Chapter 15

The tall masculine figure walked out of the cave with a slight smile on his cherry red lips. His raven hair was permed back as his dark eyes glinted wickedly.

The werewolves stared at him as he continued walking out into the sunlight without any hint of halting. His features were clearly visible as he walked fully into the sunlight. He was enthralling.

Keldon frowned as he observed the vampire that came out of the dark cave. He had an annoying smirk on his lips. Then remembered something as his eyes widened in surprise. The vampire was okay under the sun. How was he still alright?

Alexavian smirked as he saw the look of surprise on the faces of the werewolves. Their plan was already in jeopardy the moment they thought they could attack them with the help of sunlight.

“I was patiently waiting for you and I invited you to this beautiful garden. I am a good host aren’t I?” Alexavian mused. He was enjoying the shock written on their faces.

Koryn looked at the vampire who looks like he was talking as if they were his long lost friends. She felt that he looked familiar but she can’t seem to remember where she has seen the face.

“How is this possible?” Xylon asked, they were all shocked with their findings. They were surprised to hear about the royals with wings, now they can walk in sunlight? What they knew about vampires seems to be just the tip of the iceberg.

“The question is why not how” Alexavian replied with his eyes still glued on them.

“Now why is a bunch of werewolves in my town hmm? Alexavian asked calmly. He looked unperturbed.

“Nothing much”. Serrano said curtly as his honey brown eyes stared darkly at Alexavian.

Serrano drew out his claws as his honey brown eyes glinted with golden streaks as he growled. He was growing impatient.

“I invited my friends too”. Alexavian smiled humorlessly.

More figures came out from the cave as they walked out of the darkness into the sunlight.

Koryn looked as more vampires walked out from the cave, it seems like they were prepared for their ambush. She frowned as she thought about how they found out.

“So, shall we?” Alexavian bared his fangs as his eyes glinted. He was been itching for a fight for quite a while now.

Keldon thought about the pros and cons of the battle and mind-linked the werewolves on their strategy.

“I have been holding back” Xylon smiled after listening to Keldon’s instruction.

He sped as he directly attacked a vampire with his claws which he succeeded by tearing a glaring wound on the flesh before he quickly bite the vampire on the neck.

Alexavian looked at Xylon’s ruthless attacks, he might look soft but his attacks are deadly he noted mentally. He watched as the vampire fell limply after Xylon’s precise bite, werewolves bites were lethal to them after all.

Xylon watched as the vampire fell under his feet after his bite and he grinned widely with blood smeared on his lips. The blood was a sharp contrast to his red hair, at that moment he looked vicious.

The battle escalated as the vampires and werewolves attacked each other with speed.

Andreus stood beside Alexavian as a werewolf attacked him. He held the werewolf claw that was already so close to his face and he frowned “Do you think you can afford to pay if you disfigure me?”. Andreus asked exasperated. His face was very precious to him, he had earned a lot from his face.

Alexavian shook his head at Andreus words, he brought Andreus to the battle despite his Aunt’s vehement disapproval. He always at the human world and this was a rare opportunity for Andreus to gain experience.

He felt a force approaching him and he moved from his position slightly. The werewolf that was about to attack him lost his footing and nearly tripped. He turned to attack Alexavian again when he felt an agonizing pain in his chest.

He looked werewolf looked at Alexavian, the dark look in his vicious eyes with a slight smile on his face made him to shiver slightly. This man was the devil himself, that was the last thing he thought before his heart was pulled out.

“That’s too gory” Andreus said to Alexavian after killing the werewolf he was dealing with. He don’t think he could ever pull out a heart like that.

“You will get used to it” Alexavian said as his smile wiped off from his face and his face was blank. He left the front of the cave and walked into the battle.

Andreus shook his head, he could never do that. He grinned as he set his eyes on his next opponent. The red-haired vampire.

Xylon was fighting a vampire when another one teleported to before him and blocked his intended attack.

The vampire before him looked different from the others, he looked at him with a smile plastered on his lips. Before he could attack, the vampire placed his hands on him and they disappeared.

Keldon looked at the situation and saw that it was already getting messy, he saw the vampire who came out of the cave earlier that seems like their leader ruthlessly tearing down some werewolves and he mind-linked Henrik to commence on what they had planned earlier.

Keldon then decided to distract the leader of the vampires. He sped to Alexavian and tried to attack him from behind.

Alexavian felt a thick blood lust from behind and he left the werewolves he was dealing with to stop the force from attacking him from behind.

Keldon was surprised at his fast reflexes and he nodded, he was really worthy of being the leader.

Alexavian smoothly blocked his attack and they held each other’s gaze for a few seconds before they moved again.

Keldon flung his claws at Alexavian with precision but at the last moment he disappeared and reappeared behind Keldon, then he gnawed at his back without a second thought.

Keldon felt a searing pain at his back and growled, he made a move to attack again and Alexavian disappeared again and reappeared with his hands choking him.

Keldon frowned at the discomfort in his throat and he clawed at Alexavian’s hand that held him in a choke hold.

Alexavian quickly released him but his claws managed to leave a scratch on his skin.

“Time to get serious” Alexavian said after taking a look at the scratch on his arm. It has been long since someone managed to lay even the smallest scratch on him.

Keldon massaged his neck slightly, as he felt a shadow shielding his face from the scorching sun and he raised his head.

He saw a massive black feathery wings slowly emerging from Alexavian’s back and then it clicked. He was a royal.

Alexavian flapped his wings, ready for flight.

He flew straight at Keldon and grabbed him by this neck again, then he flew upwards towards the sky, up to a certain height, then he turned back and headed straight down to the garden.

Keldon looked at the vampire who was a royal, as if sensing his gaze, the vampire looked straight at him and smiled, but his smile held no warmth, it was cold and merciless.

Alexavian flew sideways when they were close to ground level and smacked Keldon’s back, hard against a big tree.

Keldon felt blood threatening to spill out from his mouth but he forcibly forced it down. He wasn’t going to give Alexavian the luxury of seeing him spitting out blood or grimacing in pain.

“I admire your zeal” Alexavian said after seeing Keldon trying to hide any discomfort that he felt.

WIth his hands still on his neck, Alexavian drew closer to his ears and whispered “But your little fire plan is doomed to fail”. Alexavian smirked as he saw his expression slowly crumbling.

He withdrew his hand from Keldon’s neck and disappeared.

After he left, Keldon slowly dropped from the tree, it was Alexavian’s strength that kept him hanging. He slowly slid down from the tree as his vision blurred slowly.

At the garden…

Henrik saw Alexavian dragging Keldon away on his wings and thought of how they never considered Alexavian to be a royal.

He knew that they could no longer put their plan on hold, they had to be done before Alexavian comes back and he mind-linked the remaining werewolves.

They slowly pushed the vampires into the cave while others sneakily brought out the petrol that was kept in the mini backpacks that had been with them from Wolfendon.

They slowly poured the petrol inside the cave while others fought as they waited for Henrik’s signal.

At that moment Henrik did, he sent the signal and they stopped fighting and quickly drew out lighters from their pocket and lit it while they sped out of the cave to avoid the fire.

Outside the cave, the werewolves successfully ran out while ensuring the vampires were trapped in the raging flames emitting from the cave.

Some of them sustained injuries when they stopped fighting to draw out a lighter but it wasn’t anything deadly.They could easily heal.

Henrik looked around to check how many lives were lost and his eyes stung when he saw some werewolves lying helpless on the ground. They were lifeless corpses, some of them were even deformed.

“Alpha Gavin” Henrik heard Serrano whispered behind him and he turned to look at where Serrano’s gaze was.

Alpha Gavin was lying listlessly among the corpses of the werewolves lying with the corpses of some dead vampires.

Serrano rushed and crouched down to examine the bloodied body of Alpha Gavin. His eyes turned red as his shoulder trembled with grief.

Henrik closed his eyes in pain when he heard Wallace calling out for Xylon.

His heart dropped as he quickly looked around, Xylon was nowhere around them, his striking red hair is impossible to not notice.

“Koryn, Koryn” Nyra called out as she anxiously looked for Koryn. They were supposed to come out of the cave together, Koryn was behind her as they were running out but she wasn’t outside the cave. How did she get missing?

Nyra was about to run back into the cave when Wallace held her back “It’s too dangerous”

“I need to find my sister, she is still in there”. Nyra explained hurriedly as tears threatened to escape from her eyes. Her eyes were hot and they stung. What will she do if Koryn is trapped in there?

“You won’t be able to find her by going in there. The flame is too strong, you won’t make it back”. Wallace held her shoulders. He understood what Nyra was feeling, Xylon was missing too but jumping into the flames won’t solve anything.

Nyra flung his hands away “Let go of me, my sister need my help” Nyra increased her voice. She doesn’t mind jumping into flames. Her sister was still in there somewhere.

As she moved forward towards the cave, Wallace chopped her on her neck and he quickly held her as she fainted. He had to choice to but to stop her this way.

“Let’s head back to Wolfendon, we can come back to search for them later” Henrik said after careful consideration.

Wallace felt as if he just heard something absurd “What? We have to save Koryn and Xylon first. What if they are in danger”. How could he leave them behind on their own.

“They are powerful, they can hold on for sometime till we come back. We have to take care of the injured and escort the others home”. Henrik insisted. Nyra and Xylon were important but they can’t endanger the lives of others as well.

“I agree, the safety of the pack members comes first” Serrano agreed. “Keldon would have agreed too” Serrano added softly after Wallace was still adamant. Keldon would have definitely made the same decision.

Wallace relented, he would surely come back after dropping off the pack members at Wolfendon. He gritted his teeth in anger.

Meanwhile inside the cave before as the fire was lit,

Koryn and Nyra dropped their lighter and turned to run out.

Koryn was behind Nyra when four vampires appeared before her and surrounded her. They were at a standstill and she grew increasingly anxious as the flames increased. Nyra had already ran out of the cave.

She swiftly attacked one of them with her claws and he dropped to the floor with a ghastly wound on his arm.

Another vampire was about to attack her when the fire blew up and engulfed the vampire as he screamed in pain while rolling around.

That seemed to awaken the fear in the other tow vampires and they disappeared from the cave.

At that moment she was the only one left in the cave and she tried to run towards the exitswhen the walls crumbled and blocked the exit.

She hurriedly removed her shirt and tied it around her nose while coughing hard. Her eyes stung from the smoke that filled up the cramped space in the cave.

She tried removing the debris that blocked the exit when she slowly felt faint, she fell slowly to the ground. She opened her eyes slowly and saw a blurry figure standing before her, she tried looking up but she couldn’t make out the features.

She slowly stretched her hand and whispered “Help me”. Then her outstretched hand fell limply to the ground as she passed out.