Hellbound Heart

This bonus chapter is dedicated to @Sacogun! Big thanks for the supergift!!! <3

____

Hearing wolf howls were not something surprising as the Reigns castle was located in a forested hill. However, this was the first time so far that she heard a howl. And that one sound had reminded her of the snow-white wolf that they saved. She had totally forgotten about it due to all these ridiculous happenings.

Where was the white wolf now? It must still be healing up, right now, right? The medic team that Sebastian had put in charge of taking care of that wolf would surely be a skillful one. So the wolf should be on its way to getting better. Right…?

After contemplating for a few moments, Elle rushed towards the door.

"Rion?" she called out at the still closed door.

"Yes, Your Highness." The door quickly swung opened, and the man immediately responded. The big man who first blocked the door, stepped aside. "How may I help you?"

"You said the only thing that's not allowed inside this room is other unauthorized people and gadgets, right?" she asked with a straight face. Her eyes were looking pretty intimidating.

Rion slowly nodded. "Yes, Princess. You are right. That's the exact order we received." He was wary as he did not know what ideas this princess would somehow come up with. Prince Sebastian had already warned him to be on his toes when dealing with her.

"Alright then. I need you to go fetch Snow White and bring him here to me."

The man blinked, not following the princess' train of thought. What the hell was Snow White?! "Snow White… uhm… you mean the book? But you just referred to it as… him…??" Rion's mind was spinning. Since when Snow White had turned into a boy?!

"No, no, no… I was actually referring to my dog. His name is Snow White. He had gotten a little injured and is in treatment at the moment. I want him to be brought into this room this instant, Rion." Elle demanded, her voice commanding.

"S-sure, as you wish Your Highness." Rion easily agreed. Thinking back on the long list of things that Prince Sebastian had warned him not to bring into the princess' room, her dog was not on it. So, it should be alright for him to at least grant her this one request. He was feeling really bad already when he kept needing to reject her requests.

"I want him here in thirty minutes." She then shut the door herself this time. Thinking of being able to see if the wolf had healed up nicely had sent Elle into a slight nervous jitter. She truly hoped that it would have been give the best care possible.

On the other side of the door, Rion rubbed his face and looked at the other guard on sentry duty, who only shrugged at him rather helplessly.

"Good Lord… I didn't know the princess could be this scary! Were you aware of this fact, huh, Raven?" Rion whispered to his comrade. For such a small sized and petite person, the princess sure do have a large and imposing presence when she wanted to.

"She's in a bad mood. She's usually such a ball of warm energy. Can't blame her though." Raven said blankly, shrugging at his own comment.

"How about this Snow White? Are you aware of it?" Rion needed more information on this Snow White that was supposed to be the princess' pet. Why is this the first time that he was hearing about it?

"Hmm… Lucas didn't tell me about a dog. Perhaps, it's the princess' pet from her home country that had just arrived?" Raven supplied an explanation. He himself was not aware of a pet, but that was the most plausible scenario in his mind.

"Damn… where do I even go to find it?"

"Go ask the butler. He might know where that dog is."

…

Rion was speechless for a moment as he looked at the large cage that was placed under a tree in the west garden.

"Wait a moment… this is Snow White? This isn't a dog!!!" Rion yelled at the butler, aghast that what he was looking at was a massive white wolf! Did the butler think it was wise to bring a wolf into a room with such a weak princess?

"There's no dog in the castle, you know that."

"Are you sure this is the princess's pet?!"

"I'm sure it is. Otherwise, why would Prince Sebastian have gone through all that trouble to have it saved? He had called expert doctors to tend to it. He had even asked me to take care of it and made sure it would not die." The butler provided Rion with more explanation. And the more Rion heard, the more shocked he was.

Rion frowned and then creased his brows. That was really unbelievable. The prince, saving a wolf, much less taking care of it was unheard of!!! Was this still the same prince and lord that he had sworn to serve? Why did he feel so different right now?

"I can't believe this. How could such a frail looking princess have a pet as dangerous and big as this one?" Rion was shaking his head in disbelief.

"Well, don't underestimate the princess. This one might be her pet since it was young. They could have grown up together. You know that's not impossible." The butler suggested.

"Fine, fine…" Rion could only surrender.

Soon, Rion arrived back at the front of the princess room, with a large cage in tow behind him.

Raven was shocked at the sight that he saw.

"What the… why the hell are you bringing such a dangerous beast in here, Rion?!!" the big man demanded. He looked as though just the sight of the wolf was enough to tick off his instincts.

"Calm down, Raven. Apparently, this beast is the princess' pet. You know… Snow White…?"

"W-what?!" As Raven exclaimed in disbelief, the door opened, and the princess stood just at the entrance.

As soon as she saw the white wolf in the cage, her face immediately lit up and a smile formed on her face for the very first time since she was locked up in her room.

"Snow White!!!" she yelled animatedly as she rushed out of the room, and ran towards the wolf.