The Wolf In Me

Mei's Pov

We searched for hours trying to find the spot from where the vamps were entering but it was to no avail.

"They came from that direction for sure," I insisted, looking at Luka.

He pursed his lips not knowing what else he can do.

"Unless...." I stared straight at the long path that was flickering with the lit torches hanging on the wall.

"Unless there is a hidden passage," I continued.

Luka cleared his throat as he scratched his head thinking of the possibility. He waved an arm at the other two alphas to follow us back through that passage and we started checking each part of the walls that surrounded us.

I stopped staring at a picture of a past alpha that was hanging randomly on the wall. He resembled my father so much, yet I knew it wasn't him. I smiled at it as it brought back a few memories of when I lived a normal life with a traditional family wolf pack before all the troubles tore us apart.

"You know him?" Luka asked from behind.

I pressed my fingers on its outline and I swore I felt like a bump from its backside. I looked at Luka before investigating any further. I removed the picture and that is where I saw it. A brick standing a bit further out from the rest. I pushed it and the wall started to open a dark and smelly passage. It made a loud noise of the movement of the bricks. Alpha Kaden and Alpha Jeremiah rushed to our direction looking stunned. We all just stood there staring for a while.

"How did they find such a place that we didn't even know it existed? It is part of our territory yet it was nowhere on the map," Luka said now moving a few steps into the passageway.

"Come, let's follow its directions to find out where it leads to."

We started to walk further in each holding a fire torch. It echoed and stank like there was something dead in it, possibly because it was closed for a very long time unless there was more to it than we were thinking. Five minutes in and there was no sign of another passage or exit. We kept moving further in and then we spotted a deep hole in the ground, so deep that we were not able to see its end. We were not able to move in any further as the hole was as wide as the walls.

"What now?" I asked confused.

"It must be the path that leads to the vampire's domain!" Luka looked at the two Alphas.

"We must do something about it. What if they try to attack us in our sleep?" Kaden started.

"They can climb up everything," Jeremiah said backing him.

said smiling at him with my reassuring attitude.

looked at us.

the path and they will

the walls everything else resting above it will

we misunderstood," Jeremiah said with a

Do we not have two witches on our

Lylah's POV

happened? The vampire burnt up at the touch of Luka's blood,"

know he was sent by the great moon goddess to rid us of these horrid creatures. It has come to no surprise," Nelly said with a

turn back into the massive packhouse as the

moving her

nodded and followed her down to the hall where everyone gathered to celebrate the first day of victory but Luka was nowhere to be found. I tried to search for Mei but she wasn't

of me hoping I would get

sweety. How are you?" I asked fixing a few strands from her golden

with sad green

might be one of the dead," she said

say. I just leaned in to hug her and decided

is trying to

Outside is not a good place to be right

crouched down at her husband's side and shaking. I walked slowly towards her

growled looking at me with tears rolling down her

so I stopped

come back in. You know it is not safe for you here. Your daughter is waiting for you inside," I tried to find a

daughter is safe inside. Yet my husband is dead and everyone else is celebrating a victory that we have

looked around us

her side. It is useless to risk your life here, knowing that he is already gone, when you have a purpose to live," I walked closer to

everywhere crying and screaming. I pushed her into my arms for a hug as soon as she stopped hitting me, trying to help calm her down. We stood there in the darkness under the clear sky for a moment before walking

Luka's POV

upstairs to the hall holding Mei's hands. Everyone was gone except for those that were mourning