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More assassins came for us. One after the next they just kept coming. How many hidden Worgen were here? And why were they targeting me?
Junelight and Slyboots stayed on guard at all times. Every one of us was waiting for the next one. The Deathguard helped us flush them out but I always wondered where the next one would be. Was he right behind me?
Exhausted from the hell we faces we went back to the inn. A cold flash of fear woke me from my dreams. I could not sleep that night and neither could Slyboots or Junelight.
We were bunking with another adventurer, and after the third time waking up I woke him up too.
"What is going on over there?" He asked disgruntled and sleepy.
"Sorry nightmares," I said quietly.
"Will we be able to get any sleep? Or only nightmares?" He asked annoyed.
"I'm sorry," I said again quietly. A single tear rolled down my face. Junelight and Slyboots were ready to attack for making me so upset but I gently put a hand on each of them, and they calmed down a little bit.
"Well I'm awake now, tell me what happened." He said with a sigh. I guess he noticed me crying.
"Worgen rogues tried to assassinate me..." I said quietly.
"Ah, first time?" He said, and as he got closer to the light I realized he was much older than me. "You get used to it," he said as he pulled back his shirt revealing several scars.
I looked on in horror. Was this really what I signed up for? I knew it would be dangerous but naively I never expected this.
"You'll be fine kid, if I can survive this many times you can too." He said as he got comfortable again. "Let's get some sleep now alright?"
I nodded and tried to fall back asleep.
The nightmares never stopped, but I did get better at not waking him.
In the morning I was wide awake before the sun rose. I stayed stuck in a loop of being half awake and half asleep all night. Every time I fell back asleep I felt that cold dagger on my skin and saw my hands covered in my own blood.
My mind kept going over each attack, again and again, and I couldn't stop it.
"Still thinking about it huh?" the adventurer said gruffly.
I nodded.
"It will take some time but the fear will fade. You will be alright kid, if you continue to choose this life you need to know you will be in danger. Things will attack you and hurt you and sometimes they will scare you. The thing you have to remember is that if you can survive this time you can survive the next. That is how you get stronger." He said as he gently pat me on the head. "Every scar I showed you is a time when I was stronger than the thing that tried to beat me. It didn't mean I didn't get hurt, but I survived and healed and got wiser."
I looked up at him in awe. Could I be as strong as he was?
"Alright kid, I have to get going, but you take care of yourself." He said as he got his things together. "You are luckier than I was, you have your cats by your side. I am sure they will always protect you."
With that, he smiled and left.
I wasn't alone was I? I thought as I pet Junelight and Slyboots. Slyboots snuggled up to me so hard that he was now laying on my chest making it hard to breathe. And Junelight being jealous as she was, was trying to push Slyboots off of me and lay on me too. What goofy cats, I thought as I wheezed from them crushing me.
"Guys, GUYS I love you too but I can't breathe," I said as I pushed them off and finally got a good breath of air. "I love you okay, now snuggle nice, next to me."
With that thought, I fell asleep and didn't wake up until the next day...
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