Chapter Two

MARCO
Marco struggled to escape, but the creature held him tightly. Where were they going? he wondered. They reached the mouth of a cave, and he was pulled in. Marco fell to the floor with a thud. "What do you want, Tavie?" he asked through gritted teeth. The figure slowly came into the tiny bit of light shining in. He gasped as he realized who it really was.

"Harper?" he asked in disbelief.

"You're okay!" she cried as she embraced him. "I thought for sure they had got you!"
"I thought the same about you" he said. " When the entrance to the cave opened up and Graham came in, I thought he caught you."
"He almost did, but old monkey was no match for me" she puffed proudly. "But the others", she continued with a faltering voice, "we have to go back for them!"
"We will." Marco assured her. But even he wasn't sure they could. It was the two of them against the seven major alphas, not mention, they had all their blind followers. Could they really do it?
He didn't have time to tell her all this because at that moment, a bright light filled the room. He shielded his eyes as the mist cleared and he got his first glimpse at what was causing it.