Nadia took them out through the back door and they got into a van that was parked there. “Our car?” questioned Zande. “Give the keys to Sylvia, she will take care of it.” Zande hesitantly gave the keys to Sylvia. “Don’t worry, everything is going to be okay,” Nadia told them. “What did you mean when you said my friend here is the only chance you have at getting out of here alive?” asked Zande, he did not want to just accept the vague answers the witch kept giving them.Nadia sighed and looked at Zande through the mirror. “Things are not what they seem here, as you see us, everyone here is a prisoner of one vampire, Vladimir.” She told them and the pair looked at each other thinking about how Sylvia had confused them for people working for this Vladimir. “We heard about this Vladimir from Sylvia yesterday, in fact, she thought we were working for him,” Xavier told her.“She has every rea

Vladimir did not look a day over eighteen, was a handsome young man, and for the life of Zande and Xavier. They could not understand why this kid was called an elder and at first glance, the young man looked innocent. “Well?” he raised an eyebrow looking at Anton ignoring the two like they were not even there. “Vladimir, this is my first cousin and his friend. They are just passing through and he thought of visiting me.” Xavier noticed the fear in Anton as he spoke to Vladimir.When Nadia told them about the elder vampire Vladimir, he had a picture of an old vampire, not a kid. Well, technically he was not a kid but because they turned him at a young age, he stopped growing and now he still looked like a kid in his old age. “Then your family is my family, I needed you for something but since you have guests, then I guess you can bring them with you.” Vladimir looked at him with amusement in his eyes. Anton looked at Zande apologetically but

They spent the next two days making plans, Anton managed to get the keys and made copies of them without being seen. He also organised the four vans and tracks that were needed to transport everyone. Xavier managed to talk to the lady bartender named Lydia, and they were currently waiting for the men she organised at the warehouse.“Do you think they are coming?” asked Xavier now nervous as he saw the time, they agreed on has passed. “If they don’t come, then we will have to rethink our entire plan.” Zande told him; he too was worried about this plan not working out but most importantly about Xavier’s ceremony that was fast approaching. “We don’t have the luxury of time; I have to be back home for the ceremony or my father will come looking for us and I can’t have that. The witch said he will die if he sets foot here.”Now out of all the things Nadia told them this Zande refused to believe, they were talking a

Vladimir was not used to being challenged and especially by a dog. Looking at him now, he thought of how good it will feel when he rips him to shreds, thinking of that made him smirk. “You have balls I give you that, but you are stupid as well.” Xavier stood just a few feet away from him. “I never said I was smart, just that I could not leave them behind,” Vladimir smirked. “Then you are going to die for being stupid.” He did not give Xavier a chance to respond after that as he charged to him.They collided in the middle exchanging punches, Vladimir soon realized that Xavier’s strength was abnormal and was almost matching his. He threw a punch at him frustrated. “You are strong and fight well for a dog. But you are still no match for me!” he charged towards him at full speed with his fangs bared. Xavier used his vampire speed to get out of the way before Vladimir got to him and that is when he realized Xavier was no normal

Xavier arrived later that afternoon back home, his father was the first person he saw when he was dropped off by a taxi. He hesitated before getting out, his father was standing there looking at him with his arms folded on his chest. Xavier knew that look at too well. “Father, my apologies for arriving late, things got out of hands a little, but I am here now and ready to take over.” He bowed his head a little but kept eye contact with his father.“You lied to us when you left here, why?” Xavier swallowed hard wetting his now dry mouth. “Father, can we please talk in your office?” Luka gave him a look then led the way to his office, he took his seat and waited for his son to say something. “Father, I did not mean to lie, but I did not feel worthy of being alpha, not as just your son, I wanted more, to be more like you and to be able to protect this pack. I meant none of it to disrespect you or mother.” Luka took a long look at h