Blood Lust And Love

Chapter 21

DarkBeauty357

Alec left with his small team of men as soon as the sun went down to get a head start. It shouldn't be a deadly mission, if anything it should be easier than the rest as long as Alec was on high alert mode. However, saying goodbye to your family was never easy no matter what the situation was.

Leah was crying even though Alec told her it wasn't a big deal. He would be back before she knew it. Besides, Leah now had a huge job to keep her busy because all the duties of Alec would now fall on her with his absence, so that should keep her mind off it while he was gone. Although the scariest thing was that Leah couldn't sense Alec because she wasn't a wolf, but Alec was still able to sense her even if it was weakened.

Peyton had already been crying for a whole week because Isaac was still in a coma, so Alec's departure didn't make him cry because he had no more tears left. He was sad and upset but he knew his dad was brave and strong.

Jade was already in an emotional state because of her pregnancy. She finally made the decision to keep the baby. Even though Jade never wanted to have kids she just couldn't bring herself to exterminate the pregnancy. She wasn't a big fan of abortion. The way she looked at it was that her child was innocent. Sadly, her unborn child's sperm donor was a bad man but Crow would never be the father to Jade's baby. Seth was. Seth and Jade already talked about the outcome before and Seth saw it as a blessing to both of them. Seth never thought he would be able to be a dad. Once Seth was turned into a vampire by his father he knew that he wouldn't be able to have children, and that thought alone hurt him but he accepted it.

Alec tried saying goodbye to Blaire and even to Damon, but for some reason, they both were acting distant and strange. Blaire's behavior wasn't nearly as peculiar as Damon's. Alec noticed that Damon was trying to avoid conversation with him and Blaire would give him the side-eye. Other than Damon trying to avoid Alec, the way Damon and Blaire conversed with each other was enough for Alec to raise a brow at both of them. It seemed like the people around him were becoming stranger and stranger by the second. Alec just shook it off though as he planned on talking to Damon who seemed to be looking everywhere but him. Before Alec left Damon just seemed to be looking on the edge and Alec wondered if the pressure was getting to him as war wasn't for everyone. It was possible that maybe he just needed a day off.

Charlie said his farewells as well because he was on this mission with Alec.

They spent two days traveling as fast as they could without stopping as much as possible. Since they were all faster than the rest they already had an advantage. Alec only stopped his group for small hunting sessions to fill the appetite of the huge strong wolves and to take little breaks.

The plan was to stop at least fifty miles away from Crow's artillery storage room and rest so they were all in top shape. They also had to scout out the area to find the right time to destroy the storage room and make sure they didn't get caught.

Since Alec took minimal stops they were able to reach their destination faster. Before going to scout the area they set up their little camp so they could hunt and get some proper rest. They broke off into small teams to knock out their goals before the sun went down. Two days running put a good bit of exhaustion on all of the wolves, but it wouldn't take much for them to regain their maximum speed and strength.

Alec and Charlie left to go scout out the artillery house that Rem mentioned. They were both careful and stealthy, and they always stayed hidden. The rest of the group stayed fifty miles away safe and gathering some supplies. They split into two sections: one for hunting and the other for gathering firewood. It was a good thing that a water source was nearby.