Chapter 26

• Past the doors that had been forced open was a waiting room of sorts. Wooden benches lined the walls, and a few were broken and splattered with blood from the fight I had missed. Corpses littered the concrete floor while a few prisoners sat huddled in a corner under guard.
• On the other side of the room stood a rather large set of wooden double doors with fancy detailing. No doubt that was the door to the office in which Lower Alpha Reed was hiding. He had more than likely already phoned Alpha Jackel and reported the situation. Within a handful of days Alpha Jackel would be making an appearance to confront us, the invaders.
• “Lower Alpha Reed,” I drawled slowly, walking unhurriedly throughout the messy room. “Are you going to hide behind those wooden doors like a little piggy?” I questioned, rapping the back of my knuckles against the door three times.