Damon's POV
Two days have passed and the pack has experienced another deadly attack at the borders, even though we were smart enough to fight those vampires and wolves off, the attack still left some of our men wounded. The vampires were just seven in numbers while the wolves were two.
We already made an arrangement about how to get the uranium at my Uncle's house a few kilometers away from the pack. I decided to go with Tunde and Beta Moon but the others refused, saying it was too dangerous to make such a decision.
Both the Alpha and the Beta couldn't leave the pack vulnerable just like that without any protection. I would've suggested Dean should stay here but Dean's duty to the hospital is much bigger than something he could leave behind.
We later decided that I'll go with Beta Moon and Kate, the Silverline Alpha's daughter while Tunde and George will wait at a distance closer to the pack and not that far from the house we'll be picking up the uranium from. This arrangement was made just to get us prepared for any attack on the pack.
"Why can't I go with you?" Lyla whined for the tenth time. I was in the room, getting ready to leave when she suddenly came closer, wrapped her hands around my 'torso', and began these crazy questions of hers.
"Because it is too dangerous for you. I can't risk your life as that" I explained for the tenth time as well.
"I can protect myself," she declared.
"Good for you baby. But no, you're not going with me"
"But you love the idea of Kate going with you, right?"
What!
I turned abruptly to look and take a good look at my jealous woman.
"Who's Kate?" I asked
"You know who she is, stop acting as if you don't. You were comfortable with going with her"
"That's the suggestion of others, baby and you're the only girl in my world right now. I see nobody else" I kissed her hair.
"Fine! I'll stay! Just come back safely to me. Promise?"
"I promise, baby. I love you" I declared. I wasn't expecting her to respond or say the word back. She was not ready to go down that lane with me and she made it clear the last time I told her I loved her by not saying the word back.
"I love you too D, I always do" She suddenly declared and I smiled. I hugged her closer to me and held her for minutes, not ready to let her go.
"I need to show you something" I held her hand and we walked out of the packhouse together. I led her towards a basement that was nearer to the packhouse. It wasn't the one used for torturing but this one was as old as time and was never used for once.
"Where are we going, D?" She asked.
"A sanctuary" I replied.
"What is a sanctuary?" She asked as we walked down the stairs leading to the underground safe house for the pack.
"The password is your last name now," I told her as I entered the password and she nodded.
"The one at the front door too" I informed her.
The iron gate suddenly opened and it revealed a huge room that had a kitchen, few couches, and some bed space.
"This place can actually house a hundred people comfortably and a three hundred uncomfortably" I explained.
"Why are you showing me this place?"
She asked.
"The pack needs your help. In case if anything happens, any attack, anything deadly, it's now your duty to protect everyone, especially the women and the children. You'll have to bring everyone here, lock it up and make sure they're all safe" I instructed her.
"You're scaring me, D. What's going on?" I hugged her tight once I saw the fear in her eyes.
"Nothing is going on, Lyla. I just need us to be at alert" I assured her.
"Okay" She simply replied and I kissed her forehead.
"Let's go" I pulled her hand and we walked out of the Sanctuary before I joined both Beta Moon and Kate who were standing beside the car, waiting for me.
"Don't sit closer to her" Lyla whispered in my ear and I laughed.
"I never took you for the jealous type," I replied.
"I don't care about that, just don't sit beside her"
I nodded while laughing. "Remember what I told you, Lyla. Above everything, stay safe for me" She nodded and hugged me tightly.
I could have told her about the weird feeling I was having but that would scare her off her mind and I don't want that sort of stress for her.
"Let's move," I told Moon.
Kate sat in the driver's seat while Moon sat beside her. I took the passenger's seat at the back and we drove off.
"Grandma Tabitha told me she had a bad vision about the pack this morning," Kate said while driving.
"About what?" I asked.
"I don't know but she wasn't talking straight and she always does that when she's too scared with what she saw" she explained.
"I hope we all are safe," Moon added.
"They're right behind us" I turned to check who she was talking about and saw that it was Tunde and George.
"They'll be stopping soon enough"
Hours later, we got to Uncle Raul's house and we followed the description that Xander had given us.
"It should be behind that tree" Moon suggested and once we moved closer to it, we saw a bag. I asked Moon to open it and once he did, he brought out the five Uranium and the three stones that were needed to connect it for its invisibility.
Moon smiled and so does Kate.
"We're good to go!" I said firmly.
I turned to look back at Raul's building and decided to check up on him before we leave.
"Wait for me by the car!' I instructed the two that were with me.
They both nodded and walked away.
I knocked several times and there was no response. On second thought, I wanted to go in and check up on him but I realized I couldn't. I'll be wasting too much of the little time we have.
Moon was behind the wheel this time and we moved at a faster pace than when we came here.
I sent a quick message to the boys holding Xanders family hostage and they responded immediately, leaving his premises. I then proceed to call Xander.
"We've seen it. Your family is free" I declared.
"Fuck you, Demon"
I laughed at his words and hanged the call.
By the time we moved closer to the pack, I could smell something burning.
"What the hell?" Kate yelled as we saw a fire burning so high from a distance.
"No! No!! No!!" Kate yelled.
Moon was forced to pack the car and held her by her shoulder, shaking her.
I came out of the car and tried mind-linking Tunde. Dean was responding but his words were not clear and Tunde was not responding.
"There has been an attack, Alpha" Tunde suddenly yelled through the mind link.
Fuck! I cursed repeatedly.
"Where are you?" I asked.
"Far from the borders"
"Stay right there, I'll be there before you know it" I instructed him.
"We have been attacked. We need to move" I yelled at the two people in the car.
"She can't! George has been wounded and she's affected"
"We can't waste any more time, Moon" I screamed at him.
"I'll stay here with her. You should go in the car, Alpha. You should go" he advised and came out of the car together with the girl.
"I'm sorry but we're leaving together"
I apologized. I knew leaving them behind would probably get them both killed.
They both moved to the Passengers seat at the back of the car while I drove off.
The closer we got to my pack, the clearer it became that after this fire has been put out, the survivors won't be more than three.
We have been wasted!