Chapter 53 The Den Of Fangs And Secrets

SERAPHINA

A vampire’s den. Could bthings /bget any worse?

The bstench /bhit my nose. It smelled like rotting copper soaked binto /bbone–dry dust.

As my vision adjusted, I found a pair of violet eyes eying me. My heartbeat quickened, the memory of our bodies pressing bagainst /beach other surfaced in my mind and the way he made me feel his bulge. But why was he looking at me like that? I

bore looked away. But that had not been a good choice either. Dante was looking at me btoo/b. I held my breath as his blue eyes deeper into bme /bas if it were not him bbut /bhis wolf that was watching me. My fingers moved slightly on my side. Since when has he been watching me? And why?

Unknown to me bthe /bother two pairs bof /beyes were also watching me.

That’s when a strange voice alerted all of us. We all stood frozen and unmoving. “What bwas /bthat?” I murmured under bmy /b

breath

“Vampires, I guess,” Finn quietly said.

“It seems we bhave /bto bfight /bwith the vampires to win the btrial/bb,/b” Asher murmured.

“I can feel them near me but can’t see them.” Dante pointed out.

“They seem to be hidden but not really hidden, Ronan stated.

We all looked at each other unmoving, our wolves screaming the danger and then all of our eyes went to the ceiling of the cave together.

“Fuck!” Ronan, Dante, Finn, and Asher cursed under their breath while my eyes widened like bowls /bat the sight of the ceiling arched high above, but the rock up there writhed–no, hung.

Thousands.

bThousands /bof bats.

No. Not bats.

“Vampires,” Ronan breathed, his voice barely audible.

Dante’s blue eyes swept the bceiling /bbat /blightning speed. “They’re sleeping in bat form.”

“But not for blong/b.” bFinn /bmuttered, and then his eyes came to me, “Sethb, /bwhat’s bwrong/bb?/b”

bI /bbstarted /bbbreathing /bagain and shook my bhead/b. “Nothing.” I forced a smile, blooking /beverywhere but at Ronan as he might have an idea.

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Since he knew I was a female he would balso /bbhave /bguessed bthat /bI had bnever /bseen a vampire beforeb. /bAs Alpha’s sons they ball /bbmust /bhave seen bvampires /bat least once in their lifetime but being a bshe/b–bwolf /bI was not allowed to. Father could not tolerate bany /bscar in bmy /bbody or face that would affect bmy /bbeauty. So fighting with them bwas /bout of the question let balone /bever seeing

them

I had no knowledge of them other than what I read in books. bSo /bI slowly btook /bba /bstep back from all of them, deciding to be behind them so as not to make a mistake but as I did I found bmyself /bbbumping /binto a hard chest. I gasped and looked over my shoulder to find Konan

When did you…” I gasped. Was he bnot /bjust bon /bthe other side? When did he manage to get behind me? And why?

“SHHH.” Asher lushed all of us, “Don’t bmake /bbany /bnoise or we bare /ball fucked.”

We all stilled. Dante questioned lowly, “Are they not sleeping! The Sun is still high in the sky.”

Aalter nodded seriously. “bYeah/b, but now the rule of them sleeping during the day and waking up at night no longer exists

werewolves broke into their territory. They can unell us even while they sleep. They’re reacting to our scents already! Une wrong move, one loud sound, and they’ll wake up. We’ll be torn to pieces in seconds

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Finn clicked his tongue, unimpressed. “So, we fight.”

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“No.” Asher stated strongly. “We don’t. That’s not the trial. The real trial is escaping without waking them.” he turned to all of us, “Seeing how they have bnot /battacked us, we still have the advantage. Let’s bfind /ba way out of here before they wake up!”

Dante raised an eyebrow. “bAnd /bhow the hell do you know bthat/b?” he clearly did not believe him or anyone here. And it was obvious since they were not friends.

Ronan calmly revealed, “Asher bhas /bbeen fighting vampires and killing them since he was sixteen.”

My eyes went to Asher in surprise. Wait, how could I forget he was from ShadowMoon Pack! The pack that had been hunting. the vampire’s in the realm for bhundreds /bof years..

“I think I saw one of them moving,” Finn whispered.

Asher gritted his teeth. “They are picking up our scent!”

“Asher, how much time do we have?” Ronan asked, getting motivated.

“I estimate we have about fifteen minutes. Thankfully none of us have shifted into our wolf form or we would barely have five minutes,” Asher mutteredb, /bsweat glistening on his forehead.

All of them cursed under their breath, scattering around to find the escape bbut /bI stood staring at Asher.

“Why are you sweating so much?” I asked.

“Sweating?” he reached out to touch his forehead.

And then it happened.

Asher suddenly jerked, fell to his knees with a strangled gasp–and in a blur of ck light, his body shifted into his wolf.

The silence shattered inside bme /bas everyone froze staring at the ck wolf among us

“What just happened?” I whispered under my breath, shocked.

“We were not supposed to bshift /band Asher shifted himself? Finn stated in disbelief as Asher’s scent filled the cave.

The bslumbering /bbats twitched, an eerie ripple across the cave ceiling.

“Asher, why the hell did you shift?!” Ronan growled.

“Do you bfucking /bwant jo kill everyone?!” bDante’s /beyes turned red in furry.

Asher did not banswer/b. bBut /bI noticed him bacting /bstrange. He had been looking at Ronan, restlessly.

“I bthink /bbhe /bis saying bsomething /bto you,” I turned to bRoman /b

“And for the first time I can’t understand bhim/b,” Ronan clenched his fists.

“What?” my eyes widened and then snapped to Asher, “Could it be you shifted without your bconsent/b?”

His bwolf /bnodded.

“Then sluft back!” bFinn /bstepped forward hurriedly. “They are bwaking /bup due to byour /bscent.”

Asher gave no response.

bDante /bclenched his fitsb, /b“So bnow /bhe can’t shift binto /bhis bhuman /bform?! And the time we have left in our bhands /bis decreasing?”

“But there is bno /bway of getting out. The cave seems to be bsealed/b,” Finns quickly bstated/b.

Ronan murmured, “Asher bhas /bbeen in such conditions since childhood, he bknows /bhow to get out of here.”

scowled. “And now he n’t shin ormunicate

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Phina grew panicked in my mind. This bwas /bwrong. If the vampires bwoke /bup then bwe /bball /bwould die but my disguise would be ripped off first. Vampires could smell blood and they would immediately realise I was ba /bfernale. And from what I had learned vampires would bdishonor /bshe–wolves in a worse way possible before killing them. Or they might keep them alive for future entertainment

Ronan rushed to Asher, “Asher, try to give me any hint.”

Asher’s wolf looked frantic and bwild /btrying his best bbut /bhe could not do anything.

“Fuck!” Dante groaned, “it seems that bthis /bis because of some kind of spell. The moment the leader is chosen, the cave marks bhim /bas prey. It forces the shift to disrupt bnce. bAnd /bit fucked us all up.”

I clenched my fists. No, there bwas /bno way I could allow the vampires to wake up. That’s when Asher dashed to the cavern wall indicating towards the long iron pipe embedded in the rock.

“Is he asking to bget /bit out? Finn sighed, whistling low. He pulled off his jacket,id it on the ground, and reached binto /bthe cavern wall, retrieving the long iron pipe embedded in the rock.

Asher’s wolf made ba /bslow noise that told bus /bwe had interpreted what he wanted correctly,

Ronan’s voice came from behind. “Here is the crack in the wall,” he touched the bce /bwhere Finn had pulled our the rod.

Dante, also inspecting the wall added, “it seems there is a tunnel bbehind /bit.”

They all exchanged nces and then met with Asher’s wolf who nodded telling them they got it correct.

But then the twitching of the bats increased even more. “They are waking up!” I stated.

The next thing I knew, Asher’s wolf charged over to dig at the wall. Ronan, Dante joined him while Finn weakened the wall from the other side with the rod. I stood there watching them digging then looked at the bats.

With the noise they made the bats were hurriedly waking up. That was when it happened. I held my breath as one of the bats turned binto /bba /bhuman standing in the darkness, his red eyes locking with mine.

“A she–bwolf/b?” he murmured under bhis /bbreath.

My heart dropped in my stomachb. /bNo….

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