The Tribrid's Mates

Exhibit

Chapter Five

Eren

Ten minutes later, the three of us landed on the roof of the pack's head base. My wings flapped gently for a while before retracting back in and I placed my hand on the hilt of the silver sword strapped to my side.

I spotted a guard standing at the foot of the stairs leading from the roof into the building and the three of us nodded in understanding to ourselves.

We couldn't let any single one spot us before dying as they could send a telepathic message across the whole pack in a second. Aldus opened his mouth wide and a silent battle cry escaped his lips as he jumped down the stairs on the guard. Aldus' legs wrapped around the guard's neck instantly and in that same second, Aldus sent his sword through the guard's brain. He died instantly.

Aldus looked up and gave Rufus and me a signal that the way was clear. We immediately climbed down the stairs and we sneaked towards the left direction. The mansion was large and we didn't know where exactly the Serum was.

I signaled to them to wait and I whispered almost quietly to them, "wait. Just watch out." I didn't want to risk the werewolves picking up our words with their enhanced sense of hearing.

I took a deep breath and swallowed as closed my eyes to scan the mansion. An ability of mine. I felt my aura travel through the mansion like a gentle breeze and cloaked it to avoid being detected. It took 30 seconds for me to finally locate the Serum and I suddenly opened my eyes that remained a bright blue for a second before reverting to its normal state. I felt the urge to check again, because I felt a spike in aura when about to pull out, but I ignored it.

"That way," I pointed at the path to the Serum and I turned left. Aldus and Rufus also followed behind, but we all immediately hid behind a wall as we heard people approaching.

"I heard the Luna found her mate." Two men dressed in expensive robes walked by us. They were nobles, my best guess. One of the two nobles suddenly stopped when I thought we could finally go and he turned around with a sensitive expression.

"Did you just smell what I smelt. It smelled like vampires." He said and faced his counterpart. The other noble looked at him in confusion and sniffed in the air to confirm.

Not risking the present factors, I didn't let him confirm his inhalation and I dashed at them with my sword. The older one surprised me and knocked off sword I slashed at him with a stunning strength and the sword escaped my grip; clattering to the floor.

They already had enough time to contact the others, but I felt Aldus' telepathic wave whoosh past me and take grip of them. I and Rufus immediately utilized the little time and I slashed one's neck with my long and sharp silver laced claws.

The other noble got stabbed in the gut quickly with Rufus' blade and we continued towards the Serum's location.

We walked down the last corridor that would lead us to the chamber in which the Serum was kept and we slowed down this time.

We became more at alert since the security would be certainly tighter. I suddenly sensed a huge gathering of people in the chamber before us and my friends seemed to have also sensed the same thing since they both looked at me at the same time.

I signaled to them to them to turn back before we get detected and we immediately retreated. The number of presences being detected in that chamber was huge and the Serum X was also in there. It was like they were hosting an insane party to exhibit it. Maybe that was the reason we hardly encountered people in a head base. I had expected more action.
We stopped walking as soon as we were a safe distance away from the party.