Chapter 2

Logan made the decision to fight for the throne the moment he laid eyes on the captivating beauty there was no way to turn back. He once thought of settling

down away from their world and live quietly with the humans instead of battling it out and losing his life in the process. But now he had found his source of inspiration, everyone better watch out for him. He has been the devil himself, making sure to get whatever he sets his eyes on, the lady was one of them.

She had to become his.

‘ Nate, I need your assistance now, I need to fight for the throne." Logan said after the long silence since they got into the car.

"How do you presume l help you" Nate replied seemingly uninterested in the conversation.

‘You know what I mean Nate, killing my brothers will be a difficult task, I've to plan carefully, and I’ve to find something that will finish the job in the shortest time possible. So that I can focus my attention on wooing that lady" Logan replied.

‘I really don’t think that I am the right person to ask for assistance, you know very well that this is something you must do on your own, besides you know that the only weapon used to kill our kind doesn't affect the royal blood." Nate replied while looking out of the window hanging his hands out.

Logan already knew that much, but he just hoped that maybe Nate was able to come up with something, he normally had a bank of knowledge on the most important stuff, maybe he could have stumbled upon some clues. The only person who knew this was his dad, but he could never disclose this to any of his sons, with the view that only the strongest must rule. But they could decide to abandon the fight for the throne if any of them wanted to save their lives, just like what one of his brothers Elijah did, he left home before the battle began, and never returned since then. His other brother Sam decided to battle it out with him, he had to kill him. No one knew how he did it but they saw his body dissolve

into dust. It's a secret he would take to his grave, if it ever happens.

Throughout the drive, Logan stayed quiet, organizing his thoughts on what to do, he had to find a way to clear all the obstacles on his path. But first he had to stop somewhere.

The memories of the past flooded his mind after his encounter with the woman at the river, she reminded him so much of his first beloved Elise. Though they hadn't spent much time together those many years ago, he

never forgot how she made him feel, it was quite unfortunate that he had to end her life.

"Inform everyone we are headed to the fortress." Logan ordered. With that the convoy of vehicles made an abrupt turn, driven at lightning speed.

The drive took only two hours to the fortress, however that was as far as the vehicles could go. They still had a long journey through the dens.e forest, filled with huge rocks and mountains on either side. They had to

carefully make their way inside the forest, making sure never to attract any unnecessary attention. Everyone got out of their cars ready to continue with the journey however Logan advised his bodyguards to stay

behind and be on the look out. He was accompanied by Nate and Jordan his trusted men. Only the two were allowed to know what happened inside. They immediately started their journey into the dense forest.

After almost four hours of nonstop trekking, they finally arrived at a waterfall. It was pitch dark inside the forest but their sight was perfect for the dark, it would not cause any troubles. Anyone would wonder what brought them to such a dangerous and forsaken place, with no sign of life. They made their way down the waterfall towards the now flowing river. Logan led the way and came to a huge rock positioned just beside the waterfall.

He gently touched the rock and it immediately opened up to a dark pathway. Logan then urged them in, he remained at the entrance for a

few seconds trying to check whether anyone had followed them, after confirming that everything was okay, he gently pushed the huge rock back blocking any intruders. What Logan wasn't aware of was the fact that their presence had already been felt, they were like vultures

patiently waiting for a wounded lion to succumb to its death.

Few metres away from the waterfall on top of a small hill stood three women dressed in dark robes and wearing hoodies gazing down at the place that the men just disappeared into.

‘ It's finally here, the moment we've all waited for has finally come. They have finally met. He won't be able to evade the wrath that's coming to him." One of the women said.

"We will finally get rid of that good for nothing son of a bitch, but first he has to pay for what he did to our poor Elise, such an innocent and loving girl. I won't let him get away this time, his worst days are just in the horizon." The other woman added.

" What about the girl's family who took her in, they have been so nice to her, we can't let the innocent die for our sake," the last one spoke up.

" Miranda we have to do this. How do you think Elise will accomplish all that is laid out for her, she has to experience the pain, only then will she have the power to revive our dear Elise and possibly bring mother back." She said.

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“I think Sophia is right, it's a difficult decision we have to make, so many sacrifices have to be made if we want our plan to be successful, so II hope you won't think of helping that family. But be assured that not all of them will perish. We are not so heartless to let that happen." Bernice said.

" I understand" Miranda replied curtly with the feeling of hurt evident on her face. This was something they had to do. With that they chanted a few spells at a go and disappeared.

Logan led them inside for like hundreds meters, going through the dark meandering path. At the far end of the cave, there was a huge rock lying comfortably on the ground, Logan and the group pushed it effortlessly revealing a set of staircase leading underground. They descended the stairs to a much darker room but since they were vampires they could perfectly see what was inside.

In the middle of the small room was a table made of clay and on top a transparent glass box, inside lay a lady seemingly in a peaceful sleep. Her body was pale, almost white with her eyes tightly sealed. She had been that way for two hundred and fifty years, there was a powerful witch which helped preserve her body. Logan wanted it that way so that he could once in a while visit his beloved, never for her to disappear from the face of the earth.

Logan moved closer to the glass box while Nate and Jordan stayed behind. He had to confirm it for himself. There was just a small resemblance between Elise and the woman he previously met, that enough added to the desire he had. Wasting no more time, they left the room and headed out and back to where they left the bodyguards.

The journey back took a short while since they changed into their vampire mode and leapt through the dense forest only stopping close to the unsuspecting guards, all human. What they didn't know was that immediately after they left, the three women went and took away the

body but left everything in their exact location.

Back at Elise's home, she just arrived from her morning jog, however her mind was filled with the images of the guy she previously encountered. Never in her life had she come across such a perfectly handsome man,

broad shoulders nice body and a good height of about 6'4. She found herself smiling sheepishly at the thought of that strange man.

Elise had been called for an interview scheduled at two in the evening, she had plenty of time to prepare since it was still early in the morning. She decided to help with the house chores. At one pm she left for town boarding a bus that passed by at that time. She arrived thirty minutes before time.

Entering the tall building of about thirty floors, Elise showed her appointment card and was let inside. She used the elevator to the seventh floor where the interview would be carried out. She met with six others already waiting, this made her feel that she came in late when she was thirty minutes early. What caught her attention was their expensive dressing, she consciously checked back on her jeans

based on their dressing, she was sure to fail. She moved forward to join the group, closing in to the lady standing nearby, she greeted her but was met with a sneer, the lady dressed in an expensive but beautiful

summer dress looked at her from up and down, sneered again and moved to the other side of the bench. Elise felt embarrassed and became rooted to the ground, she decided not to bother herself with anyone but to patiently wait for the interview to start.