Chapter 76

Alpha Jaxon's POV I didn't tell Astrid the reality of this war. I didn't tell her about the stench of death that I woke up to. The blood, the pyres that never stopped burning and the senseless endless death. Astrid not coming here with me was without a doubt, the best decision I had ever made. The vampires fought to injure or maim us with obscene speed knowing that now we feared injuries as much as we did death blows hence why we opted for large-range weapons like swords, bows and fire bombs instead of just our claws now. But even with my intense strategy, it was still a numbers game. A game that we were slowly losing. The explosion rocked the earth and the last of the vampires began to retreat. We had won today's fight. Only the goddess could guarantee tomorrow's win. "Fall back!" I called out for my men and our allies. "Take our injured and fall back!" Where did Caleb go? This was the time we were supposed to meet so that we could check how many men we had lost, what weapons we had l