Recks narrowed his eyes on the back of the stranger. He knew the showboating for what it was, displays of power between leaders that declare boldly what level they were on. While he did sense the amount of power coming for the male, raw strength didnâ€™t mean much to him. Knowing how to use itâ€¦ that was what was important. Even those with little power could be formidable if they knew how to use the power properly. What he usually found was that those with a lot of power had no idea what they were doing, and as such allowed their strength to be used against them. Even vampires who were hundreds of years old were killed in asinine ways because they allowed the strength to go to their heads. You get arrogant, you stop training and pushing your limits, then you die. It was simple to him. The question was did this man think the same way Recks did? If he did that made him more of a threat then just having power did.<br/><br/>He tensed at the threat directed Marcelli his hand falling towards his sword; he wanted to take him down based on that threat alone. It took a lot to hold himself in check, let the bastard make a move towards her, theyâ€™d see just how valid a threat it was then. He glanced to Road who seemed as if she was about to make a move towards him, Recks set her a hard looked and shook his head. If Road got hurt bad things were going to happen. He watched the two of them, waiting for a guard to come back and report that they were formed up he wasnâ€™t going to leave here but his people had been through this drill enough times that they knew what to do even if he was absent.<br/><br/>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"What... have you... done."</span>The two humans knew the cold voice that rang out in the darkness.  Mark spun and faced what Luke had already seen, Renn.<br/><br/>â€œRennâ€¦ We were justâ€¦.â€ Mark floundered for an excuse but Luke straightened and stared at her.<br/>â€œWeâ€™re tired of this. Allowing bloodsuckers to survive so close to our home? When has that ever been a smart idea?! Destroy the enemy and you ensure your survival, allow them to live and fear the day they come for you. We should have destroyed them as soon as we found their location. Instead weâ€™ve allowed them to live and grow for years. And now it might be too late to destroy them before they destroy us! We know theyâ€™re moving, we know that theyâ€™re going to attack us and we need to take them out before they get the chance to get us. Weâ€™ve got a head start and weâ€™re going to use to keep people safe. Why should we have to live in fear?â€ Luke demanded,<br/><br/>Mark shrank back from the two, these were his friends, and he didnâ€™t want to see them fight. Mark was younger than them and looked up to Luke and Renn like a brother and sister. Heâ€™d just wanted to keep everyone safe and Luke had said this was the way to do it. Now looking between the two of them, he wondered if this was only going to make things worse.<br/><br/>â€œWe were going to tell you once we had everything figured out.â€ He said weakly following Lukeâ€™s statement. Or, at least that had been his plan, now he thought maybe Luke had, had other plans.