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"What is it?" I asked with an uneasy feeling. The two of them were still staring at me while listening to the howling outside that sounded like calling for a long time. "Who's that?" I whispered to Balthazar.

No one answered my question.

I turned to look at the window in the kitchen, looking at the light from the lamp at the edge of the lake and into the darkness of the forest beyond. The wolf's howling had now stopped. But my heart still feels awkward, the howling voice calling ... I don't know what this is just my feelings, but the wolf seems to be calling me.

"Balthazar ... what's that-" My question was interrupted by the sound of the wolf's howl again, this time closer than before.

"Stupid policy, It'll only cause a ruckus in this place," he muttered with an annoyed snort. Balthazar stood up angrily and started walking towards the back door followed by Dimitri and finally myself. He opened his castle door wide and went out towards the lake. I meant to follow him but was blocked by