Chapter 224: The hunt for the vampires' clues

Erick was inside one of the meeting rooms at the packhouse. The last time he went there was years ago when they had the meeting with Lachlan and the other elders of the Kendall pack.

Looking around him, he felt like he was back at that time, with the addition of the Cesaro Alpha and son and the Cairin Alpha. Isaiah Cairin was still the Alpha of the Cairin pack. And he did not look as if he had aged since the last time he had last seen him. According to some rumours he had heard, if the baby in Makena's belly was a boy, he would be the future Alpha of the Cairin pack.

Bastian stood behind his father, who was sitting at the long meeting table, waiting for everyone to settle in.

The representatives from the other packs had just arrived a couple of minutes ago and were immediately guided to the meeting room. Jeayan was also there to help to serve the guests some refreshments before leaving the room.

Once everyone had settled in, the room went silent. If Amber was there at that moment, she would joke about how the atmosphere there was so full of testosterone. However, there were also other female shifters in the room, such as Luella, Elder Ulanni and Elder Omorose. Paccia was also there.

Unlike before, Hamish did not join the meeting, instead, Makena was the one who joined as she stood behind her grandfather. For Isaiah, she was still considered as one of the Cairin pack members, even if she had married into the Kendall pack.

And behind Lachlan, stood Erick and Fergus as the future Alpha and the Beta of the Kendall pack. The former who had been sitting down then stood up and voiced out his greetings and appreciation to the other Alphas.

The other Alphas grunted their acknowledgement.

And moments later, Lachlan put the topic forward, in regards to the missing and the dead found in their towns and the reappearance of Rehan.

Both Riedrich and Isaiah's faces grew solemn when they heard Lachlan's report. They knew how dangerous Rehan was, what more the man behind him. Especially when the man himself was a lycan, one of the lycan princes.

After Lachlan was done talking, he immediately asked for their opinions about the current situation.

Riedrich was the first one to voice out his thoughts since he had seen Rehan before and knew of his power. His main concern was the involvement of the vampires. Knowing that they are the nemesis of the werewolves, naturally both sides would know of each other's weaknesses. And should they have fallen under Harding's hands, they would definitely be more powerful.

Everyone went silent after Riedrich had given out his opinions. It was such a dangerous thought; a shifter with a vampire's powers. Though they would not know how it would actually turn out to be. But it would be pretty bad for them.

Elder Zyair, who was known to be quiet yet wise, spoke out. Although he does not talk much, whenever he gives out his opinions, it usually is a good one. Hence when he talked, all heads turned to him, including Riedrich and Isaiah.

"What I want to know is what had happened to the vampire that told you of all this?" he asked quietly, his eyes on Bastian.

Everyone then turned their heads to Bastian, who looked surprised at being called out. He immediately controlled his expression and answered calmly, "Actually, after the corpse was found in the alley back in Burkendall, the vampire suddenly disintegrated into dust. We weren't able to find what was the cause or what trigger it."

"So, there's basically nothing inside that den or cave or whatever it is?" Elder Zyair asked again as he crossed his arms across his chest.

Bastian shook his head. "Nothing," he answered.

Elder Zyair turned to Riedrich and asked politely, "May I contribute a few words for you, with your permission?"

Riedrich nodded.

Elder Zyair turned to Lachlan, who nodded, as if giving him his full permission to say whatever he wanted.

"Then please accept my apologies but I'd like to suggest that we search the area once more for any clues on the vampires," Elder Zyair suggested. "I think that perhaps, young Bastian did not have the proper means to search for a vampire, hence why he could not find any other clues. Bumping into that vampire could be considered as a fortunate situation."

Riedrich frowned, a bit displeased that the other shifter seems to imply that his son wasn't doing a good job in searching for more clues. However he had to agree that perhaps they were just looking in the wrong way.

Isaiah Cairin also agreed with Elder Zyair's suggestion. "Yes, I believe that is a good idea," he said, nodding. He then looked at his granddaughter, who nodded back and turned back again to the others. "Of course we will support whatever you all make. Your pack wasn't the only one who had suffered in the hands of this warlock and that 'man'," he spat out, not wanting to admit that the other man was a lycan; a being that was one of the most respected in the shifters' world.

Lachlan nodded. "Then let's work together to do this," he announced.

A few minutes later, the team that was chosen to look and searched in the vampires' den was finalised.

From the Cairin pack; Ezekiel (the Beta), Paxon and one other shifter were chosen. If Makena wasn't heavily pregnant, she would probably have been chosen to go as well.

From the Cesaro pack, Bastian, Jose (the Beta) and another shifter were chosen.

From the Kendall pack, Erick, Paccia, Elder Zyair (he volunteered himself as he wanted to see the vampires' den) and Dewei were chosen. (Yes, Dewei is back :) )

With these, the team of strength and wisdom was formed in search for the vampires' clues.

It was further agreed that they will venture out in three days. Not more or less. They will meet up at the Port Robson Bay before heading off together.