Chapter 23

Logan headed back home, hoping and praying that their plan worked this time. All they wanted to know was about Eric's hideout. From there, they could rescue Ashley. He had seen obstacles in his life but this was different. He could not sleep, there was no home without Ashley. It felt hilarious how absence made one's heart discover who it truly loved.



He decided to, Tyler. "Where are you, dude?" He asked.



"Let's meet at the penthouse," Tyler answered.



"Okay"



Tyler walked into the house. He could see the expectations on both Logan's and Jessica's faces. He had something all of them wanted and he was glad he had the news they all craved.



"I have found their location." Tyler had a smirk on his face.



"Let's attack the bastard," Jessica sprang up from her seat.



"Hold on, you with who?" Tyler gave her a disapproving look.



"I thought I was part of the raid. I need to go in there and save my best friend."



"And I need to save my lover." Logan chipped in. He was already on his way to the door. He stopped and looked at Jessica. "Jessica, I need to get this right, you can be a liability for us because you are a human," Tyler nearly brushed shoulders with Logan as he headed toward Jessica. Her hands looked so small in his big hands "I am beginning to have a keen interest in you. Please stay alive for we have a lot to talk about."



"I will stay in the car." Jessica protested.



"Tyler are you coming or not?" Logan was already inside the elevator, holding the doors for Tyler and looking impatient.



"Will be right back." Tyler left her hands and ran towards his friend.



____







"Boss, I believe it is time to call this off," one of Eric's closest guards suggested as they all sat down on a round table trying to figure out the last golden move before they kill Logan.



"Are you already getting fold feet, Henry?" Eric asked throwing his gaze to the mustache man that had suggested he stopped making this easy money.



"No boss, I am far from being scared. Just my sixth sense trying to send me a message."



"Tell it we don't need its opinion. Now never mention anything of the sort to me or else I will rip your heart out."



"Sorry, boss," Henry looked down at his hand, trying so hard to avoid eye contact with the boss.



"Anyone having cold feet? Speak now and lose your heart or forever hold your peace!" Eric commanded in his thunderous voice. The whole place became silent as a graveyard.



Logan, Tyler, and their armies crept around the abandoned garage. Logan wouldn't have believed they were here if he got the intel from anyone else in the city. The fact that it was Tyler, and their plan had gotten them to this shitty-looking place, he would follow it blindly, after all, Tyler was beside him.



The army of werewolves that had followed suit was vetted and trusted by Tyler, knowing fully well that they wouldn't leak any information because it was a delicate situation and a single whistleblower could jeopardize the whole mission of recovering Ashley.



Diligently and slowly they covered the distance from where they had parked their cars to the garage, using the moonlight to their advantage to prevent them from getting sighted by any guard. Their heartbeat rose for how delicate they needed to be to succeed here. Tyler came in contact with the first guard that stood outside; ambushing him from behind, holding his head before snapping his neck from behind. Logan used his vampire's speed to reap the heart of his first prey. Soon the large building in the garage was surrounded by a pack of werewolves.



Logan hoped that his command of "No one leaves here alive apart from the girl," hadn't fallen on deaf ears. Logan made the first entrance into the garage, coming in contact with another huge vampire of Eric's army. Tyler was spotted by one of the vampires who alerted everyone in the building.



"We are being attacked!" he shouted.



"By who?!" Ashley tried to ask with the gag in her mouth. She could not comprehend what was happening. Eric, the giant, and his men had just celebrated two victories over 72 hours, something that sounded like forever. Though she did not believe it the first time she had heard someone shout from the meeting saying "Cheers to the greatest leader Eric, we haven't made this much money within a short period of 72 hours..."



Ashley overheard this statement from the meeting that was just taking place, cheers, applause, and the clinging of bottles whereas all that she could decipher from the meeting that was going on. She wished someone could take off her blindfold to have a glance at who was brave enough to attack this blood-ravaging monster, had someone finally heard the echoes? Ashley continue to wander under her blindfold when she noticed a firm grip on her as she was raised with her chair, the resistance to friction was much, the sound of a bus closing then everything became silent again. Shattering of glasses and screams could be heard from everywhere around.



Logan's eyes widened as he searched for his lover. This was an abandoned garage, he could tell from the cars and equipment that was there, funny how of all the eyes he had lived in Central city he never knew a place like this existed, he could not even see it from his favorite spot. Logan did not bother about how Eric got a spot like this because just like almost everything that was owned by the vampires. This was also hijacked by the humans. seem like the weakest species. Logan couldn't believe that at this moment of his life, he realizes that humans are cunny because their brain is the only thing they could count on to survive and hence the reason why they had the most weapons. Logan sighted a vampire and chased him down.



"Where is she?" He asked with his authoritative voice.



"Who?" The vampire asked. Logan raised the vampire and smashed him to the ground. "Where is she?" He asked again.



"I do not know who you are talking about." The vampire replied.



Logan raised the vampire and placed him on the wall behind him. He placed his forehand on the vampire's chest "Talk if you want to survive."



"I promise you, I do not know what is happening," The vampire gasped for breath and continued to speak "Last I was in the prison waiting for my death sentence. Next, I am in a garage trying to survive an attack."