Veronica’s eyes narrowed slightly suspicious of the American calling himself Worthington.  Her body was tensed.  She was very ill at ease that he seemed to know so much about her.  She had tried to remain as under the radar as she was able and yet somehow this man seemed to know everything their was to know about her, and she knew nothing about him other than that his name was Edmond and he worked for some top secret organization.<br/><br/>“Just relax lady Veronica”, Edmond said moving forward a few steps.  He could see that it would not be easy to get the half vampire to trust him.  It was truly a wise policy, very practical to not trust too easily or quickly.  When you trust you give someone power over you, yet if you never allow yourself to trust you can miss out on some truly wonderful things.  “I have no intention of hurting you.  You have my word on that.”<br/><br/>Veronica did relax a very little, though it would not appear that way to Edmond.  “You ask me to trust you, but you won’t trust me without really telling me anything,” she stated coldly.  “That is asking quite a bit in my opinion.  Until you give me some answers I’m not agreeing to anything.<br/><br/>“Of course, I wouldn’t expect you to simply take me at face value,” he said with a nod as he appraised her face.  “The organization that I work for is responsible dealing with threats that are too big for the Templars or the Illuminati to deal with,  our members are picked because of their talents, some are exceptional shooter others like you have have other gifts that are very useful in the work we do.”<br/><br/>“Work that you won’t tell me detail about,’ Veronica said wanting a solid answer from this man asking her to join his organization.  “I’m not interested in being used as a weapon or a tool......”<br/><br/>They we’re silent for several moments the only sound coming from the waves of ocean.  Veronica relaxed and walked over to the rail.  Edmond moved over a few moments late.  “We don’t want a weapon, we need individual of principle who will help us face the most evil creatures on the planet.”<br/><br/>“I’m guessing your not with the Templars or the Illuminati, neither of those organizations would have anything to do with me,” her voice was dark as she spoke and her eyes looked out over the darkening sea, to the shore which had drawn closer in the time she had spent talking with the man.<br/><br/>The man considered for a fraction of a second and then came to a decision.  “No we are neither with the Templars or the Illuminati though our goals are similar,” Edmond replied watching intently.  “We are the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and we do not discriminate the way they do.”