Alpha Maximus The Last Lycan novel Chapter 53

A few more minutes pass by as we wander around.

"Over here!" Hope shouts.

"What is it?" I ask.

She holds my arm and leads me to a dark corner with an opening on the floor. When I look down, it's dark, but I can see stone steps going down.

I follow Hope down the stairs. She pushes a wall that reveals a room. I follow her in, it's quite dark, but Hope lights a candle. I look around the room and approach one of the bookshelves.

"I've never knew this part of the castle existed. What is all this stuff?" I ask her.

'I think it's items my mother used for spells," she said.

"I'm surprised you even found this room. It's so well hidden."

"I found it by accident when I became lost, but this is what I wanted to show you she said. She reaches her arm out and pulls the red velvet curtain across.

My jaw drops at the sight, "Hope, is that you in the portrait? I don't understand," I say to her.

"It's not me, silly. It's my mother and my father," she beams.

"You look identical to your mother, the same eyes, hair, nose!" I point out to her.

Hope is still smiling, "I was wondering if maybe, we could place this in a better place where I can see it every day?" she asks.

Without hesitating, I step closer and carefully lift the portrait from the wall. It's heavy and well painted. The detail is impressive. Hope blows the candle out, and we leave the room and return up the stairs. We find Kayla standing eerily in the shadows. We were startled to see her there, "My dad painted that," she says. "I think all of our parents knew each other very well and were close friends before they all died," she says.

"It's strange how fate brought our parents and now us, their children, together," I say.

"Where are you going to put the portrait?" Kayla asks.

"I already know the perfect place to hang it. Come, I'll show you.' I say to them.

We enter the large dining room and place it above the fireplace, where we can admire it all the time.