rc

to the core and made me shut down. I hadn't personally attended a Hunt in years, I simply didn't want to watch the

hoped that the prolonged eye contact would have made him look at me at least once, but his head n

when they are finalised." Ianthe announced, and everyone immediately stood up from the table. That was when I

fficially over, I

ement in the room stopped as she stared at me. Her eyes flashe

n't knowing my name make me more like you? Make it harder t

f all of the most important leaders in the world. She eyed me carefully, turning to briefly look a

briefly, so she t

here is Marcy and my name is Val

that my father was giving me. The plan he had asked me to make... I wouldn't be sh

when

and leaving the room, seeming to want to escape the politics of it all. I didn't blame

he room, and my father didn't speak until we we

clearly not even able to form a calm sentence h

re I let my fangs grow and my eyes turn red. I was glad for it, because if I had my father

turning my father's fury away from me for a moment. He was stalling for me, allow

with that animal be of ben

from the meeting flashed through my mem

this. "You need to tell me now whether it's true or not, because if we have any hope of getting through this..." I trailed off. My father had been the Vampire King for the better par

ding her wou

ot? Have there been others involved in the Hunts?" I asked, staring hi

ack of an answer, the way he kept

to war with the entire supernatural wo

have been around for millennia, it was an a

that this was the first one since the peace treaty was signed where a wolf was present, it made all of his argument inv

t the wolves had been taking over the last few years, for the exact purpose of showing how detrimental the Hunts were, were accurate then we had killed thirteen-thousand wolves over the

he White Wolf will show we are wanting

m him, realising that there wasn't anything else that I could do to convince hi

took a breath. My father couldn't shout at me, not while we were in someone else's home with an unknown amount of people in unknown positions throughout. He couldn't threaten to kill me, couldn't hi

into fists to let out so

but here." I said before walking out of the room. There wasn't really anywhere

to the forest that su

knew everything w

el

with Sk

a

hich was inside the chateaux that the Summit was being held in. We had been offered the rooms upon our exit from th

attempt to get rid of some tension. It wasn't going to do

table in our quarters. It was the easiest way to describe it, with a common area and bedrooms coming off of it.

need to plan though." I said, he nodded as

listening devices either so

is stupid fucking dress was gettin on my nerves. "Do I have to wear dresses for the res

our nails black, I know how much you love both of thos

ting for the agenda?" I a

s. "I can do that. We shouldn't be in danger here, now that everyone from th

Mircea's voice echoing through the room. His words

son asked as if to make su

want to work with us?" I asked, his

ard to work

es tell me that he hasn't been at the last four Hunts

You'll need to be here in case they drop off the agenda before I get back, I do

going?" Marcy asked

us and I need to ground myself

•

another predator around. I wouldn't mind if it was the first, because it would mean I would have a relatively peaceful walk. T

cknowledging

of the path and through the trees. My feet were cold, but I would rather walk baref

tantly carried me to the brook, large rocks lined it's sides and the trees seemed to whisper to me. Sit down, stay wi

ace, the wind rustling the leaves of the oak trees around me. The sounds lulled me into a meditative state, every worry

es, the sticks on the ground, as if they didn't care to be located. I opened my eyes and tu

overed with a traditional cape. Black with red stitching and red lining. "This isn't the

't want anything, I was simply taking a walk a

e path? For a big bad wolf could eat you?" I said, a smile on my face as he walked

g better?" He asked, I t

t here to kill me, that would be too obvious and too disastrous. "What do you want?" I asked again, b

e his voice was that genuine. "I just... I needed to

g these Hunts?" I asked, he let out a sigh as he ran a hand through his hair. It was a dark ebony

nlight I could see now that they were a honey-brown. His heart rate stayed steady, his tone once again g

ce I knew I was getting on his nerves with the little nickname I had given him. "The people

go without a fight. He truly believes that the Hunts are our

hing." I said, standing up and looking into his eyes. "He hates wolves, it's as simple as that. His hate stems from fear, we are the only ones who can kill vampires wit

shift, you're stuck until the sunrise." Mircea said,

eir innocence over never having bitten a human, so the ones killing us don't feel guilt because they assume every wolf in the Hunt is a bad one." I walked closer to him, standing just a fe

d yet he was taken by vampires and never seen again. You want to know what to d