"We have been here before" David voices out in disappointment."I've been thinking too" Alpha Jones sighed weakly."Do you know you will only get the pendant if you take me out of this place,huh?" Lance yelled impatiently.Sophie moved forward. She took a glance around. They have been here before obviously. All efforts to get out of the woods was just proving abortive. They just kept circling around."Can you just keep quiet for once?" David snapped at Lance. "If you say anything again, without being asked. I will vent all my anger on you" he gasped."I asked you to get me out of this woods but you kept circling around and you want me to keep quiet?" he retorted angrily.David rushed at him with his fist held high.Alpha Jones held and pulled him back."This is not the time to fight. We need to work together and sort out our problem" he advised. "And you Lance, you can see that we are all in this together, so stop complaining" he warned him "If you can't help me that means we will
Lance rushed into the open area and heaved a sigh of relief."We finally made it" he said happily.They had just gotten out of the woods after a lot of efforts, round journeys and all."So where is the pendant?" David wasted no time."The pendant, yeah. The pendant is right where I hid it" he chuckled.Sophie, Alpha Jones and David stared at each other in confusion."Hand the pendant over now" Alpha Jones said sternly."That's not possible, all I can give you is the exact place where I hid it. You can go back some other time and retrieve it" he replied confidently."You are always you, Lance. You breached the agreement" Alpha Jones scoffed and shook his head."No. The agreement is to give you the pendant and I will tell you where it is right now" he retorted."I know how to get what we need from him. Just give me some minutes with him" David pleaded with Alpha Jones."He's all yours" Alpha Jones nodded.David put on a smile and moved slowly towards Lance."You are not going to kill me
Alpha Nolan stared at his beta with disgust. He had expected him to fail but he didn't know he would come back to him alive without achieving his aim.He should know what was in wait for him to return home, a failure."In short, Carter, you lost them including Lance?" he asked and chuckled."I'm sorry, Alpha. I don't know how they made it out of the woods" Carter begged."And you know following them out of the woods won't be a good decision because they will be at advantage" Alpha Nolan wanted him to spill all he had within him."It isn't advisable, not even when they are planning to come here. I think the best will be to lie in wait for them here" Carter explained with confidence. He even put on a smile which he quickly quenched when he realized Alpha Nolan's unfriendly countenance."They are coming here to do what?" he asked hastily"For you. They want to kill you" he replied with a slight bow."You are going to benefit a lot from that, anyway" Alpha Nolan nodded."It is not going t
"We are being followed" Sophie whispered to Alpha Jones."I noticed too" he responded and signaled to David to hide himself. They stay out of the road hiding in the woods on the sides.About six men came, they were rushing to catch up with them, obviously.Alpha Jones jumped on to the road behind their assailants while Sophie walked slowly to their front."Who are..... ?" Sophie was about questioning them when she realized who they were. "Alpha Ric!" she called in amazement"Alpha Ric? Why are you following us?" Alpha Jones walked around to their front."I hope this has nothing to do with Lance" David stared at them closely one after the other."Lance told us where you are going. We should go together" Alpha Ric proclaimed."Lance must have lied to you. If he told you the truth, you won't be here" David giggled."You are going after Alpha Nolan, aren't you?" Alpha Ric seemed confident."Yes. We are going to flush him out and end his menace" Alpha Jones retorted boldly."Alpha Nolan h
Sophie had become clueless. They had reached the point where Alpha Nolan should be but all that was in front of them were trees."It is supposed to be here" she stopped and stared around."You mean Alpha Nolan is here or can someone make me understand?" Alpha Ric went off impatiently."What are you talking about?" Alpha Jones asked her softly."This is where he should be" Sophie muttered in confusion."You can also see there is nothing here" Alpha Ric retorted. "I was following you thinking you know where you are going. I always pass here and there has never been anything here" he raised up his hands in frustration."We might have missed our way, maybe we should re-trace our steps" David suggested casually."I'm sure we didn't" Sophie was certain about that, this place was the place in her instincts."So tell me why we are not seeing Alpha Nolan right now" Alpha Ric was not giving her a breathing space."If you say, we didn't miss the way, I agree. Now, we need to find where Alpha Nol
"This smells so bad" David sniffed his own body after rubbing the wax on."You shouldn't use it that much, only a touch is enough" Carter replied him. He walked around giving each of them the wax."Now we can go, or do we have any other thing to wear?" Alpha Ric asked sarcastically. He rubbed the wax reluctantly on his body."Off we go" Alpha Jones led them back to the latch. He pulled it up but it was stuck."It isn't opening?" Alpha Ric protested impatiently."Wait, wait" Carter rushed forward. "You are not just expecting it to pop up for you" he circled round it and knocked it thrice."You think someone is going to open it up for us?" David seemed confused."No, I think that is like a signal to the latch itself to pull down it's magic" Sophie muttered, she had also just realized that.Carter pulled the latch and it opened easily."Better late than never" Alpha Ric went in, followed by his men.Alpha Jones, David, Sophie and Carter also climbed down into the bunker."This is a dunge
Alpha Nolan heard someone coming from behind him. He turned around and found Alpha Ric running to catch up with him."What the heck? An insolence" he stopped and started laughing."Stop right there!" Alpha Ric screamed from afar. "I have stopped already, do you think I will be running if I know it's you coming after me" Alpha Nolan projected confidently."This is your end" Alpha Ric groaned after getting to him."No, it's yours" he fired back at him. "You know I have like about fifty compartment under here. Let's take one as the venue" Alpha Nolan veered off the hallway and entered into a room."There is nowhere for you to run to" Alpha Ric followed him slowly. He drew his sword on him and tried to cut him.Alpha Nolan grabbed the sword. He pulled it off his hands and threw it aside. He grabbed him by the neck and started hitting him in the face."You remind me of a story of the three brothers" Alpha Nolan held Ric's face up and smiled at him. "A bull killed the youngest brother when
Alpha Nolan walked through the woods checking all corners as he strolled on."I know you are here, I must find you" he muttered to himself.He was not ready to give up on his war with Alpha Jones. He was the only thing stopping him from gaining sovereign all over the town.Now he had destroyed his last stronghold, the bunker. He had also taken the stone. Alpha Nolan had lost all his men. His wife had also left him. He was not left with much choice.Cassandra's case didn't bother him so much. He believed he knew her switch. He would flip it on anytime he wanted.Right now he had to get back in the game. He had to find a powerful sorcerer with enough juice to take down Alpha Jones.And that would be no one except Mark.He remembered Mark's story. He was as reckless as Alpha Nolan himself. He believed they would make a good team. Though, Mark would need a little conviction.The most important thing was to find him first. He continued searching the woods frantically.*****************Ten