Tahira heard Kaze bark to get her attention. ‘No, not Kaze…Dahler…’ She corrected herself silently. It was obvious to her now, even if she didn’t understand it. She smiled to the wolf and followed him toward the castle. Her mind was still filled with thoughts of the previous night. Seeing Dahler…and realizing he loved her as much as she loved him.<br/><br/>She saw the Vampire castle coming into view, and knew she would soon have to face the king to save her brother.  She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn’t notice the ogre until it roared angrily behind them. The petite blonde spun around to face the angry monster, bringing her staff up to fend off the club wielded by the beast.<br/><br/>The ogre swung at her, and she deflected it with some difficulty before raising one of her hands and shooting fire at the beast. Te ogre roared in pain, and stumbled backward, dropping the club as it burned into a pile of ash from the fire. It was then that the monster pulled a dagger from the band of his loincloth, and instead of attacking her, aimed for her lupine companion.<br/><br/>“Dahler!” She exclaimed, and leapt forward without thinking in an attempt to shield her beloved. The dagger hit her in the side, and she cried out in pain, but managed to aim another blast of fire at the beast, hitting his face this time. The ogre fell to the ground, and writhed in pain as she felt to her knees beside Dahler. She pulled the dagger from her side with a hiss of pain. “I’m sorry I didn’t hear it coming…” She said, breathing a bit shallower as she began to try and heal herself. ‘Oh, Great Goddess…let me survive this and go save my brother…and return Dahler to his proper form…’