eferhilda 12-09-2008 08:40 PM<br/>Shey could only take a steadying deep breath as she heard his words, the feel of his warm lips on her own. Looking into his eyes she returned the reassuring squeeze of his hand as she reached up stroked the side of his face, "The second you are able to leave here we will leave this city. I'll talk with the pack tonight about it after the meeting, I'll even make a formal announcement tonight at the mages meeting that I will be stepping down as Alpha and putting the pack into the capable hands of my second Ethon." her tone and face displaying her obvious excitment about the whole plan. "If only I was not expected for that worthless meeting....." she grumbled though she knew the matters that would be discussed were vital to the pack's long term well being and she had to make sure they were represented properly and that they did not get shafted in the deal. Sighing she smiles feeling a lot better now that she had made her decision to leave with Jack, it was like a huge weight was off of her shoulders and she could breath easier now for the time being. Standing up she leaned down and kissed him on the lips first then smiling as she looked into his eyes, "Get better fast. I'm not sure I will be able to sleep to well without you, seeing how I have gotten so use to your warmth." she smirks then kisses him on the forehead. "Bear will be here with you. You remember Bear right? The one who looks like a bear when he is transformed....." she chuckles a bit, "He will watch over you and make sure no one gets to you. He will also make sure that they feed you and take care of you for me." she says as she gives his hand a final squeeze then slowly reluctantly she pulls away from him heading for the door. Getting to the door her hand resting on the knob as she looked back at the man she loved, "I love you." she says simply and truthfully before she opens the door and steps out into the hall.<br/><br/>The moment she was with her pack the alpha kicked back in and Shey took one look at Ethon and knew he had been listening in on her conversation with Jack. Eyes narrowing in anger, "We will discuss this later Ethon..." she growls stepping to him as she stares him hard in the eyes, "Unless you want to settle this here and now? Because I am really not in the mood to deal with your bull shit." she snarls out to him her gold eyes never leaving his green, until finally he looked away and to the ground. "I'm sorry Shey." he says simply not looking up from the ground. Leaning in close she whispers in his ear, "Watch yourself Ethon or I will find someone else to take my spot when I leave. Understood?" her tone deadly. Ethon nodded his head and his body language changed enough that she knew that he would be more careful and had relented to her dominance. Snarling a bit she stepped away her features softening as she looked up at Bear who smiled happily for her. He had listened too, but he was happy for her, "He is a good and brave man. A good match for you and strong enough to take a beating and keep going; something that he is going to need if he intends on staying with you." his deep chuckle making Shey smile. "Take care of him for me will you?" she asked him. "Did you even have to ask?" he replied pulling her into a warm hug, "Take is easy on Ethon....its hard to know that the thing you love the most will never be yours." he whispered to her. Shey only nodded against his chest in answer as she pulled away, "I should not be too long, the meeting is probably half over by now anyway." "No worries you are leaving Jack in capable hands." Bear says with a smile as he goes to open the door, "Ethon..." his deep voice calls out to the small man who looks up meeting his eyes, "Make sure she does not get into too much trouble will you?" he says to him with a smile, then giving her a wink he steps into Jack's with a hearty "Hello!" Shey looked to Ethon and nodded, the pair moving quickly to exit the hospital to make it the meeting before it was over.<br/><br/>About ten minutes later the pair walks into the Mage council chamber Shey going to bow before the three mages, "Forgive my lateness but there was an incident down town and...."she took a deep breath, "Brian of the Chameleon pack will not be joining us. He passed away this evening." she said solemnly before standing up straight and going to take her seat. Ethon her silent shadow following and taking a sit beside her.<br/><br/>braioch8201 12-11-2008 12:27 PM<br/>Enoch watched Cutra with a cool gaze, his level emotions staying true in his eyes as he stood slowly to meet with the enraged mage face to face. He took a moment before he spoke, allowing the silence that filled her rant stretch for a moment. Her reaction had been little more than predictable.<br/><br/>"My Lady I believe there has been more than one bit of miscommunication. What I meant to insinuate is that in fact I know that this meeting was spoken of, and afterall, one cannot bring the preternatural leaders of the city together without the whole of the city knowing, I have personally compromised nothing."<br/><br/>Memnoch smirked as he watched the two, Cutra was going on one of her famous temper tantrums, and Enoch was playing the calm and collected Senator as always.<br/><br/>Enoch continued, "Furthermore, I had assumed that by any logical means of thinking that one could divinate from what we know about this group, that once they had dealt with both the Lycans and the Vampires, they would turn on the Mages. Afterall they have shown a hatred for all forms of non-human or should I say anything of the preternatural or supernatural."<br/><br/>Suddenly the Lycans had swept into the room drawing Enoch's attention, he bowed to each of them respectfully, addressing each by name and title appropriately.<br/><br/>Ladypuppet 12-13-2008 01:08 PM<br/>*Cutra watched him and narrowed her and looked it seem that he had just insulted her as if she didnâ€™t know how to hear correctly. The council was her main reach to make sure that the other mages were not dragged down into this war. She herself did not wish to get involved in this war it was pointless for the mages, to get involved.*<br/><br/>*She listen to what he had said, and thought about it. She then slowly began to speak.* â€œI see you wish to have a compromise, and what would the mageâ€™s benefit from it?â€ *She asked coolly, she looked at him.* â€œThe mages know little much about this new threat hence why we didnâ€™t want to get involved this meeting was to make a pack between the vampires and the lycans, not to try and get the mages involved with and unseen enemy.â€<br/><br/>*She looked past seeing that Shey and another were wolf she didnâ€™t know had walked in.* â€œShey Iâ€™m glad that you could make it.â€ *Cutra bowed respectfully to her. Seeing Memnoch face she could tell he was clearly amused by this argument then she thought cruelly.* â€œSorry to ask this Prince Enoch, but I would like Memnoch to I would like him to leave, he is not giving any information and would clearly not wanting to be at this meeting.â€ *She then looked over to him.* â€œBut we are humans, and they may or may not know that we have powers.â€ *Cutra heard her phone go off she reach down and looked.* â€œWell, well, we could all be in danger once more. Lord Rowan, Lord Xavier, Dherris, I believe that some source has leaked, we all maybe in danger tonight, more so then anyone else her.â€ *She looked her lips curled with rage.*<br/><br/>*She moved past the Prince and to the Lycanâ€™s.* â€œShey who is this other man accompany you and how is Jack?â€ *Bowing her head she gave a moment of silence for the death of Brain, it was sad that he had passed but they had more important things on her mind.* â€œIâ€™m sorry for the lost of Brain, but I hope that we may reach some sort of agreement to take down this enemy.â€ *She turned and headed back letting her magic flare slightly around her. The doors creaked slightly as spikes covered the floor, at the door frames and sighed softly.*<br/><br/>braioch8201 12-14-2008 07:25 PM<br/>Enoch's lip twitched slightly at the Mage's sneering attitude, her constant need to have an attitude coupled with her unecessary aggression was becoming a problem. How a woman like that was given a position of leadership was beyond him.<br/><br/>He turned to Memnoch and shrugged slightly, he spoke quietly as the Mage was distracted, "do as she says, there's no need to irritate her any further than she already is. Wait within a close distance of the building should you be needed. I sense this night will not end well for some of us for some force or another."<br/><br/>Memnoch sneered but left the room without a word, casting an evil glare in Cutra's direction, leaving Enoch to sigh, the man would never change. He turned back towards the Lycans, he knew that this was going to be the real challenge.<br/><br/>He bowed again, "I am deeply sorry for you loss..." not knowing where to continue from there his eyes drifted over to the spikes flying up everywhere and turned back to the Lycans, "as Lady Cutra stated I am here on the matter hoping that at the very least both the Vampires and Lycans may find an amicable agreement in which we can fight off this new threat which seems to be causing more than one unnecessary death."<br/><br/>Nebb 12-15-2008 03:13 AM<br/>Rowan watched as the pack leader of one of the head lycan clan made her way to where the meeting was being held. He watched her carefully as she told those gathered of the death of Brian, another pack leader in the city, and the sadness on her face was evident for all to see. The pain beneath her demeanour however, was not. From the subtle movements of her hands, to those of her eyeâ€™s, Rowan could tell she was hurting. It took a strong individual to set aside the feelings of loss that accompanies one after loosing someone close to oneâ€™s heart. However here she was, ambassador for her clan. A touch of admiration crossed Rowanâ€™s face for the briefest of moments, before an annoyance grabbed at his attention. Cutraâ€™s phone was ringing. Seeing the look of disdain on the Princeâ€™s face, made it clear to see that Cutraâ€™s remarks were getting under his skin.<br/><br/>Rowan looked over at Xavier as Cutra announced:<br/>â€œWell, well, we could all be in danger once more. Lord Rowan, Lord Xavier, Dherris, I believe that some source has leaked, we all maybe in danger tonight, more so then anyone else her.â€<br/><br/>Rowan checked all his wards again. Reaching out with his mind he found the mind of one of his pupils in the building. â€œCheck the perimeter to see if this building is under surveillance. If so, I want to know where they are, and if they are in contact with anyone. Eyeâ€™s and ears only â€“ no spells. If you come up empty, make use of the rote â€˜detect the watcherâ€™ and report back to me with your findings.â€<br/><br/>The rote, one of Xavierâ€™s designs, made use of subtle yet powerful space and forces magic, to turn the looking glass of the onlooker, back onto himself and expose the would be spy. The use of this spell, harder in the daylight, was considerably easier at night, due to the fact that most state of the art surveillance equipment that functioned at night, utilized only certain invisible light spectrums, alike or similar to infra-red, which were easier to detect and filter at night. Due to this fact, one could pinpoint such devices with ease, just like tracing the infra-red light from a sniper gun back along its trajectory.<br/><br/>Xavier leaned to whisper to Rowan; â€œWhy here, why now?â€ seemingly not believing that such a cunning enemy would be stupid enough to attack a mage â€“ or a collection of the most powerful mages in the city - in their own domain? Sure, as the Prince had spoken about items that repel or dispel magic, but here in the Council building, the energy lines were powerful, and magic flowed almost uninhibited by the sleepers disbelief. Casting magic would be easy, almost effortless, and even through the use of materials that could dispel magic; it was hard to dispel an indirect attack like a door flying at the speed of a bullet from across the hall. Rowan didn't respond, thinking Xavier's question rhetorical.<br/><br/>Rowan stood for the briefest of moments, followed by Xavier.<br/>â€œOur thoughts are with you and your pack for your loss." Announced Rowan as they both bowed, then took their seats.<br/><br/>Rowan's mind was racing with calculations. If this new threat was only attacking vampires and lycanâ€™s, then they we're already involved. Sure Cutra was right that this may not directly concern them right now, but he understood what would happen when this new enemy grew stronger and decided to turn their attention to the magi of the city. It was time to activate counter-measures. He twisted the ring on his finger and it activated with a subtle vibration. "I can't believe you still use that old thing."; whispered Xavier, feeling the subtle movement of prime coming from the device.<br/><br/>"And I can't believe you still wear a kung-fu suit..." retorted Rowan.<br/>"Touche, little brother." smiled Xavier. "Touche"<br/><br/>***<br/>On the other side of a city Andre was sitting in a stakeholders meeting. According to the chairperson, their numbers were down, expenses had doubled and shares were loosing out to a weakening economy. The word retrenchment hasn't been thrown around as yet, but there was still a half an hour to go and he was sure that it would come up soon. The ring on his thumb vibrated ever so softly. Placing his hands beneath the table, he twisted the ring and opened the 'message'. It was from Rowan; "one hour" was all that came through. He knew the others must have received the message too. They hadn't met in weeks and he was more than a little excited.