#Chapter128Christopher and I stood across the street of the enormous structured building. It was bright with a bold sign stretched across the exterior of the building; lighting great enough to light up the evening hours.It was never my taste in design and appearance in color however it brought in a crowd of people who wanted an escape from the typical home workout plans."You guys built that?" Christopher stood at my side as he stared at the vibrant building."It took a few months of physical labor." I responded; watching as people entered and exited the Avalanche gym."Did you know they were hunters?" He questioned me in wonder."More recently, yes." I scanned the roads with my suspicion on high alert because of our current situations. "When building the gym, it was easy to wonder about the request for a heavy cement and metal ground beneath the structure.""What's there?""That, I do not know."I built the structure. What was housed there? I did not know.
#Chapter129Aniyah__I would have thought it was reality.It almost felt and appeared to be real. It was as if I was living in the moment; living in clear time before I knew what existed beyond the structured walls that separated real from fantasy.But then again, if it was real, how would I be able to look myself in eyes? How would I be able to watch myself move about right in front of me?It was like looking through a one way mirror. Watching as they moved about; unaware of me as I watched them. As I watched myself.One would call it a flashback. It was as if something placed me in a specific time; a time where everything seemed almost perfect.We were living in our old home in the city of Philadelphia. A city where everything started for us before everything began to change.It was an early Saturday morning. My mother, so prone to waking up for work, was already in the kitchen preparing a meal I was sure everyone could smell from their bedrooms.She was humm
#Chapter130Describing the sudden shift from my minds imaginary world to reality was almost impossible to verbally explain.It felt heavier. Reality had shifted its weight on to my body and mind. It's pressure creating a numbing feeling I could barely comprehend.The smell was unfamiliar. It's aroma now digging into my nostrils; clawing until it made itself so familiar that I could no longer smell that lingering aroma of oranges and lemons.Strange.It was cold yet still warm. It was as if the air around me was bitter cold however it was the thick fabric that rested on top of me that kept me warm.The headache. I grumbled as my hands rubbed over my forehead and down the curvature of my face.The taste. My mouth tasted of plastic. Its horrid taste now stuck with me even after I tried to wash it down with my very own saliva. Sadly, there was no saliva; my mouth so dry I had almost forgotten what it was like to feel liquids.What is going on?I forced open my eyes
#Chapter131Liz gave a small tour as we passed a few rooms and doorways on the way.By the looks of things, we were far from town and placed in an abandoned building or warehouse. The place seemed huge from what we could see, however it was easy to notice how decrepit this place had become. With its chipping paint and fading colors, its holed walls and weak flooring, we knew this place was aged beyond repair."This is unsanitary." I mentioned as we passed through.We walked down halls; Liz's heels hitting the heavy concrete as we followed her through the long corridors."I don’t think my kind mind a little unsanitary place." She smiled as she stopped at a door.Placing her hand on the knob, she forced it open with one good pull, even despite how heavy the door seemed."Please." He gestured that we entered.Noticing how we delayed our invite, she smiled, hoping to ease us."I'm sure we will answer all of your questions."My questions like why were we here? Wh
#Chapter132Christopher Ross.I never heard laughter cease so quickly. It was as if someone cut off everything; silencing the room enough to hear a needle hit the ground."How do you know my father's name?" I struggled to swallow that knot that formed in the back of my throat."Because I know your father."He’s lying."You're a lie." I snapped."Christopher Ross. Also known as Chris Gold now. He was a doctor who specialized in family practices. The man who died in a horrific car accident." He leaned back in his chair.It was simple.It was easy for him to know about my father before his death. Hell, even an old newspaper could tell him about my father."I mean it was the perfect cover up. A little fire and a body-""You stalked us?""Of course not." He smiled as if he knew it all. "I’m just a little disappointed that he forgot to tell his family about his little side gigs.""Go to hell."I was angry yet I was also emotionally torn apart when he
#Chapter133Patience had become thin.Everyone on each end was dealing with enough pressure to leave them unstable in their seats.Jason's household was a disaster. Order was almost impossible to control as everyone continued to comb the grounds for any evidence."Maybe spread out more?" Christopher, Aniyah's father, suggested as he paced Jason's office floor."If I spread them out any further, it’s a guarantee something would be missed." Jason, annoyed with his pacing, offered him a seat beside Kareem."What do we do if there is no movement on Carl's end?" Kareem leaned forward. "Is he even trustworthy?"Trustworthy? Jason wasn’t sure what to believe, who to trust, or where to even go from there.In a matter days he had made an alliance with not only a covenant of vampires, but a house of hunters.Two different groups he never thought he would deal with."You think he can work for them?" Jason questioned Christopher’s doubts."I mean, what if he is them?
#Chapter134Tension was building in the room as Aniyah watched her mother's normal life be stripped away from her.Terra sat in the room's corner; her body quivering as she rocked back and forth hoping to stay warm."I don’t feel well." Terra cried.Her pain had elevated. The pressure had expanded throughout her entire body; leaving her bones, skin, and muscles crying out for help.On the inside she was on fire. Her blood boiling throughout her veins however on the outside, she was freezing cold."What do you feel?" Aniyah kneeled beside her mother."Everything." Terra was not sure how to put it in words. "And-I’m so thirsty."Aniyah wasn’t sure but she had an idea on what her mother was craving. It wasn’t the cool sensation of water, but the alluring appetite for blood.As Jess watched from the other corner, she began to watch as her friends, her family, go through something so horrific. A woman, who was almost like a mother to her, was being destroyed by some
#Chapter135"Is this even stable?" Kareem questioned as they stood outside of the longstanding, once abandoned warehouse.It was obvious the warehouse had seen its ware and tare. Weakened structures and broken windows. Stripped boards and paint as it stood with minimum support."Enough for them it seems." Christopher looked over the warehouse, watchful of any movement."This place has been abandoned for years." Jason scanned over the warehouse, wondering if his fiancé and the others were even inside. "We might have to take it easy here.""What do you mean?" Kareem wondered."This place seems to be standing on pins. Foul movement might bring this shit down.""I'm sure we can take it." Kareem rebelled.They held the strength and capability of taking a little weight."But can your mother or your sister?"Kareem stopped to reconsider. He knew his family could not bare such weight. Weight that could kill them; crushing them under the tremendous weight. "So
#Chapter143Epilogue 3 months later...Jason stood on the balcony that overlooked their rear field of their home. He watched silently yet observantly as Aniyah and Jess took part in an intense training session with Maya. Once Maya proceeded to finish up their session, Jason made his way to the field where he met the exhausted yet proud girls. "Alpha." Maya greeted as she picked up her things. "Maya." Jason nodded. "Thank you.""Of course. You should be proud of these girls. They are good.""Thank you." Jess teased. "With a few more lessons, I will be able to beat your ass.""Yeah right." Maya took off running, laughing as Jess ran to keep up."How are you feeling?" Jason turned to Aniyah. "Well besides the burn in my legs, I'm good. I don’t know, I think these workouts are strengthening me." Aniyah grinned."You look stronger." Jason could not help but admire the curves that her work outs were creating. From her firm yet soft arms to her sculpted
#Chapter142Where do we start? Aniyah sat at the edge of her bed as her focus remained on the floor.Look at him. She wanted to look at her father however she could not find the strength to do it.As Aniyah contemplated on whether to look in her father's eyes, Christopher was struggling to find the right words to start with.He knew it was years since the last time he talked to his only daughter. Now, he was not sure where to even start."I know this is a lot." Christopher noted."A lot is not enough to explain this." Aniyah chuckled."I know." Christopher exhaled. "I'm a...vampire. I guess that is why it’s too weird to look at me?"Christopher toyed, even though it bothered him that his daughter could not look into his eyes."That is not why." Her eyes strayed away once more.Aniyah admitted why. She admitted to her father how looking at him made her afraid. It was the thought of seeing him come and go again that made her afraid to confront him."I kno
#Chapter141Aniyah began to rise from the bed when she heard the bedroom door open.Jason, worried about the distressed look on her face, sat beside her as he motioned for her to lie back down."What's wrong?" Jason asked."I'm good."Aniyah continued to push herself up, her face as emotionless as she could make it. Even though her body was screaming with pain and discomfort."What hurt?""Everything." She chuckled.Shit. She thought. Even laughing hurts."It feels like that pain you get the day after a workout." Aniyah rubbed her arms. "It’s like the day after a Maya workout."Jason smiled."Ouch. You must feel like shit." He began running his fingers across her legs. Applying enough pressure that left her groaning from the mixture of pain and pleasure that came from his massage."Speaking of Maya, how is everyone? Where is my mom?""Everyone is getting the attention they need. Maya. Kiera. All safe. Brent is making sure Jess is safe. Carl is..."
#Chapter140Jason stood at the patient room door, watching from a far as the doctor wrapped the bandage wrap around Aniyah's arm."Thankfully you did not need stitches." The doctor sealed the end of the wrap with a strip of tap before she finished it with a smile."Thank you." Aniyah nodded."Come back in a few weeks and we will make sure everything is going good. Okay?""Yes."The doctor turned away and began heading toward the door."Thank you." Jason spoke."Of course Alpha. Make sure she gets some rest. I'm sure the entire ordeal took a toll on her.""I will."The doctor took leave; leaving Jason alone with the woman he had searched so long for."How are you feeling?" Jason asked her, watching as she rubbed her hand across her arm."Better." Aniyah slid from the bed before Jason placed her back without a word. "What are you doing?""You need some rest. I would advise you stay here.""I'm not tired." Aniyah slid from the bed; her body maneuv
#Chapter139"Is that all you got?"Carl crawled to his feet; wiping the spilled blood that oozed from his bottom lip as he stood up tall.He raised his hands; balling his fist around his silver knuckles he had made for a time like this.His victim, a hostile vampire, had also taken a few vicious attacks that Carl had inflicted on him."I’ll be finished here in a minute girls." Carl exhaled with exhaustion."Are you sure about that?"Carl had two remaining vampires left. He knew he did not have the strength to take them both on but he was set on trying.He was willing to take another hit. He was willing to take on a few more blows until he was down."You are a strong human." One stood over Carl's fallen body, smiling in triumph as his prey laid weak beneath his boot."Did you think your gadgets could take us on?"He kicked the devices from Carl's hands."When will you idiots understand that we are the superior species?"Carl began to stutter. Babbl
#Chapter138Jason caught wind on what Carl and Brent were up to. He just needed to give them enough time to get them done. "Have you ever dreamed of being on top of the world?" Lucifer continued. "Unstoppable. Respected.""You want to be feared?" Chris questioned."Fear. Respected. Same thing." Lucifer chuckled, sharing a laugh with his right hand, Liz."It’s not." Jason noted. "I rather be respected for what I do and who I’m then feared for being a damn monster."Lucifer was a little surprised by the comments of his guest. He expected them to oppose in the beginning, however he thought they would be a little more optimistic once he offered his speech.Even though he did not admit it, he was growing very impatient with the meeting. He wanted-he needed- them to see it his way."This is pointless." Liz intervened.She thought they could strive without the help of the wolf and vamps. To her, they were nothing but simpletons who she knew would get in the way.
#Chapter137Carl crawled his way across the roof; his steps slow and careful hoping he would not go plummeting through the rusted and torn roof of the warehouse."How are you walking so easily?" Carl glanced over his shoulder, watching as Brent walked so carefree."Because my fall won’t be deadly." Brent glanced over the edge of warehouse, taking notice of the distance between them and the ground."True."Carl found an area where he could set up the little equipment they could carry with them."A.J is still circulating the perimeter." Brent informed."Good." Carl noted. "This shouldn’t take long.""And what is it that we are going?" Brent asked, wondering as he waited just a few feet away from the target. "I can hear them.""Who?""Jason. Chris. Kareem and....Lucifer." Brent snarled; his eyes darkening at the thought of taking on the man who had taken what he had claimed."I get it. You want to kill him but don’t go all crazy on me now." Carl advised. "
#Chapter136"My-my wife?"The room became overwrought. It was as if a dark, impenetrable cloud had rolled in, carrying a storm that was strong enough to rip through every person.That storm was Lucifer."What have you done?!" Christopher's fangs showed Lucifer that he was ready to tear through him. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"Describing the anger that ripped through Christopher and Kareem was impossible. The idea, the thought of losing the woman they had loved left them stuck in a trance they could not shake.Kill him. They thought.Furry crossed their faces as they hissed violently as they sought to charge."Wait a minute." Lucifer reached into his pocket. "Aht aht."He warned; his hand submerged in his pocket before he retrieved a small, indefinite item."Wait." Jason ceased them before he turned to Lucifer. "What’s that?""Well. It’s a little detonator.""For?" Jason held back the desire to shift; the desire to run through Lucifer with a single snap of
#Chapter135"Is this even stable?" Kareem questioned as they stood outside of the longstanding, once abandoned warehouse.It was obvious the warehouse had seen its ware and tare. Weakened structures and broken windows. Stripped boards and paint as it stood with minimum support."Enough for them it seems." Christopher looked over the warehouse, watchful of any movement."This place has been abandoned for years." Jason scanned over the warehouse, wondering if his fiancé and the others were even inside. "We might have to take it easy here.""What do you mean?" Kareem wondered."This place seems to be standing on pins. Foul movement might bring this shit down.""I'm sure we can take it." Kareem rebelled.They held the strength and capability of taking a little weight."But can your mother or your sister?"Kareem stopped to reconsider. He knew his family could not bare such weight. Weight that could kill them; crushing them under the tremendous weight. "So