Lyla’s POV
The black wolf that saved me earlier was already standing beside me at the door leading into the safehouse. At some point, it’ll stare at me and I’ll be forced to look away.
A knock came from inside the house and I quickly opened it to reveal Blue.
“Go back inside Blue,” I yelled at him.
“I’ll go, Ashley said I should tell you to be careful and that I should also tell you that wolf is Devante”
My eyes almost went out of its socket with surprise. I chased Blue back inside and locked the door quickly.
The silence was eerie, we haven’t heard anything or anyone including the vampires for a while neither have we seen any of those pack members from the second packhouse.
I hope Grandma Tabitha is perfectly fine.
“What’s going on? Why this deafening silence?” I asked Devante.
His wolf shook its head, meaning he had no idea as well.
Suddenly, we could hear footsteps coming our way. I stood at alert and Devante was already in a defensive stance.
“Grandma Tabitha” I squealed once I saw it was her and the boy she’s usually with. Someone she introduced as a distant cousin of mine.
I pulled her close to hug her, opened the door, and urged her to go in but she refused and rather told the boy to go and asked him to stay safe.
“They’re coming, they’ve killed everyone. They’ve murdered them all, I was only able to protect myself and the boy,” she sobbed as she held onto my arms.
“Who’s coming?” I asked.
“The vampires, they’re many!” That was all I heard before a resounding scream erupted from within the safehouse.
“They’re here!” Grandma Tabitha declared.
I wanted to open the door to see what was going on but she stopped me. A knock from inside made me open the door, not caring about what Grandma Tabitha thinks.
“They’re trying to break the walls from the other side,” Ashley screamed. “We need to run, if they destroy it, we’ll die. We can’t fight against them” She yelled.
Grandma Tabitha suddenly interrupted “If we run, we’ll die as well, Ashley and if we stay, there’s still hope that we can live, it just depends on Nimue”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Your light, Nimue. That voice that calls to you every time is your light. It wants to be free. There’s no time to explain, hold me!” She commanded and I did instantly.
“Concentrate Nimue. Your people need your help, I’m not strong enough to save them all and I’m not strong enough to train you for a long time. Take my light, Nimue” She placed her forehead on mine like she did earlier and my eyes closed on their own.
I saw myself on a path of light and a pillar of light suddenly came into my vision.
“Touch it, Nimue” The voice called out, and instantly I did, I was surrounded with light.
*Light repels Darkness*
When I opened my eyes, it was as if the light within me exploded, surrounding the whole pack, pushing out every force of darkness.
I was on a chariot of light, riding so high that it appeared as if I was on my way to the heavens. The lights were blinding and I saw a wing wrapped around me. Grandma Tabitha smiled as she looked into my eyes, looking accomplished before her eyes suddenly closed, and slowly, she let go of my hand before falling.
I bent down to her level and touched her face. She was tired, exhausted.
“Nimue, you’re a daughter of light, don’t ever forget that” She touched my hand, and almost instantly the light was gone.
I felt different, more powerful, and less like what I’ve felt before.
I knocked on the safehouse door and told them to take care of grandma while I decided to go around the pack and see if anyone was still alive.
Ashley decided to go with me while Devante was still at the door.
We could see the bodies of those Vampires who had tried breaking down the wall of the lighthouse. They were burnt so bad, they would never be the same again.
We entered the second pack-house first, desperately hoping some of the Silverline Pack members were still alive.
When we couldn’t see anyone, we moved out and as soon as our feet stepped on the outside grass, I heard a loud growl. A shiver ran through my spine.
“It’s Damon,” I informed Ashley and started walking towards the direction.
“It’s too dangerous Lyla, you can’t go just like that,” Ashley yelled after me.
“He can’t control himself when he’s like that. He can kill anyone he sees” I explained to her.
“How do you even know this?” I pushed my hand through my hair in frustration.
“I’ve seen him in that state before and he tried killing his friend and every other person that came his way”
“Then we need to find my brother. We need to find Tunde. It’s beyond you. I don’t know how Tunde can but he’ll be able to control him, right?” She asked and I nodded.
“Where is he?”
“I haven’t seen him all day and I pray that he’s fine or else I’ll kill him first before he dies”
“He’ll be fine, don’t worry. Let’s look for others and see if we can get help” I assured her.
The two of us moved towards our first pack-house, ready to search for other pack members.
By the time we got there, Beta Moon and Kate were outside.
“Have you seen Tunde?” Ashley asked as soon as we saw them.
The two shared a surprised look.
“No, but we saw him some minutes back,” Moon replied.
“Where’s George?” I asked, sensing how sad Kate looked.
“He’s gone,” Moon replied sadly.
“To where?” I asked.
“He’s dead, Luna”
Ashley screamed and I quickly covered my mouth with my palm to stop myself from shouting. Almost immediately, Kate started crying as well.
“Have you seen Alpha Damon? He was supposed to be at the borders but when we got to the borders, no one was there. All we saw were dead bodies, a whole lot of them” Moon asked.
“No, we haven’t seen him, why?”
I asked, hoping my mate was safe.
Damon’s POV
When I finally regained my senses and shifted back to human, I was kneeling amid the river, holding a vampire’s head in between my arms as his body got washed offshore. I looked around and realized I was far away from the pack.
Even though I was exhausted, quickly, I stood up and ran towards the borders. I saw bodies of both vampires and wolves on my way.
By the time I got to the borders, I went straight for Tunde’s body. I knelt beside him, lifted his hand when I noticed something strange, and realized he had tried to shift as I commanded at his last point.
Bouts of tears ran down my face as I mourned heavily for my friend. I picked up his body, with the bag of Uranium that he had tied around his waist and walked towards the pack.
The first person I saw was Beta Moon, and then, Lyla came into my vision. I breathed a sigh of relief, that she was alive. If I’d lost her as well, I would’ve killed myself.
Ashley appeared from behind Lyla and once she saw me, she began walking towards me, her hands shaking terribly.
“Is he unconscious? What happened? Why did he lose his consciousness?” She said, probably in self-denial.
“He’s gone, Ashley. I’m sorry” I apologized before putting his body on the grass.
“No! Damon. Don’t apologize, he’s not dead! He’s just sleeping, right?” I couldn’t find the right answer for her. She looked at me for a long time hoping I’d say yes to her question and when she got none, she began hitting him.
“Tunde, come on, get up you asshole. You can’t do this to me. How am I supposed to survive without you?” She screamed, hitting her brother repeatedly.
I crumbled into the floor next to him while Lyla held on to Ashley as both women cried their eyes out.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I turned it was Dean with some of the Silverline pack members. He had been keeping them safe in the hospital and from the looks of things, he was wounded already.
Beta Moon took the uranium and moved closer to me.
“Alpha, shall we?” He asked and I nodded, words were too heavy to be said.