The Anvil (51 page)

His
father
ran
to
Caleb
and
hugged
him
,
then
throughout
the
rest
of
the
day
Caleb
told
his
family
about
him
becoming
a
werewolf
.
Tom
send
a
report
back
to
Alex
that
they
had
found
Caleb
and
he
would
be
staying
in
Pine
Grove
until
he
received
a
message
back
telling
where
Alex
was
.
Josh
and
the
vampires
helped
Tom
train
during
the
time
he
stayed
in
Pine
Grove
,
Tom
also
spend
a
large
amount
of
his
time
with
his
friends
and
family
.

On
the
third
day
he
received
a
reply
,
Alex
was
at
Hontol
,
a
town
set
back
in
the
mountains
.
The
vampires
decided
to
stay
in
Pine
Grove
for
a
while
and
if
they
felt
accepted
they
would
stay
,
if
not
they
would
try
to
find
Tom
.
Tom
and
Josh
left
the
morning
after
they
got
the
message
and
they
flew
straight
to
Hontol
.
After
two
days
of
traveling
they
reached
the
town
and
went
to
the
inn
,
where
they
expected
Alex
to
be
staying
.
They
got
into
the
building
and
a
little
after
entering
and
trying
to
see
Alex
through
the
chaos
they
were
grabbed
from
behind
and
roughly
dragged
out
.

They
instinctively
tried
to
grab
their
weapons
until
they
saw
it
was
Alex
.
Josh
followed
Tom
'
s
example
when
he
lowered
his
weapon
. “
What
were
you
doing
in
there
Tom
?
And
Josh
,
what
are
you
doing
here
?”
Alex
asked
jabbing
a
thumb
at
Josh
. “
We
were
looking
for
you
.”
Tom
answered
,
Alex
looked
at
him
for
a
moment
then
told
them
to
follow
him
and
they
went
to
the
town
hall
. “
I
am
staying
with
the
mayor
of
the
town
,
not
at
the
inn
.
Now
we
are
going
to
try
to
get
these
people
to
send
the
troops
they
are
required
to
send
.”
Alex
explained
as
entered
the
building
,
which
was
one
of
the
largest
buildings
in
the
town
but
still
small
,
made
of
wood
mostly
.

They
spent
about
two
hours
before
Josh
got
tired
of
it
“
Listen
,
if
you
people
want
to
stay
safe
you
will
have
to
send
the
required
troops
and
supplies
or
the
Ilemites
will
come
up
here
and
take
over
your
town
,
taking
most
of
you
as
slaves
but
those
too
weak
and
old
they
will
kill
and
maybe
torture
for
the
fun
of
it
.
Your
little
town
will
either
be
burned
to
the
ground
or
used
to
supply
the
Ilemites
’
wars
.
You
will
all
wish
you
had
sent
troops
and
supplies
as
you
are
being
whipped
or
as
you
line
up
to
be
killed
.”
he
said
frustrated
,
after
a
moment
to
catch
his
breath
he
continued
“
I
have
seen
the
torture
slaves
of
the
Ilemart
people
endure
and
let
me
tell
you
it
would
be
more
pleasant
to
die
in
battle
.”
Josh
sat
back
down
as
the
council
took
in
what
he
said
.

They
agreed
to
send
the
troops
and
supplies
then
told
them
to
meet
a
member
of
the
council
at
the
town
hall
in
three
hours
.
Three
hours
later
the
trio
stood
at
the
entrance
of
the
building
waiting
for
the
council
member
.
The
three
looked
up
as
an
elderly
man
walked
up
to
them
and
said
“
Follow
me
,
we
have
something
to
show
you
.”
and
the
old
man
turned
and
walked
towards
the
forest
.

After
walking
for
awhile
they
came
to
a
large
cave
,
torches
hung
on
the
sides
and
they
could
see
the
tracks
of
people
coming
in
and
out
.
They
entered
the
cave
and
descended
deep
into
the
mountains
.
After
a
few
more
minutes
of
walking
they
came
to
a
large
cavern
.
All
around
lay
what
looked
like
piles
rocks
about
the
size
twice
of
a
human
.
Then
Tom
noticed
the
piles
were
moving
slightly
,
then
one
seemed
to
stand
up
.
The
humanoid
shaped
pile
seemed
to
look
down
at
them
.
Slowly
the
rest
of
the
piles
took
shape
,
until
before
them
stood
a
large
crowd
. “
Golems
.
Amazing
.”
Alex
whispered
quietly
.