Chapter 135: What the council hides
Logan
The lair was a cave that stretched deep into the earth, eventually narrowing like a tunnel leading somewhere else.
"No wonder they got away so easily. This place is completely strange and hidden," I whispered as my wolf, Morgan, growled. He hated it when things slipped through our fingers, when we missed details and were deceived.
We'd been tricked too many times, so many times, that I no longer considered myself a wise Alpha.
"Stay alert and cautious," I said through the mind link to my warriors as we moved slowly forward. "Be careful. The path is rocky, narrow and dark."
"What the hell is that?" one of them whispered, and I saw the cave opened up, leading us into another part of the forest.
"It must be a shortcut," my wolf said, moving ahead while my men remained on high alert.
"If I'm not mistaken, Alpha, this leads to the Black Forest," suggested Matt, one of the warriors, Doctor Karim's mate, as he knelt on the ground and touched the earth. It wouldn't be strange if it was connected to this forest; all of our enemy's operations seemed to emanate from there.
The Black Forest wasn't called that by accident. It was truly dark and gloomy, and this particular part seemed to be dominated by shadows, hidden and sinister.
"Let's make a small camp," I suggested, and as we cautiously settled in, I watched the warriors try to get into position.
"We're in the southwest zone, Alpha."
"Very well, stay alert," I ordered firmly. We couldn't sleep that night. I had the feeling we were surrounded by shadows, dancing in the darkness, as if moving between the dense trees, waiting for us. Red eyes followed me, but every time I tried to see them, they disappeared. Morning came grimly, and I was glad to hear that the warriors had caught something.
"What have you got, sentry?" I asked, and the warrior showed me what was undoubtedly a rogue.
"So you were the one who followed us?" I asked, but the wolf didn't speak or change into human form. It wasn't a wild wolf, so my men and I exchanged confused looks, not sure what was going on.
"Let's take him with us, he could be useful as evidence. The doctor would love to have someone to experiment on," I suggested as the animal shook, clearly understanding what we were saying. We sense some movement here and there, and we all went on alert. They were fast as the wind, flitting from one side to the other, and we couldn't see a thing. It was ridiculous! We were supposed to be some of the fastest wolves.
"Move! Forward!" I shouted as our tracker led us along the trails we had found. I was amazed at the variety of tracks, all shapes and sizes. Not just beasts. What the hell are we up against?
It began to rain, and the search became more difficult. Morgan was undecided about what to do, and I could feel his anxiety, something unusual for my wolf.
"We should turn back," he whispered, and I didn't like his concern one bit.
"Calm down, we can handle this and more. We'll come back with answers," I replied. "Don't you want her... Madeleine to forgive us, to give us a chance?" I asked him.
"She needs more than that. We need to talk to her," he said, and of course he was right, but I wasn't good with words. Frankly, I was afraid of making things worse. I didn't want to distance myself, but I felt I had to. I felt like a nuisance, an unwanted third mate. My mind was lost in thoughts of her when I heard a shout.
"Look out!" one of my men shouted as he was attacked by some kind of wolf, followed by another, and then another. We all tried to defend ourselves. When I hit one, I realized they were deformed wolves. They weren't like the huge beasts I'd seen before, but they weren't like the rogue we'd captured, who was now struggling to free himself.
"Protect yourselves!" shouted one of my men. Morgan took control and finished off several of them. They seemed to feel the Alpha's power, and many fled.
"After them!" I howled. We began a fierce chase in the direction they were heading.
Only one thing mattered: finding something, the cave, gathering information about these experiments and who was behind them. In my wolf form, together with my warriors, we could deal with the enemy more easily. The monsters didn't know what to do; they began to scatter. Then I saw something: it looked like a dying fire, a flicker of light.
I was standing in a place that didn't seem to be part of the forest. A completely unusual place. My men approached as well, and we were completely surprised.
"A laboratory," I thought. I changed back to my human form and approached to see what the hell was inside.
"Whatever happened here, Alpha, it seems recently abandoned," Matt said as we inspected what we had found. Indeed, if anything had happened here, it was maybe days ago and something had gone wrong, for a fire had been hastily put out and everything looked abandoned, as if they had fled and left some things behind. I noticed computers and files, which I began to examine carefully.
The smell of burn and chemicals mingled in the heavy air as I walked through the halls of what appeared to be an abandoned laboratory. The sound of my footsteps echoed off the empty walls, and sometimes the wind that blew through the cracks made me wonder if I was alone. The forest had hidden this place for a long time, but now it was clear that whatever had been done here was something that should not have been exposed.
My instincts told me that I was about to uncover something important, something that the Council had tried to hide at all costs. With each step, the sense of danger grew, as if the walls themselves might reveal the secrets I so desperately sought to uncover.
I opened a door with a creak that sent shivers down my spine, and the first thing I saw were the cages. They were covered in rust and dirt, but it didn't take an expert to know that these were no ordinary cages. They were too big, too strong. Some had marks, as if something had clawed at them, something with a strength that didn't belong to an ordinary wolf.
I walked closer, my eyes scanning every corner of the room. On a metal table, disorganized and covered in dirt, were scattered documents. My heart began to race as I picked up one of the papers. The seal of the Wolf Council was stamped in the top corner. Goddess...I knew they were involved, but to have the physical proof in my hands made it real.
I read quickly, my eyes scanning the medical terms and references to 'genetic modification'. There was mention of captured wolves, wolves that had been brought to this place to be transformed.
"Subjects 12 to 25 have shown uncontrollable mutations," one report read.
"Successful transformation in at least three subjects, although side effects include loss of control and extreme aggression."
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