Claire turned into a cat and was very friendly with Geralt again. She was sitting on his shoulder licking his face and purring. Geralt liked the cat way more just because she couldn't talk back and actually seemed to listen to him in her cat form after the couple hours of her able to understand him.

"Claire sure likes you, going to court her or can I?" Jaskier asked as Geralt looked down at him.

"She doesn't have long to live Jaskier, she won't marry a man not even if her life depend on it. I suggest you leave her alone," he informed as Claire nearly fell off of him while rubbing her head on his face but he caught her and put her in his lap.

"What I thought this was just a harmless curse," Jaskier said.

"It's not harmless, it killes who ever has it when the woman turns 21 some how she is twenty six and is still alive," he answered.

"How much time does she have left?" Jaskier asked.

"No idea but I her human self is disappearing during this time as this cat it is safe to say she will turn into cat during the day and she might lose her humanity. Cats don't live long so she might die of old age even though she isn't old. In cat years she would be," he informed.

"Can it be fixed?" He asked.

"I don't know it's why I am taking her home. Her parents have to know something. If they don't they are hiding it from me or themselves," he said as they came across the kingdom.

The town was sleeping peacefully and didn't even notice there princess was missing. He went up to the castle and was immediately stopped by guards.

"You shall not pass witcher!" A guard growled.

"I have your princess," he said as he showed off Claire.

"Our princess hates all men," he informed.

"Take her and see if she scratches you," he said as Claire was sitting on him full of content.

The guard walked right up to her before he could even react she launched herself at him and tried ripping him apart making him scream in pure panic.

"Get off of me you furry bitch!" He yelled grabbing her and throwing her onto the ground but she tried attacking him and the other guards as well.

One even drew his sword making Geralt get off of Roach and defending her. He quickly knocked out the guard and picked up Claire. He petted her gently as she started to pur.

"How do you do that?" The guard asked wiping the blood off his face.

"I don't want to fuck her and she senses that," he informed making Jaskier but into laughter.

"How many women have you slept with Geralt really?" Jaskier asked.

"How many married women have you slept with? I don't sleep with married women because I'm not a home wrecker," he informed.

"We will let you see our queen and king, they are sleeping but we will wake them for you," the guard said as they started to head in.

"That's why you like me isn't it? I'm not trying to get in your pants or under your dress," he said as they walked in and the first thing he noticed was that there were no paintings of her anywhere on the walls. It was just the parents and a boy.

"They don't seem to like you to much," he said as he petted her gent.

"Wow this place is amazing!" Jaskier informed.

"Just because it looks amazing doesn't mean it is," he informed as she started to snuggle into him.

"You have my daughter? Where has she been?" The king asked making Claire hissed.

"She heard of a werewolf and she saved me from it. In return I wish to break this curse," he informed.

"You let a woman save you?!" The king chuckled making Claire snarl in pure rage at him.

"I thought she was another witcher at first that was turned into this cat but I was wrong. So know anything about thus three hundred year old curse that seems to be killing all the women off?" Geralt asked.

"No. Even if I did my daughter is not a decent girl. We explained that she needed to be married by fifteen and start having children but she refused. She doesn't deserve to have the curse broken. How are you holding her? She doesn't like men or anyone for that matter," he informed.

"We have a mutual understanding I told her I was going to break her curse and it seems we are a lot alike,"  he explained.

"Figures a monster liking a monster. Leave her here and I will pay you for finding her. She will get out again she always does, if you like you can stay here and make sure she stays in these walls until she passes away which shouldn't be long now. She has been throwing up blood recently and that means the her suffering has started already," he said.

"Only if you tell me about her curse so I can try to break it or slow it down," Geralt stated.

"My daughter is not a decent girl. She changes infront of men if they piss her off, she fights back instead of obeying us, she curses like a man, she even says what is on her mind! Also she eats rats when she is in that form," he argued.

"I know trust me she treated to tie me to a bed. I fought three werewolves and got hurt badly I still went after that werewolf that was left," he informed.

"Dear God you are a disgrace to this family!" Her father scolded as she hissed at him.

"She was protecting me, I was hurt badly enough I could have died," he informed.

"Is Claire home yet?" A woman asked seeing the black cat.

"Afraid so, she brought a witcher with her to," he muttered.

"Don't be so harsh she doesn't have long to live," her mother stated.

"We have been saying that for years and look at her still a live and being a disgrace to this family. Running around hunting monsters and she even made a new friend that is one," he growled.

"Well maybe if you didn't lock her and her cousin in the same room and hope something would happen then maybe she would be married by now!" She growled.

"Maybe if you were a better wife and stop sleeping with the guards then she would have married. We need airs to the thrown!" He growled.

"Do you know anything about this curse?" Geralt asked.

"No...but if you want to learn about the curse there has to be a book somewhere on it in the study," she informed.

"Why would you tell that monster?!" He growled.

"I don't know I am just some whore to you so why don't you sleep with the maids maybe they can give you a male air," she snapped.

"If you wish to stay here and guard my disgraceful daughter so be it but you do anything and I will execute you," he informed.

"He is a witcher! He hunts monsters is part of the job as well as doing things. I'm tired of watching the girls dying around here I want this curse broken," she informed.

"There is no braking it! I just wish it killed her off sooner," He muttered as he left.

"I will have a maid show you her room I need a drink," she muttered as Jaskier was trying not to get involved knowing he would make things worse.

"No wonder she doesn't care for men or women, they seem so lovely," Jaskier informed.

Geralt grunted in a response and a made came to them and showed them to there rooms.

"You are really going to stay here with these people?" Jaskier asked.

"I have dealt with worse, I need to break her curse. I told her I would I hope it's not to late for me to fix it," he informed he petted Claire. He put her down on her bed and noticed how empty it was.

There was barely anything at all and it didn't even looked like someone lived in this room. He sat her down on her bed but she hopped in his lap again and curled up. He took her off once more and placed her on her bed but she went back where she was before.

"Why do you like me so much I smell terrible," he informed as she closed her eyes and purred.

"Don't ask me why she is as stubborn as you are," Jaskier sighed.

He sighed annoyed by how friendly she was with him and no one else. It could have just been because at first he didn't want anything to do with her. He didn't even like her at first until he found out she was a person. He treated her like a person when everyone else tried hitting her or killing her. He didn't do either and offered to help her. He really didn't like her cat form now because that was the reason, he wasn't mean to her or even scared of her while everyone else was.

"I was kind to her in this cat form before I knew she was a person. I wasn't even scared of her that's why she likes me. I knew I should have just bleed out in the woods," he muttered.

"I was nice to her," Jaskier informed.

"As a cat not both at first," he informed. He picked up her up and took her to his bed room.

He made sure her dress was in there or a dress at least and went under the covers. He tucked her under the blanket and she laid down on her side. He didn't know if this was normal but then he felt her stop purring. A light cat whimper escaped her and he realized she was in pain. Her breathing was ragged and he sighed weakly knowing there was nothing he could actually do to help.

"Sorry Claire there is nothing I can do to fix this right now but I will do my best to break this curse," he informed.

He petted her lightly and carefully took her off of him and laid her down on the bed next to him. Either way it was going to be strange because she was again not going to be wearing any cloths but might as well make her comfortable.