"Look at me Andrew," she ordered, trapping Andrew in her vampiric persuasion, and he looked at her in horrified surprise for a moment before his face went blank of all emotion. She hissed at him showing her fangs. "I've persuaded you, Andrew... yes, I can do that. Right now you're under my complete control. I could make you shoot yourself with a silver bullet, or jump in front of a train! Just one little word from me and you wouldn't be able to stop yourself," she explained.
"Or I could simply keep you in this frozen state while I drain you dry or maybe I'll let the beast rip you apart all while I order you not to defend yourself," She hissed at him then lowered her lips to her father's ear. "Guess what dear father; even if I let you free of my persuasion, you'd never be able to stop me. I've been testing myself and I've discovered that when I give the vampire control silver can't harm me and when the beast is in control sunlight doesn't bother me. I've become a bigger monster than James. I'm unstoppable and terrible," Lily whispered to him.
She grabbed his shirt slamming him against the floor and he groaned in pain. "By myself I could probably wipe out this entire pack but Xavier isn't going to just stop with me, just like he didn't stop with James. Andrew, what are you going to do when five monsters just like me show up at your door hungry for your blood, Sandy's blood and the blood of your children?" She roared at him, slamming him against the floor again.
"Are you willing to take the risk that once he has more hybrids, he won't come back for his original prize, your pack?" She demanded. She pushed herself off of him, freeing him from her control, and left his office.
The next day, Lily took a walk to blow off some steam. She only meant to make Andrew see the threat Xavier presented, not for him to lock down the whole territory and bring in that idiot Hunter. God, that arrogant bastard was the icing on the cake! If vampires and James weren't enough, fate decided to throw in the boogie man of her childhood! It took her years to get over the nightmares of the chase through the woods Hunter and his goons forced her through. Now he was back to just shove in her face her biological parents.
Lily was surprised when she found herself back at Kyle's cabin. A pang of guilt washed over her as she noticed the fresh grave. Slowly she walked over to the headstone with Kyle's name engraved on it. She looked down at it with a sigh, feeling so guilty. She walked into the cabin; his blood still stained the wood flooring. Lily bit her lip, fighting off the tears. Why didn't her father see that going after Xavier was the only way to protect them from more death? She turned away from the stain when something caught her eye, the silver knife Xavier used to take Kyle's life.
Lily walked over to where it laid under the table and bent down to pick it up. Walking over to the sink, she cleaned it off Kyle's dry blood. Lily examined the silver knife with morbid attraction; it was so deadly but at the same time beautiful. Suddenly, she realized what she must do. Since Andrew refused to do anything about Xavier, she would have to, even if it meant trusting those who were just one command away from sentencing her death.
When it was finally, dark Lily got up from the bed. She set the note on her old desk, explaining what she was going to do and why. She wrapped the silver knife carefully and tucked it in her pants, at the small of her back. Lily took a last look around the nostalgic room and silently said her goodbyes. She walked down to the stairs and saw the two vampires already in the living room. "I was wondering if we can take our vamp 101 outside today," she told them and Dorin eyed her with slight suspicion, but Bianca quickly agreed.
She led them to the tree line of the forest ignoring their curious looks. "Actually I would like to pass the classes for today," she told them once they stopped.
"Why?" Dorin asked, still giving her that skeptical look while Bianca looked displeased.
"I want to speak with your king," she replied and Bianca laughed as if Lily had said something hilarious while Dorin gave her a hard examining look.
"Why do you want to see King Silvano?" he asked, sounding at least interested in what she had to say.
"I want to talk about to Xavier Thompson, the one who cause all this," she started and Dorin nodded. "I want to go after him, but the alpha won't do anything and ordered all the other werewolves to do the same. I know I'm strong, but I don't think I can do this on my own," she explained.
"Do you have a plan or an idea where to start, or are you going to just start walking and hope you bump into him?" Dorin asked with sarcasm dripping from his voice.
Lily rolled her eyes at him and gave him a nasty look. "What do I look like, a dumb ass?" she shot and Dorin smiled a small smile that seemed to scream "yes." As he opened his mouth, she pointed her finger at him menacingly. "Do not answer that!" The vampire laughed for the first time since she had met him while Bianca looked bored. "Yes Dorin, I do have an idea where to start. Xavier isn't hiding his tracks and has left a trail of credit card uses that even a child could follow."
"How long have you known this?" He demanded with anger once he got over his surprise
"About a day but Andrew won't follow it! As long as Xavier is moving away from his territory he will sit and continue to do nothing," she answered with despair.
"Basically giving this psychotic lycan all the time he needs to build himself a hybrid army and easily take your alpha's pack and who know what else," Dorin said with a look of disgust on his face.
"Exactly! Finally someone sees it," Lily cried throwing her hands up in the air. "I could almost kiss you right now Dorin." Bianca started to giggle giddily and he backed away quickly with a look of disgust on his face.
"If you want my help you won't," he demanded quickly.
"Oh please! You wish," she told him with an expression of disgust matching his. "It was a figure of speech Don Juan. Anyways will you take me to your king so I can ask for help?" she asked and he shook his head.
"There is no need to take you to the king. I'll help you, the real reason I came was to find some kind of lead and follow it," he explained and Bianca looked shocked.
"What? How come I didn't know about that?" she asked obviously offended and Dorin now gave her the bored expression.
"You're here to help her with the basics, and my orders come from the Aequivalere, not King Silvano," he told her. Lily scrunched her brow in confusion.
"The Aequivalere, you work for those sticks in the mud? Does the king know this, did he give you permission?" Bianca shot and Dorin gave her an irritated look of boredom.
"Yes I do and I don't need the king's permission. You know as well as I do the Aequivalere have more authority than him," Dorin shot back at her.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, can we rewind and clue me in here. What in the world is Aequi, whatever you said?" Lily demanded.