Outside in the snow Villa received one more tuck at her chain making her stumble into the middle of what used to be the small town's main road, around her stood the pack, she could finally do an assessment of their numbers and of them saw only two familiar faces, Nathan and Sabrina, the Alphas of the now fallen Lunpa clan.
She snorted "Correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't the captain usually go down with his ship? You two cowards left your pack to die""Be quiet Villa" Nathan said "The entire wolf way of life doesn't exist anymore thanks to Raphael, we're left to be these nomads living in a broken down ghost town like outlaws, you think we wanted any of that?""Do you know why he did it?""Its obvious" Sabrina said this time "You call us cowards but Raphael got such a fright over Tala killing Vlad he sent his vampires to kill us in our sleep!""Where is Tala? She was once part of your pack right?""We have no clue, it seems the good king and queen did the same as us, fThe first thing that crossed Danté's mind was the Wolvesbane, Villa only cried once when the pain was too instant to continue and she fell to her side, caring not to land on the arrow sticking out of her chest."Xena!" Danté yelled going to his knees next to Villa "What are you doing!?"Xena has already made sufficient distance and drew another arrow "She abandoned the Cross Danté, its punishment is death! Why do you even ask what I am doing!?" She said."You don't understand...!" Danté had no words further when he saw the black lines like roots of trees spread over Villa's skin, she was dying, and fast, he quickly grabbed the arrow and ripped it out, Villa was so stunned by the pain of the Wolvesbane she didn't even respond to that."Why are you helping her!? That means you are also betraying!" Xena yelled still having that arrow drawn."I..." Danté watched her face, wide eyed, her wolf ears drawn flat and mouth gasped but
• 20 Years ago, Vladimir dungeon •That time Vlad forgot all about him, Hector didn't know why? His biggest fear was he found Kaylee and killed her, his love for her being his only real reason for living left after Jasper died by the hands of Vlad.Maybe this was his punishment for all the wrong he has done to people alongside the witch Elaine, he was not proud of his achievements.He clung to it at the time, life, as the shackles clung to his wrists, holding him to the wall of the damp Vladimir dungeon, he refused to give up, refused for it to be the last of himself, not until he could at least say farewell to his beloved.The pain in his larynx didn't supersede the pain in his heart, Vlad might have broke it with a blow, but nothing quite broke him as much as the idea of not seeing Kaylee, he needed to escape and be with her, begging fate to keep her safe... But escape was not necessary when out of the hum of silence came the footsteps."Hector
Danté sat up with a yell, he realised just as the nightmare haunted his sleep it will dig at his sanity on every other occasion. Ten years later and his subconscious mind tapped into his mother's abilities, he now remembered how he saved Villa, and it had him rattled.The smoke still hanging in the sky like the memories, he stood there in awe watching the chaos, then that soft light that surrounded him in protection vanished and the ambient returned, burning huts, the smell of the dead and burnt reached his nostrils.He fell to his knees and vomited the last meal his mother made, the last one he ever had and he couldn't even keep it down at the sight of this void that now lied before him, alone, in a forest, what lies in the future now? He never left there, never even learned how to find his way out.He stood up and ran to his parents, slipping in his vomit as he rose but that forced the tears out more."Mother!? Father!?" He screamed falling to his knees next to them an
It was going to take a lot more than a story and a name edged into a sword to convince Danté this was the truth, his entire life seeking out the vampires that killed his parents now he hears of a sort that will bring darkness like no other."How did you even find me?" He asked."We heard of the werewolf attack here in town so naturally thinking the Cross might want to investigate told us its the best place to come wait, we didn't expect them to send you" Alister said."Why didn't you come earlier?""You were off radar, and we have the element of surprise over the Cross, they have no idea we still exist so we didn't come fetch you" Amber explained as she stood up to pour herself more coffee "Instead we waited for an opportunity to meet you, out of the prying eyes of those fiends""And what can I do to aid you? With me we are still just three? The Cross has fourteen more hunters" Danté asked."Yes, and Raphael has many more" Alister said."So the numbers are sever
Excitement flooded her heart as Skyler stood in awe at the castle towering into the clouds in front of her, never in her life would she have thought to ever be here, considering the fact that she merely saw it on a randomly discovered photo taken by a satellite.With her was Hannah and Roman taking the lead over this search, Lia and Bruce stood one side, and of course Asena with an agitated gaze over the greystone red roof tile building, she last being here during the wedding."Where do we start?" Roman asked.Skyler couldn't hold herself in "I need to scan the entire castle, I hope they will give us permission?""Let's find out" Roman said heading up the stairs.Now being a tourist attraction a table sat just right of the door serving as a reception desk, an old lady sat there and smiled at them."Came to see the castle?" She asked.Asena didn't recognise her, she must be new."Yes, but please allow us here for the day, only us, we will make
On that same road to Lultin Danté thought about Rebecca again, he hasn't seen her yet and according to what he could understand she was now a werewolf, it made him wonder if she would have trouble coping with her two sides?Looking around made it clear to Danté Alister might have overstepped, the snowy surroundings lit up by the still proudly full moon and as much as he wanted to see Rebecca, he didn't want to get eaten by her."They are still wolves, maybe we should wait until dawn?" He asked but Alister only held a hand up."Drakkon" he said and a sparkle of blue emitted from his palm, then Danté saw amazed a tiny dragon form of ice and crawl around in his hand "If merely listening to the word didn't tell you it means dragon, you know now""What kind of magic is this? Is it similar to a warlock?" Danté asked.Amber couldn't resist and brought her hand over from the back seats."Drakania" she said and a tiny dragon of fire a
Alister led the group into the small town but the very idea that this might as well be a wolf cave they're entering hung like a cold wet towel over Danté's shoulders, he subconsciously drew his coat back and placed a hand on his revolver."Let hang that arm" Alister said looking back "We don't indicate hostility, that's how you die the quickest here, no one touches a weapon"Danté swallowed softly and closed his coat again, even swallowing made him worry about doing it too loud."You're on edge" Villa said."Of course, see this as the valley of wolves, and this is the den"Suddenly one landed in front of them snarling, Alister recognised him as Alexander and held his hands up "We come in peace""With two silver hunters!? I can practically smell the blasted silver on them!""Alex! We came to ask your help!" Alister said loudly as more wolves landed all around them, some appearing in the windows of abandoned buildings."Help with w
Both men braced but Daniel's expected fast launch landed on an expecting Danté's jaw, strength, Danté knew he would have it, and flying through the air gave him a quick moment to assess how fast he needed to move in order to stay ahead.Ghouls are the least dangerous, but still deadly, and using every ounce of his strength and speed dripped in adrenaline, that's what he needed to use.Crashing into the snow he barreled back to his feet and dove sideways to avoid Daniel's football charge, as he passed Danté readied again, it wasn't about landing fists or kicks, this was about exploiting the weakness of a body drained of blood, all Danté needed to do was prevent him from attempting to suck his blood, but that attempt would cost Daniel, it was something Danté waited for him to do."Stand still you bastard!" Daniel yelled coming over fists lifted.'Not yet' Danté thought lifting his own fists, Daniel wanted to fight, and a fi