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Go away.
“My lady,” the old man’s voice took on a grimmer tone. “We don’t have the means to trap this creature. We cannot send it away because no one will take it. And most importantly, we cannot feed it. Our resources are running low as it is, and monsters eat meat.”
“You do know that the monsters were all fae once,” Fiona said, her voice soft. I noticed she was not pushing any emotions on the townsfolk to persuade them. “They are not to blame for anything they do. The queen of light is controlling them. She’s making them kill and murder.”
“We’ve heard of those claims, yes,” the old man replied, his tone appeasing as though he was talking to a child. He did not believe it. “But even if they’re true, it doesn’t change the fact that we cannot take care of this creature.”
“You can let it go,” I said and immediately received amazed glances from a few fae in the crowd.
“How will we know it won’t come back to attack our town?” The old man asked. His tone suggested that he believed I was a fool for suggesting it.
Can you stop the monster from returning to the village? I asked the girl.
I felt her hesitate.
For a while? I pushed.
I can. But it won’t change anything. I cannot control all the monsters to prevent them from attacking anyone. If I try, she will know.
But can you control this one?
Yes.
Good.
“The monster has a cage,” I turned to my friends. “We can take it.”
My friends seemed very confused at my suggestion. It was Kieran who spoke first.
“What will we do with it?” He asked. “We can’t take it where we’re going. We can’t release it.”
“And we cannot allow you to take it away,” the old man replied. “Especially not after hearing what she plans on doing with the monster.”
There was fear in him.
I did not blame him for it.
“I—“
“We will not interfere with the town’s decision,” Fiona said, and I felt her sending that sentiment throughout the crowd to convince them her words were not a trick. “We just want to stay here for the night and go on our way in the morning.”
“Who will kill the monster?” A woman from the crowd asked.
“We won’t,” Dearen replied.
“We will have to wait for the hunters to come back at dawn,” the old man replied, turning away from us as if we did not matter anymore. “Until then, take the creature to the cells below the old manor along with the men.”
They started to move, and Kieran gestured to the rest of us to get out of the way.
“Could you deliver our food to our room?” Kieran asked the innkeeper, offering the man a few silver coins for the task.
The innkeeper nodded. “Of course. I will show you to your room. And please, no need for that.”
He turned around without taking Kieran’s coin.
We followed him inside, through the large dining room, and up the stairs. A narrow hallway welcomed us on the next floor, and the innkeeper kept walking until we reached a door.
“I would have given you more rooms to ensure your comfort,” he said. “But there have been many attacks. The villagers whose houses were damaged stay at our inn, so we don't have any other unoccupied rooms.”
