It had been a month since Stella had been free from her prison and almost a month since she got her sword. Geralt had been training Stella, and she had been doing very well even though she wasn't trying hard at all or taking it seriously enough. He knew it was just a part of her personality, but he hoped this was helping her. She still slept with him in bed even though now he was getting frustrated since he couldn't sleep around anymore as well. Geralt finally explained sex to Stella since she saw Jaskier having it even though it was a very awkward conversation, and now she wanted to do it, too. He was not about to let anyone hurt Stella and had to make sure she understood everything about it.

She still also wanted a baby and kept asking Geralt if they could have a baby together making him wish he never explained sex to her but she was just curious and it was driving him up the wall since he hadn't had sex in a while. They were in a new village and as soon as she saw a baby she of course wanted one for herself.

"Geralt," Stella said.

"No, Stella, I already told you we can't have a baby. I can't have children," he said.

"But we can," she paused.

"No, just because we do, it doesn't mean anything is going to happen?" He said.

"Why?" She asked.

"Because of my mutations," he informed.

"We can still try," she said.

"No, we can not. Please stop asking me," he said as Jaskier was still very confused as to why Geralt was telling her no.

Geralt was getting frustrated, and she was offering; if it were him, he would have done it already with her. But he guessed that Geralt had standards with what was odd to think about. They walked to the market and got some things there before going into the Inn. The whole town was rather large, and the Inn itself was three stories tall, making it one of the tallest buildings in town. There were a lot of people in town as well as buildings, making Stella excited to be in this town.

"Do you think you can sleep by yourself tonight? I'm not mad at you, I just need some time alone," Geralt said as Stella paused.

"I guess I can," she said with a sigh as Geralt got three rooms.

Geralt needed to clear his head, and Stella was making everything harder on him. He just needed a whore for the night and that was it. He thought he could be strong but being with an innocent girl that was wanting a child so badly, his body and his mind started to fail him. Stella liked how quiet it was but the looks that they got from everyone made her feel out of place. Geralt was used to the looks but ignored them now but Stella couldn't ignore them as well. She wanted nothing more than to be excepted but now she had doughts that even her family would want her since she was cursed.

Night came quickly and Geralt was looking for a whore and so was Jaskier Stella decided it would be best if she stayed in her room but after a couple of hours of being bored she decided to go out and walk around a bit. There wasn't much going on in this town at all. Everyone was asleep in at this hour of the night but Stella since she was exploring. It was strange seeing a large wooden post on the outside of the town surrounded by rocks. She looked at it and touched the post. She could smell something off like something had been burned here at least a couple of days ago. She smelled the air but couldn't put her finger on it.

"Hey! What are you doing here?" A man asked as Stella turned around.

"Oh, just looking around, this place is nice," Stella said as the man who looked non-threatening to her smiled a bit.

"It is nice here, are you with someone?" The man asked.

"Actually, yes, a witcher and his friend. We just got rooms at the Ponney Inn," Stella said as the man smiled.

"Really, not surprising, it's the only Inn for miles. You know the mayor of this town doesn't like witchers, right?" He asked.

"Why, Geralt has been nothing but kind to me," she said.

"Because they are not natural beings. Since you are here with him, I would run if I were you. We normally chase elves who pass threw here, but they are more fun to burn. Witchers, on the other hand, are more fun to torture," he said as Stella started backing off.

"Why would you do that to people?" She asked.

"Because they aren't people, you know I think you might need to stay with me, so we make sure the witcher comes in quietly," he said as she looked at him terrified.

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" She said.

"No one is going to hurt you, just the witcher," he said as she finally stopped moving backward.

"Really?" She asked softly.

"Yes, now come on," he said as she walked to him and grew out her nails.

"I'm not letting hurt him," she said as she stuck her hand in his chest and ripped out his heart then dropped it on the ground.

"I'm not as harmless as I look now am I?" She asked as she went back to the Inn.

There were already men in the building and Stella quickly wiped the blood off her hand and onto her dress and ripped it a bit to make it look like she had been attacked.

"Please help! I was talking to a man on the outskirts of town, and a monster came out of nowhere and attacked him! It ripped out his heart!" Stella cried as some of the men quickly went to investigate what happened.

"Get the witcher and his friend," a man said as Stella was about to attack him but a man grabbed her.

"Let go of me!" She yelled.

"You were with the witcher. We all saw you come here with him," a man said as she broke free and ran to Geralts' room.

"Hey!" The whore yelled as Geralt was passed out in the bed.

"Geralt, get up! Geralt?!" She asked as she pushed as many heavy things she could find in front of the door as people started to try to break it down.

"He's not going to wake up for a while, darling," she said as she pulled a knife out.

"Open the door now," she said as Stella looked at her and paused.

"They will kill him!" She informed.

"They will kill me if I don't do my job," she informed as Stella opened the door, and the men grabbed her.

"I was told a witcher was here. You know being a magical creature in this area is a crime and punishable by death, right?" A man wearing nice clothes asked as the other men pulled her out of the room.

"He didn't do anything wrong! It's not his fault he is a witcher like how it's not my fault I am a woman!" She informed as the man looked at her and smiled.

"Take the witcher back to my house and leave her with me," the man said as they took Geralt away, and the man took her to the third floor of the Inn.

"Please don't hurt him. He didn't do anything wrong," Stella said.

"No? So your witcher friend and his horrible singing companion didn't do anything wrong?" He asked.

"No!" Stella said as the man was about to hit her but decided against it.

"How about we trade? You stay here with me, and I don't drown your friends in the lake," he said as Stella looked at him terrified.

"You are very beautiful, I bet you know how to make that witcher happy. Too bad he had to go for someone more used," he said as he tried to touch Stella, but she smacked him hard.

"Don't you touch me!" She growled.

"I do like a fighter, but you know if I don't make it back or you know remember to tell them to not kill him they will. I'll give you some time to think," he said as he left the room and closed the door behind him.

She tried to get out, but the door was locked. She tried the window but when she opened it wooden panels were covering the windows. If she got out, they would know, and they would kill Geralt, making her even more scared.

"They got you too huh?" Eskel said as Geralt started waking up.

Geralt was in a cage and luckily he wasn't entirely naked. He got really tired all of a sudden and knew something was wrong with him and must have passed out in his room.

"Eskel?" Geralt asked as he smiled.

"So there are other witchers out there! Nice to meet you, I'm his friend Jaskier," Jaskier informed.

"Well then be a friend and shut the fuck up, you are annoying," he said.

"I didn't think you were a witcher," Jaskier said.

"I didn't think could kill someone just by looking at them," he informed.

"Shit, where's Stella?" Geralt asked as he was trying to get out of the tight cage but couldn't.

"That girl must have drugged you," Eskel informed.

"No, she is a girl I came with. She has powers and if they find her they will kill her. I'm not sure if it's a curse or not but if she is very upset or angry she will lash out and kill them," Geralt informed.

"What kind of curse is it?" Eskel asked.

"I don't know I haven't figured it out, she smells human but she's not. She's strong and fast. She can grow her nails out and jump high. Also, the people I took her from had her chained up all her life. She didn't know there were children out there. Babies I mean," Geralt informed.

"Interesting, so how do we get out of here? If they are threating to kill us, she wouldn't do anything will she?" Eskel asked.

"No, I didn't think so. She is very kind," Geralt informed.

"Fuck! Whoops sorry! I'm sounding like Geralt now and those women, and pretty much everyone else. She heard someone passing with the birds outside and they got pried off carefully.

"Hi, oh no, a little help!" Alexander asked as the leader fell and hit the ground.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Well my boss or master or whatever you want to call him was one of the people that took your friend. I saw you earlier and I couldn't believe it. I'm originally from this town," he said.

"Oh, well what are you doing here, they are going to kill you!" She said.

"I had to do something! I know it was stupid of me but I couldn't get to your friends so I thought maybe you could help me? I am not sure if you can even hold a sword but we need to get you out of here somehow with your friends," he said.

"I'm not that bad with a sword also I... don't panic but I have powers," she said as she grew out her nails.

"Oh wow, that's. Since when? Does that hurt?" He asked.

"I have always been able to do this, and no, but you know where they are being held right?" Stella asked.

"I do it's not far but it's guarded. Heavily guarded, there are two ways, a back way and the front. The horses are near the back so if I go in the back way I can maybe clear you a path to get you all out. It's going to be more heavy guarded in the front and since you have those claws you can probably get them rather easily," he said.

"Oh you have no idea," she said.

"Great so um how do we get down?" He asked as Stella picked him up.

"Jump, just don't scream," she said as she backed up to the door and he looked at her oddly.

"I don't like this idea!" He said as she jumped out the window and landed on her feet.

She put him down as he looked at her shocked.

"Right, you can do that too," he said.

"Hey! You stupid bitch!" A man yelled.

"Fuck you!" Alexander and Stella yelled at the same time.

"Sorry habit, come on!" He said as they hurried off.