm? "Um.. Lusy.. Lucia" I tell him nervously while keep pushed my jacket in his bleeding flesh "You're bleeding, I need to make it stop!" I muse in horror to see more blood. Oh God... "Thank you, Lucia" Huh? Frowning, I turn my gaze from the wound to his eyes. He has a b;ack eyes, so dark that I never saw before. And that's the last thing I remember before I was consumed to the darkness. Until then little Lucia. I'll see when you're ready. *******