Chapter 9: Hunter's codex

"The Alpha is in our school, his he a student?" Damien asked, looking puzzled.

" I don't know about that but there's a clue about his his identity in school." Lyra voice sounded low.

" How do you know that?"Jack asked.

"You think you're the only one tracking down the Alpha, I've been tracking him down for the past two years and that's why I'm here."Lyra said flatly, all eyes turned to her.

"If it's in your school then we need answers," Maya's gaze fell on Damien.

Damien nodded." Think about it, if the Alpha's true identity is in school, then someone must know about it."

Lyra tilted her head, letting out a faint smile. " You're starting to think like a hunter."

Jack clapped his hands, interrupting them.." What are we doing, let's move"

" This is a bad idea."Jack muttered as they crept through the dark hallways. " If we get caught..."

"We won't, weren't you so excited." Maya cut him off.

They crept their way into the principal's office. Damien pushed the door open, the old wood let out a soft creak.

"It's opened," Damien smiled, as he signaled to them.

" Search every drawer and file.' Lyra muttered, pulling the drawers open. "This is where the clue leads to."

"What are we looking for?" Maya asked, her eyes scanning through the shelves.

"I can't say, all I know is a name, Daniel..... Daniel...., I don't really remember. Just look for any file with the name Daniel." She flips a file open.

Damien moved closer to a shelf, his hand brushing through the name and files.

"Jack, what's coach file doing here?" He turned to Jack, holding the file.

Jack walked towards him." Daniel Taylorson."

"That's coach's name?" Damien eyes widened.

" Yes,"Jack replied, flipping the file open.

"It said here that Coach lost his parents in a fire then moved to Oakland two years ago, he's always showing up around violent death." Damien muttered, his mind flooding with questions.

"That about the same time you have been tracking the Alpha." Maya's eyes widened, she turned to lyra.

"Yes, but I have met coach, he dosen't give the same smell the Alpha does." Lyra whispered.

" Has your coach done anything weird?"Maya asked, crossing her arms.

" Weird as in control a whole school team."Jack rolled his eyes.

Damien nodded." Yes, he warned me not to get involved in any of this, is that weird enough?"

" Wait, there's another person,"Lyra muttered softly, dusting a old file.

"Kira Ha..yes", Damien stammered, his gaze hardened on the picture in the file.

"Who's Kira Hayes?" Jack asked.

"She's....my mom, what's in the file? Maya voice softened.

"It looks like a recorded history of your family." Damien whispered, his hand trailed through the words on the file.

Maya grabbed the file and flipped the pages." How's this possible? Our whole history is here, even the fact that we are werewolves." Maya frowned.

" What?How did they know you're a werewolf?" Jack asked, staring at Maya's worried face.

"You should ask your principal that." Maya snapped, her voice filled with anger.

"Dosen't this look suspicious?" Lyra nodded, she leaned on a desk.

"For the first time we agree on something." Jack sighed, giving a slight grin.

" What is ?"Maya asked, bitting her lips.

" How did the file with the history and proof of you being a wolf just appear, this wasn't here the last time I came." Lyra replied, she raised her eyebrow.

"Do you think the principal is the Alpha?" Jack asked.

" Is the coach in trouble."Damien added, his eyes furrowed.

" This isn't adding up, how did my mom know your coach?" Maya staggered back.

" We have to find out, if he's the one or not." Lyra placed the file back on the shelf

Before Maya could reply, a deep growl rumbled through the hallway.

"He's here, run." Lyra shouted, as they all ran out of the office.

"Hmmm guys... Did we just run right Infront of death." Jack stepped back, his hands trembled on seeing the Alpha.

Lyra stepped back, "Go left."

They all ran to the stairs, the Alpha ran behind them, faster than before.

Damien yanked another door open and they ran inside, slamming the door shut.

"A library," lyra gasped, the alpha slammed against the door snarling, his claws scratching the handle but then it stopped.

Damien eues scanned through the library, he noticed a book with strange symbols." Guys, look at this." He pointed to a weird looking book on the shelf.

Maya stepped closer, her hands brushing the surface.

"It's a hunter codex." Lyra whispered, flipping the page open.

Drawing of wolves and moon rituals filled the book. Her fingers stopped on a page.

Damien noticed her expression." What does it say?"

"The ritual of the dying Alpha." She replied flatly.

" What does that mean?"Maya stepped closer, leaning on the desk.

"It says...the only way to kill a dying Alpha is by another dying Alpha." She tuned to Damien.

They all looked at each other.

Jack's mouth went dry. "Wait, so Damien...." His voice trailed off.

Maya grabbed the book." No, there has to be another way."

"I don't think there is, it's the only ritual about a dying Alpha." Lyra said softly, turning to Damien.

"I've never heard of this before, how..."

Damien cuts in," if that's the only way, we have to do it."

" Are you nuts? Why do you always put your life in danger?" Jack snapped.

" You think I'm comfortable with this, this shit ruined my life.." Damien slammed his hands on the desk."

" Boys, it's okay, yelling won't solve the problem." Maya shouted, she turned to Damien.

"What else does the book say?" Jack asked.

" The bite of a dying Alpha marks a true Alpha but only a dying Alpha can kill a dying Alpha." Lyra shaked her head, as she closed the book.

It was clear, Damien had to die.