LOGINDamon remained silent, carrying a troubled look on his face as Jason finally settled back on the bed, exhausted from recounting everything he had survived. Mara sat at the foot of the second bed, watching in silence, while Elena remained seated beside Jason, pretending to check his temperature even though he no longer needed it.
After a long silence, Damon finally spoke.
“We can’t stay here anymore,” he said. “Not with Draco in control of Nightshade and probably looking for us.”
Mara groaned dramatically and flopped backward across the mattress.
“Of course we can’t. Because why would life ever let us breathe? One homicidal pack takeover wasn’t enough…we’ve also got VORTEX and their pet monsters chasing us.”
Damon didn’t look amused. His voice simply stayed firm and steady.
“We’re dealing with two enemies now. Draco… and VORTEX. Staying i
Elias was fuming, and his anger could not be contained. It swept through the VORTEX main headquarters like a volcanic eruption, shaking every wall and sending every operative within earshot scrambling to put distance between themselves and their leader.The moment the report finished…“the abomination is gone, sir… the soldiers as well… all dead”...Elias froze. A cold silence descended as if even the air was too afraid of him to move.Then he snapped completely, overturning the nearest metal table with a single violent kick, and sending multiple monitors crashing to the floor. Paperwork scattered like terrified birds as a second kick sent a towering equipment rack collapsing, with wires snapping under the weight.“Useless! Untrained! INCOMPETENT DOGS!” Elias roared as he grabbed a still standing monitor and hurled it across the room. It exploded against the opposite wall. “How can an engineered masterpiece…MY own creation…fall to a PACK OF FERAL ROGUES!?”He grabbed t
Draco stormed into the Nightshade mansion with the rage of a man who had tasted humiliation for the first time in years. The moment he burst through the front doors, half the guards panicked immediately, while the bolder ones pretended as if they weren’t terrified. He looks at any of them however. His mind was too troubled, and his eyes were wild with fury and the murderous energy that was hovering over him.The pack house…his pack house now…suddenly felt suffocating.He had nearly had Damon. Nearly. His brother, the one who was supposed to have been lost on his foolhardy quest had stood there alive, breathing, and defiant. Seeing Damon again had been like swallowing fire. That level of hatred didn’t come from rivalry. It came from lifelong resentment.And Damon actually found the Elena he went after, with the look in his eyes clearly suggesting that he was willing to protect her with a desperation he had never witnessed from his brother. And it irritated him so much he
Damon remained silent, carrying a troubled look on his face as Jason finally settled back on the bed, exhausted from recounting everything he had survived. Mara sat at the foot of the second bed, watching in silence, while Elena remained seated beside Jason, pretending to check his temperature even though he no longer needed it.After a long silence, Damon finally spoke.“We can’t stay here anymore,” he said. “Not with Draco in control of Nightshade and probably looking for us.”Mara groaned dramatically and flopped backward across the mattress.“Of course we can’t. Because why would life ever let us breathe? One homicidal pack takeover wasn’t enough…we’ve also got VORTEX and their pet monsters chasing us.”Damon didn’t look amused. His voice simply stayed firm and steady.“We’re dealing with two enemies now. Draco… and VORTEX. Staying i
Jason sat upright on the bed, breathing heavily as the last haze of unconsciousness faded away from his eyes. The healing induced by his werewolf abilities had finished its work…every bruise, cut, and wound had smoothed over, replaced by the steady strength of a werewolf who had come back from the edge.“Elena,” he muttered again, reaching for her hand like a lost child finally found. “Thank the goddess… I thought… I thought I was never going to see you again.”She allowed him to hold her hand, offering a faint but strained smile.“You’re safe now,” she said quietly. “We got you out.”Jason then noticed Mara standing near the lamp, staring at him with open curiosity.“Uh… who’s she?” he asked, confused.Mara lifted a hand. “Hi. Friendly stranger. Not here to kill you.”Jason didn't look convinced, but he soon w
They drove for hours without stopping…not even to rest, to breathe, or even to think deeply. Day had given way for night, and now the night, stretching before them and making every shadow on the road raise spook them further. Damon kept his eyes focused fully on the highway, while Mara stayed alert beside him, watching the mirror as if expecting Draco or another abomination to come sprinting after them.Elena didn’t even bother to look up. Jason’s head remained on her lap, and she held him tightly as if it was her grip alone that still kept him alive. She kept checking his pulse any time she could, and her hands always trembled as she did it.By the time they reached the human dominated area of the city, morning was almost upon them. But one thing that kept them on was the fact that they had to find refuge.They stepped out of the car, trying to look as normal as possible despite their state. Elena held Jason’s arm over her shoulder whil
Jason's words were soon followed by a dreadful howl that Damon, Elena, and Mara recognized all too well…An Abomination.Damon’s head immediately shot towards the direction of the howl, while Elena and Mara immediately went tense with their eyes widening in terror. Draco however is confused about the whole thing as he has no idea about what was going on.The VORTEX soldiers were the first to burst out from the trees…dressed as usual in their black gears and carrying their anti werewolf weapons.“VORTEX…” Elena whispered, confirming what they already knew.Behind the soldiers, the ground trembled violently, followed by another howl that immediately made Damon’s wolf stir anxiously inside him. Mara backed up so fast in fear that she almost tripped over Jason’s leg.It was a single Abomination that came out, but it was still as terrifying as they remembered when Elias had first let them loose. It howled again as it saw them, with its eyes blazing with bloodlust







