“I hear you rescued some humans today.” Chandler said. “You mean, the ones that you neglected and left to die? Yeah. I rescued them.” I said. “25 people don’t mean anything when millions more are at risk.” He said. “Well, there’s the difference between you and me, Chandler. I will save every human that I can. You can turn your back on them if you want, but I refuse to. If this is what you meant by helping each other, then you can go to hell.” I said, hanging up. I was a little pissed off after that phone call but I managed to calm myself down enough so that I could get some sleep. I was up at 4:30am again the next morning and I got dressed into a red and black sports top, matching tights, socks and sandshoes. I walked downstairs and out the front door and I stretched on the front veranda before I left the house and I started jogging through the woods, around the whole territory. Once I made the first pass of the packhouse, I saw Lucas sitting on the front veranda watchin
It took me a moment to regain my composure and I realized that I have nothing to be ashamed of. I had a legitimate informant and I wasn’t going to be sorry for that. “He’s a vampire.” I said. “What?” Lucas asked, sitting up straight on my chair and putting his feet on the ground. “I told you that I was getting all that information about attacks and shit from the dark web. I lied. I had to make it look like it was coming from the dark web. It wasn’t. Benjamin was telling me.” I said. “You’re in with a vampire?” He asked. “Yeah. And so far, all of his tips have paid off. Every attack on this pack came from him. He’s been helping us and all of his tips have been legit.” I said. “He’s never once tried to fuck you over?” He asked. “No. Not once.” I said. “How the hell do you even have this sort of a relationship with a vampire?” He asked. I let out a deep breath and I walked over to the couch and sat down. “When I was 11 I ran away. Jillian and Leo were really getting t
We made sure that we had the best previsions because we weren’t stopping until we got to Oklahoma, except for gas. We took it in turns to drive and we already had enough food in the van for everyone to live off of. And they all bought several spare change of clothes. I tried to pick the warriors that didn’t have a mate or children. Just to make it easier on the ones that did have a family back home relying on them. Not that I thought these guys were more expendable, but they understood why I did it that way. None of them complained, even if I asked them to come alone. I never ordered anyone. They could say no and a couple did, so I would move on to the next ones. And the ones that said no weren’t going to be punished for it. I didn’t work like that. I made sure that these warriors wanted to be here, and they weren’t here against their will. Again, that’s not how I operate. I kept my eye on James, Lyla and Anna. But secretively. Trying to see if they were acting any different
As the cops were all standing there staring at us I could hear their heart beats accelerating and some of them sounded like they were going to have a heart attack. So I nudged Lucas with my nose. “We’re werewolves. But we don’t hurt humans. I swear to you. We were put on this earth to protect humans. From vampires. And that’s what has been killing off these towns. How else would entire towns be attacked with no trace of the killers? No evidence? They’re vampires and we are here to help you. We know that they are coming here tonight and you need to start evacuating before they get here. I swear, this isn’t a trap. We’re here to save your life.” Lucas pleaded with them. The chief stumbled as he ran over to the radio and he got all of his patrol cars on the same station. “Evacuate the town now. We’re going to be attacked tonight. Knock on ever door and tell them to grab what they can and get the hell out.” The chief said. “There’s no time for that. It’s almost sunset. We don’t kn
I kept looking up at the sky and it was pitch black tonight. But I could see faint lights in the distance and they were definitely military jets. I shifted back into my human self and I grabbed my backpack and I put some clothes on. I ran to the cops and told them to get the hell out. The army is going to bomb the town. Get out now. So they all got in their cars and they started evacuating as well. And we needed to get back to our vans. The jets were getting closer and we had to take off before they got here. I wasn’t going to lose any of my people and they all followed me back to the vans. We jumped into whatever van we could and started speeding through the now deserted town. Seeing homes with their doors still open, bags just thrown everywhere with clothes in them that obviously wouldn’t fit in their cars as they were getting the hell out. We heard the jets drop the bombs just as we got to the edge of town and the faster we sped away, we still felt the ground shake from
Arlo stood there shocked for a moment, before he got a smile on his face. “How did you know?” He asked. “You weren’t exactly subtle as you were helping those vampires escape in Oklahoma. No one else might have seen it because you were the head warrior, but I saw.” I said. “Well, I was actually starting to think I was going to get away with killing your father.” He said. “You were never going to get away with it. It was just a matter of time before you slipped up. Throw him in the dungeon.” I said. So Jack and Luca grabbed either arm and escorted him into the house and down to the dungeon. I looked up at the veranda of the packhouse and my uncles were all standing there with their Luna’s and some of their children. “So Charles. How many traitors did you get to join your coup?” I asked. “Do you have eyes in the back of your fucking head?” He asked. “I was going to wait to have this out with you, but I might as well do it now. I’m gonna be too exhausted tomorrow.” I said.
It didn’t take as long as I thought it would to get the dorms completely finished. It only took a couple weeks, but there were hundreds of people working on the project. And then I had furniture delivered to all of the rooms. Single beds because they weren’t big rooms, a desk, bookshelves and they all had built in cupboards. Charles and Lana left with their 12-year-old daughter Kate and their 10-year-old son Liam. Alice decided to stay because her dad was pissed that she was pregnant and he said that she was nothing but a disappointment. I guess she felt like she had no other choice. But I was fine with her staying. And she was happy because now she had a room to herself in the packhouse. And I was treating her like the family that she is. And 200 of his pack members went with him, leaving 310 behind. But I heard that they found another pack that was willing to take them in. I just wondered how long it was going to take before they got kicked out of that one. It definitely wouldn
Leah came running up behind me and saw that they had Benjamin and heard me call him by his name. “You know him?” Leah asked. “Sort of.” I said. And he looked at me, he looked like someone had really had a go at him, but I didn’t know if that was my warriors or someone else. “Who did that to him?” I asked. “I don’t know. He just stumbled over our border looking like that. And he was asking for you.” Jack mind linked me. “Take him to the packhouse. You’ll have to put him in the dungeon. Don’t hurt him. I’ll talk to him myself.” I said. And they were all looking at me strangely. Everyone was about to find out my biggest secret, and I didn’t know if I was ready for that. But ready or not, it was here and I had to deal with it. I just knew that I needed to make sure that he didn’t get hurt. I followed them back to the packhouse and the warriors dragged him down to the now empty dungeon and they put him in a cell towards the back. Leo and Amelia had been executed as well. I d