THE ALPHA’S DAUGHTER 53_When The Moon Hides Her Crown

Chapter 53 The Den Of Fangs And Secrets

 SERAPHINA

 A vampire’s den. Could things get any worse?

 The stench hit my nose. It smelled like rotting copper soaked into bone–dry dust.

 As my vision adjusted, I found a pair of violet eyes eying me. My heartbeat quickened, the memory of our bodies pressing against each 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 too. I held my breath as his blue eyes deeper into me as if it were not him but his wolf that was watching me. My fingers moved slightly on my side. Since when has he been watching me? And why?

 Unknown to me the other two pairs of eyes were also watching me.

 That’s when a strange voice alerted all of us. We all stood frozen and unmoving. “What was that?” I murmured under my 

 breath

 “Vampires, I guess,” Finn quietly said.

 “It seems we have to fight with the vampires to win the trial,” 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 owls at the sight of the ceiling arched high above, but the rock up there writhed–no, hung.

 Thousands.

 Thousands of bats.

 No. Not bats.

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

 Dante’s blue eyes swept the ceiling at lightning speed. “They’re sleeping in bat form.”

 “But not for long.” Finn muttered, and then his eyes came to me, “Seth, what’s wrong?”

 I started breathing again and shook my head. “Nothing.” I forced a smile, looking everywhere but at Ronan as he might have an idea.

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 Since he knew I was a female he would also have guessed that I had never seen a vampire before. As Alpha’s sons they all must have seen vampires at least once in their lifetime but being a she–wolf I was not allowed to. Father could not tolerate any scar in my body or face that would affect my beauty. So fighting with them was out of the question let alone ever seeing

 them

 I had no knowledge of them other than what I read in books. So I slowly took a step back from all of them, deciding to be behind them so as not to make a mistake but as I did I found myself bumping into a hard chest. I gasped and looked over my shoulder to find Konan

 When did you…” I gasped. Was he not just on the other side? When did he manage to get behind me? And why?

 “SHHH.” Asher lushed all of us, “Don’t make any noise or we are all fucked.”

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

 Aalter nodded seriously. “Yeah, 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 not attacked us, we still have the advantage. Let’s find a way out of here before they wake up!”

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

 Ronan calmly revealed, “Asher has been 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 hundreds of 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 muttered, sweat glistening on his forehead.

 All of them cursed under their breath, scattering around to find the escape but I 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 me as everyone froze staring at the ck wolf among us

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

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

 The slumbering bats twitched, an eerie ripple across the cave ceiling.

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

 “Do you fucking want jo kill everyone?!” Dante’s eyes turned red in furry.

 Asher did not answer. But I noticed him acting strange. He had been looking at Ronan, restlessly.

 “I think he is saying something to you,” I turned to Roman 

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

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

 His wolf nodded.

 “Then sluft back!” Finn stepped forward hurriedly. “They are waking up due to your scent.”

 Asher gave no response.

 Dante clenched his fits, “So now he can’t shift into his human form?! And the time we have left in our hands is decreasing?”

 “But there is no way of getting out. The cave seems to be sealed,” Finns quickly stated.

 Ronan murmured, “Asher has been in such conditions since childhood, he knows how to get out of here.”

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 Phina grew panicked in my mind. This was wrong. If the vampires woke up then we all would die but my disguise would be ripped off first. Vampires could smell blood and they would immediately realise I was a fernale. And from what I had learned vampires would dishonor she–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 wild trying his best but he could not do anything.

 “Fuck!” Dante groaned, “it seems that this is because of some kind of spell. The moment the leader is chosen, the cave marks him as prey. It forces the shift to disrupt bnce. And it fucked us all up.”

 I clenched my fists. No, there was no 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 get it out? Finn sighed, whistling low. He pulled off his jacket,id it on the ground, and reached into the cavern wall, retrieving the long iron pipe embedded in the rock.

 Asher’s wolf made a slow noise that told us we had interpreted what he wanted correctly,

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

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

 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 into a human standing in the darkness, his red eyes locking with mine.

 “A she–wolf?” he murmured under his breath.

 My heart dropped in my stomach. No….

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