Charlené watched as Charles froze on the spot as soon as Candy changed back. “Idiot, two hunters, we could have been done with them by now,” she snapped, and then turned to Esmereina. “Two minutes, milady,” she responded, and looked at her brother expectantly. He doused the flames as they maneuvered over, dodging bullets. “See what I mean? Just focus, Charles. She’s a human, they’re disposable and this one might as well be dead to you after what she’s done,” the older twin hissed quietly, appearing behind the female hunter and twisting her arm behind her back before she could react.

“You again? You just like playing hero don’t you?” Charles finally managed out as he caught a glimpse of the male hunter’s face, locking both of his arms behind him. “Pathetic,” they spat in unison, roughly shoving the two hunters out. “What to do with poor little hunters with nowhere to go?” At the same moment a chain secured itself on Charlené’s arm, followed by a small laugh from the female hunter.


Gasping in pain as the vampire held her arm behind her, Madelyn reached out for her chains with her freehand, letting them guide her out without a word. As soon as the vampire holding her started taunting, her chains embedded themselves into the side of the vampire’s arm as she pulled. “Would you like to repeat that again, b!tch?”

Slightly startled when he daughter rammed into her, Helen said, “Watch where you’re walking, dear. You’re still clumsy… How’s your sister?” Eyes grazing Julietta’s face, she then smiled “If you were to command the line of defense in my place, do you think you could manage it?”

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It's eight in the morning over here... >.< Not my best, I know.

Candy bit her tongue and looked around nervously. As much as she hated to admit it; the vampiress did have a point. She never should have gotten involved in this mess, that much was certain, but now she really didn't see anyway of getting out of it. Turning to walk the other way, she felt a hand grip her upper arm and heard the vampire named Esmereina speak. Frowning even more, a small sigh esaped her lips, she was beginning to regret acting without any thought.

Esmereina's gaze rested upon the two hunters and the vampires. When the maid turned to leave, she grabbed her arm and spoke quietly. "I don't think so. You've caused enough trouble and in anycase, I already said you're going to stay." Turning away from the maid, she spoke for the vampires to hear her, "I'm going to alert the others. I trust you can have these two finished by the time I return." Without another word she turned, dragging Candy with her.

Julietta ran a hand through her hair. "Sorry." She said quickly, hearing her mother speak she frowned. "I might be able to........or at least I hope I could, but I have no experience in this kind of thing; and by the way Kathryn's fine but planning something or another apparently."

[That's all right. Same here, by the way I'd add more but my creativity is really lacking. ^^;]

“If you let go of me we won’t torture you as much,” Charlené stated softly, a blank look on her face. The male hunter turned to whisper something into the female’s ear, and even with their sensitive hearing she could only hear snippets of the conversation and the phrase, “Do as they say.” The chains loosened and fell back to the huntress’s side. The twins then smiled. “What to do, what to do? I think I’m hungry…” the brunette purred, already switched places with Charles and running a finger down the male hunter’s throat. “Where’s your friend? I don’t think we’re done with her yet.”

Gritting her teeth, Madelyn stared at Adrien with wide eyes. What was he thinking right now. Just as the female vampire stepped closer, a bullet shot echoed through the forest, and the vampire collapsed, clutching onto the side of her arm. “My hero,” the blond sighed before she whipped out her chains, winding them around the male vampire’s neck. A jolt of pain ran down her arm, turning it numb and caused her to drop her weapon.

“Then you learn,” Helen stated simply, pushing open the door to the room. “Kathryn, dear, you should leave now.” A smile came up onto her lips before she turned back to Julietta. “You can. You are my daughter after all. Go to Esmereina, I believe she will be more than glad to teach you.

[All right, first day of my junior year was today. That was interesting. Especially seeing how we were supposed to start yesterday but Tropical Storm Fay hit. In anycase, I'll probably have a post tomorrow afternoon. I only have time to post this today. ^^;]

Julietta smiled nervously and nodded before turning and hurrying off. The woman had to be kidding. Putting a teenager in charge when the vampires might as well be in a war-zone. With a sigh, she exited through the backdoor and made her way towards the house she knew Esmereina lived in. Knocking on the door, she sucked in an un-necessary breath and waited for the vampiress to open the door.

The dark-haired woman was fuming by the time the knock sounded. This was not going as planned, if anything it was the opposite. The twins should have finished off the hunters however she part of her had a feeling that the two were still alive and kicking. much to her dismay.

Brushing a strand of hair out of her face, she instructed the royal's former maid to sit and looking anxious the girl sat without hesitation. Opening the door, her eyes widened for a moment before sighing. It really wasn't surprising that the Queen had sent her daughter along. After all it wouldn't be long before Julietta took the throne.

"Please do come in." She said quietly and watched as the redhead entered the room, looking confident as usual. Though something in her stance suggested otherwise. After hearing the princess speak she frowned.

"Teach me how to command the army. And what to do." Juliryya told her, and Esmereina nearly dropped her glass of wine. Even if the Queen thought it was a good idea, she herself wasn't so sure.

"I'll do my best to if that is what the royal family wishes."

Andrew frowned as he entered the forest. The woman he was supposed to call his wife had run off; and that wouldn't have been that bad, though of course he'd actually have to go out and look for a woman when his bed got a little too lonely.
Still the issue was that she had his documents. Everything from medical bills to contact lists and his hunting liscence. Though of course that liscence had nothing to do with his career, more of a side hobby.haking his head, he hurried down the path leading into the forest and stopped spying the scene. Two vampires and those two hunters. He grimaced, what kind of hunters managed to get themselves caught surveying the area? Granted he had done it more than a few times himself.

"Having fun yet?" He asked as a confident smirk played at his lips and he reached for his gun.

Kathryn stood up and nodded. Though part of her had considered it, she really had no desire to stay for the action. It simply wasn't her thing. "Where to then?" She asked as she gathered up all of Andrew's papers, it wouldn't hurt to feed the fireplace before she left.

Candy bit her lip as she watched the two vampires talk. Apparently Esmereina was going out to teach Julietta, that was fine and dandy, but she had wondered where that would leave her? Esmereina already had a zero-tolerance attitude towards human and it didn't help Candy had been caught during a conflict. Frowning she a ran a hand through her hair, glancing around, hoping that this situation would get better, and quickly.

Charles slammed the female hunter’s head down onto the ground, turning as another one came up. It was the person Lady Kathryn was married to. “You’ve lost,” he spat, fingers wrapped around the female hunter's throat as she spluttered, gasping for air. He could feel her pulse grow faint and weak. Charlené seemed to heal rather fast, although her left arm was still weak. She stood up, looking rather confident when she approached Andrew.

“Try me,” she smiled, grey eyes looking like they were mocking him. “Let’s see how hot you can handle.” She snapped her fingers and flames flared, heading in Andrew’s direction. At the same moment a gunshot fired out, but the bullet missed thanks to the immediate handiwork done by the younger twin.

Adrien growled, struggling to aim correctly when his whole body had turned cold and numb. Missing by mere centimeters, he cursed, trying again and eventually shot the male vampire in the head. Hearing the other one shriek out in fury, he dropped to his knees, sure that Andrew could take care of it while he checked o Madelyn. She was barely breathing, though alive.

The Queen closed her eyes before speaking, “We are to take another passage from the basement. I will leave everything to your sister… Come on Kathryn, the sooner you are away from here the better.”

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T^T I died a little inside when I realized the only way for Charlie to go was death. lol. It’s bad to get so attached to characters. A little brain dead, sorry.

Kathryn noddded and stepped towards the doorway. "All right." She said quietly, a thought crossed her mind and a frown began to play at her lips. She had a feeling that this was just going to end up causing casualties on both side, which was anything except necessary. Frowning, she glanced around before turning back to her mothe"It may seem like a silly idea," She began as she brushed a strand of hair out of her eyes. "Perhaps it would be better if we made some kind of truce. Yes, they are hunters, but they're also reasonable, or at least Andrew can be when he wants," She paused once more. "Perhaps it would be best if we tried to come to an arrangement rather than wasting lives."

Andrew managed to avoid most of the flames, though a yelp was heard when a flame caught his arm. Putting it out as quickly as he could, he aimed a his gun and began shooting at the female vampire. Damn, this was not how things were supposed to work out. The vamps should have been dead by now.

Reaching into his pocket, he ducked behind a tree and loaded his gun once more. Hopefully this wouldn't take too long.

Esmereina hurried out the door and glanced back towards the maid to state, "Stay here unless you'd prefer to get yourself killed." Contrary to belief, the woman did have some respect for human life even though she despised the beings. As she hurried out the door, she was silent merely pointing Julietta in the direction to go. Finally after what seemed like ages, she spoke, "I'll address the remaining nobles, tell them you're now in charge and begin having guards scout the perimeter. All humans found need to die, Julietta," She paused, "Its up to you but I'd consider searching the village and eliminating all hunters possible." Julietta opened her mouth to speak, however Esmereina held a hand up to silence her. "Go and check on the twins, there were a few hunters there. If they haven't finished them off, I'm sure you can get rid of the hunters for me."

Julietta watched as the other hurried off, mouth slightly agape, her mother had said she would be glad to help her, well Esmereina had made no sense to Julietta. Hurrying in the direction opposite of Esmereina, it didn't take long to find the scene she spoken of.

Spying the hunter whom she had been with before she allowed a small growl. Without thinking, she lunged at him, her fingernails digging into his shoulders, "What the hell are you doing here?!" She demanded to know as she watched him.

Candy sighed and glanced around. The house was cozy and peeking out the window she wasn't sure of what to do. Curiosity and worry would get the better of her eventually. Running a hand through her hair, she forced herself to sit down and actually think of what to do. She could go back, but that wouldn't be wise. She would only be a hindrance after all, if anything she'd be better leaving completely, but it was also a better idea to stay where she was. As far as she knew, at the moment, anything went.

“Truce?” Helen questioned, sounding curious as she thought about it for a while. She folded her hands in front of her before speaking, “Perhaps that would work. Then I will show up myself to negotiate.” Her hazel eyes rested on Kathryn for a moment before turning away, “But first, I want to see how well your sister will handle this situation. She is to be queen when I feel like retiring, after all.” There was a small smile on her face and he ushered her daughter down the stairs, “This will be very interesting development. Let’s watch.”

Frustrated that she could do the hunter no harm while she was busy avoiding the bullets, Charlené bit onto her lip, letting out a small cry of pain when a bullet grazed the same shoulder that had been shot before. Shifting into a bat and hovering mid-air, she then turned into a wolf and tackled Andrew, snarling. This was unforgivable.

His eyes widened slightly when he spotted Julietta and grew even wider at her words. “Well why the hell not princess?” Flipping her around so he had a hold on her, Adrien smirked before continuing, “Or did you really miss me that much?” He still had his grip on Julietta while aiming at the other vampire, although she seemed to dodge bullets with ease. “Now get out of here before I have to shoot you.”

Struggling to her feet, Madelyn reached for the handgun she kept. Being in a good position to shoot, she aimed and fired at Julietta’s torso, although it would be more than likely to miss considering her hands were shaking and she could hardly stand.

To say Andrew was surprised when the wolf had tackled him, would have indeed been an understatement. His gun flew out of his hand and he attempted to push the wolf away with one hand while reaching into his pocket with the other. Pulling out the dagger he aimed at the wolf's leg and threw it.

Kathryn nodded and hurried down the stares, hurrying to a window, she looked outside and brushed a strand of hair out of her face. This was still bothering her and she forced a smile that turned out to be more of a grimace.

Julietta silently thanked some being that the female hunter's hands were shaking. It was now two vampires against three hunters, decent odds but they could have been better. Wrenching herself away from Adrien she glared at him. He was telling her to leave? If the man had had even an inkling of sense he would have simply shot her. Once more, she went towards him, attempting to get his gun away from him.

Charlené let out a yelp of surprise when the dagger embedded into her leg, falling off of him and changed back. Instead of attacking again though, she spotted that Andrew had let go of his gun so she pounced forward, grabbing it before he could. But the thing is, in her five hundred thirty two years of life she had never learned how to properly use a gun, especially a gun that she could use to commit suicide. Instead she did a logical thing and surrounded herself with flames as a defense.

“Or do you want me to shoot you?” he asked quietly as she tried to take the gun in his dominant hand, Blanc, away from him. “You have some guts, princess, but last time I checked I had two of these.” Adrien pointed Noire at her, but still didn’t fire when he wrestled her away from him, going to Madelyn’s side and helping her stand properly. Lowering Madelyn’s gun hand while she gave him a questioning glance, Adrien aimed and fired five consecutive bullets.

As Adrien put her arm around his shoulder and helped her stand, Madelyn held up her gun again; ready to pelt the vampiress with bullets. You could imagine the surprised look on her face when he pushed her hand back down and firing himself. But judging by the angle and aim of the bullets, it didn’t seem like he wanted to kill the vampire, just wound her. “What are you doing?” the blond woman asked, and before he could reply she pulled the trigger, hoping that her aim hadn’t gone so bad she would have missed.

Andrew watched as the vampire put up a wall of flames. "Coward." He muttered as he allowed his eyes to dart towards the other two for a moment. Well one was dead, that was at least useful, not just to get rid of the other two. He was sure Adrien and Madelyn could handle the princess, injured or not. Now to work on this one, of course Kathryn had everything and she had probably left his bag of supplies in the inn. Too late to go and get them now,

Julietta shrieked feeling a bullet make contact with the flesh in her leg. Vampire or not that was still painful and it was still enough to make her fall to her knees. That hunter was going to get it, maybe not that moment but he would get his just desserts. Nobody messed with the princess and got away with it, her parents had made sure of that growing up. Even so, she was fully capable of getting what she wanted and now she wanted the hunters gone. Pulling out a flute that Esmereina had given her before leaving, she blew on it - a signal for more vampires to come.

Waving a hand for the flames to be extinguished once the flesh wound had sealed, Charlené stood back up, her hand still had a firm grip on his gun. “Coward? No, just smart,” she said, raising an eyebrow at him. Her grip on the gun grew tighter and it cracked, and although her intentions were to destroy it, Charlené froze when Julietta blew on the flute. The hunters were going to be dead meat at this rate. As more of the Nobles emerged and surrounded them, she waited on orders, a satisfied smirk on her face. As they offered to help her, she snapped at the others, telling them that she would be the only one who would have the pleasure of killing the little ring leader. “So, what are you going to do? Give up yet?”

Cursing at what Madelyn had caused, Adrien now focused solely on killing the vampires that were coming, sending out bullet after bullet and watching them burst into dust. Part of him was disappointed that there would be no pay after this; while this tiny little voice in the back of his head told him that it would be alright if he even made it out alive. Madelyn was stumbling and clumsy, but she was doing alright with decapitating them, the only one he was slightly worried about was Andrew, who was basically left alone and glared at by one vampiress. Confused, he shrugged it off and continued shooting brains—dust?—out of the undead.

Although a bit tipsy, she managed to get a hold of her chains again and made good use, defending herself. Hazel eyes resting on Adrien for a moment, her frown darkened as his aim seemed fine, amazingly accurate too. This was strange. Then why hadn’t he killed the princess? Slamming her elbow down onto a vampire that had crept up to her, she cut off its head in one swift motion.

For once Andrew looked worried rather than wearing his usual cocky smile, his lips held a small frown and his eyes were darted back and forth, as though he was unsure of what to do. Giving a feeble smile, he shook his head as he watched the vampiress as well as the newcomers out of the corner of his eye. "Well my dear," He began quietly. "I see no point in doing such a thing." He continued to dig through his pockets, hoping to find something even though he knew he had nothing left. "But I'd much rather not miss any of the fun."

After hearing the sound of the flute she had given Julietta, Esmereina was thankful that she had finished directing the others and hurried off towards the sound. She hadn't been expecting to hear it so soon though. Stopping by her own home, she grabbed rwo handguns as well as a knife, in the case she couldn't get near a hunter, the weapons would be necessary. The maid seemed to be asleep on her couch - she'd have to get a new one later - so she paid her no mind and hurried off once more. Arriving at the scene a low growl escaped her and she pulled out one of the guns and shot at the male hunter whom she'd seen before. Not to kill of course, Esmereina loved to let the hunters suffer for awhile.

Julietta stood up and pocketed the flute once more, she honestly had no idea as to what to do now, so she settled with directing vampires towards certain hunters. Two for the woman, she looked like she could fall over at any moment in her opinion, another for Adrien, and her gaze strayed to Charlene and the other male she didn't know. It seemed they were just.......talking. Still, that could change at any moment so she sent one other towards her, instructing the vampire not to do anything unless Charlene had a problem, and stood back slightly to watch, hoping that none of them would pick a fight with her.

She gave a soft laugh, eyes glittering in amusement. “Sweetheart,” Charlené mocked, “There’s nowhere to run anymore. Give up and perhaps I’ll beg them to shorten the amount of time we torture you.” Her voice was dripping with sarcasm, and a dangerous smile appeared on her face. This was revenge… “Come on, be a dear.” Grey eyes watched him as he rummaged through his pockets, more than pleased with the current situation.

“Gack!” was all Adrien could manage out when the bullet Esmereina fired embedded in his thigh. ‘Note to self: vampires can shoot you, best buy something bulletproof next time,’ he thought, grimacing and willed himself to focus and stay alive so there would be a next time. Taking a bullet in the leg and bleeding was not a comfortable feeling and he was not used to it. Soon enough the vampires had him cornered.

At the moments Madelyn was mentally smacking herself for associating with such weaklings that call themselves men. Ten minutes into the battle and they already were in the clutches of the enemy. For God’s sake, they could have at least held out for five more minutes. “And I clean up the mess again. That’s why I always go solo…” she muttered darkly, fighting her way through the vampires attacking her. She managed to drop kick a few of them that were surrounding Adrien before forcing one of his guns out of his hands and using it as a replacement for the handgun that had run out of bullets.

Esmereina's eyes narrowed as she spied the female hunter going after the one she had shot. Glancing back at Julietta, whom she saw was watching, occassionally directing a vampire, she sighed and aimed at the woman's legs. Maybe it would be easier to simply kill the humans after all. Not only were they annoying but they were cutting off the population too. As long as the woman didn't move, the bullets would hit, so without another thought she pulled the trigger.

Andrew ran a hand through his hair, thinking about what he should do. If anything at the moment, he was more concerned about saving his own ass than the pay. Hell, there probably wouldn't be anything for this. After rummaging through his pockets his fingers finally wrapped around a tiny vial that he had stolen from the last kill. Silver he had figured.

He kept his hold on it however he continued to rummage through his pockets. "Well, that's a lovely choice." He paused, "Look, I never really wanted to come here, the other two dragged me, and made me look like the little leader, so you all would go after my head. Adrien here is one in charge, go after him and the woman, and I promise you, there won't be another attack." Of course, he was lying but at the moment he'd be glad for any chance to get away.

Julietta watched the scene, a frown on her face. It seemed the ordering was easy enough to do, but it didn't look like they were having any luck. The hunters were still fighting and more than a couple of vampires had been killed. Blowing the flute, she signaled for the newcomers to leave. She watched as vampires left and stood up straight, approaching the two hunters.

"Leave now, and you two can keep your lives." She said quietly, "Otherwise, I can kill you both right now." Though the words may have seemed threatening to some, her tone wasn't, it was too light.

Charlené’s eyes darkened as she listened to him talk, expression falling until it was unreadable. “Don’t take me for a fool, five centuries of life does give you enough experience fo at least know when people are lying between their teeth. They’re done for, as are you, all I have to do at the moment is keep my eye on you. I know who you are and your antics, Andrew Vale. After all, it is Lady Kathryn’s husband we are talking about.” She folded her arms across her chest, dropping his gun that had now broken into two pieces.

“Tell you what, just let me rip off a few of your limbs and I’ll be happy to let you go with your life intact,” she spoke casually, as if tearing off someone’s limbs was the most natural thing to do. Well, she was a vampire. The brunette looked bored now that he couldn’t really do anything to spark any interest in her

“You are pathetic,” Madelyn commented, dragging Adrien up while fending off the vampires, then ceremoniously deeming him extra baggage, dropping him and causing him to black out. She barely missed being shot by Esmereina when Julietta called off the vampires, and the blond turned to listen to Julietta’s request, but said nothing. The girl didn’t sound like she could do anything of harm. She then turned at the sound of someone clearing their throat, and her gaze fell onto the Queen of Vampires for the first time. “Crap.”

A secretive smile on her face, Helen finally decided to step out and stop the madness. “You can follow if you want, Kathryn, because I also want to meet my son-in-law so we can discuss about some divorce papers.” Pushing open the door, Helen surveyed the brawl for a moment before clearing her throat to make sure they were paying attention. “Can we talk like civil beings and sort this out?”

Kathryn followed her mother out of the house remaining silent. She glanced towards Andrew for a moment, blushing furiously at her mother's statement before looking down.

Esmereina stopped to look at the Queen. She hadn't been expecting the woman to come out so early. She glanced towards Julietta whom only shrugged, though her expression was slightly worried and she knew what the girl was thinking. Had she messed up? Sure, she hadn't conducted matters as Esmereina would but she had done all right for her first time. Granted, she hadn't really done anything.

Andrew grimaced as his eyes rested upon the Queen. This was just perfect. Not only did she rule the vamps, she could be considered his mother-in-law. Not the best combination in his opinion. "That would be wise wouldn't it?" He asked, keeping his voice calm and heading towards the house.

[Ack, I'm braindead this morning. Now off to school I go...]

“Hello Andrew. It’s a pleasure to finally meet the person who married my daughter without my consent,” she said pleasantly, just as an old woman would have sounded like. “Come in, come in. But drop your guns first.” Her gaze fell on the other two hunters, and watched as the female hastily pocketed her weapons, whacking her companion awake and hiss that he was heavy. Helen smiled before motioning for Julietta, Esmereina and Charlené to follow.

She sat down on the couch, crossing her legs on top of each other before addressing Andrew, “I would like to say first that you are very impressive to launch an attack on my people without backup. Secondly, for us to allow you to leave without harm I suppose we have to agree on a blood contract. I think you know what that is.” Helen paused, looking at Andrew to make sure he was listening. “Lastly, I also request that you break all ties with my daughter. I sincerely thank you for watching over her all these years, but I do not approve of a hunter for a son-in-law. Of course I will be more than glad to hear your conditions.”

At the Queen’s statement she fumbled with her chains and pocketed the gun she stole from the blonde man she was carrying. Giving Adrien a whack upside the head and jabbing at his side, Madelyn sighed and rolled her eyes. He was heavy. “Wake up, be a man, dammit!” He groaned and stood up and she watched him wince. “You and Andrew need to go destroy your hunting licenses…”

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S'alright. =] School is a pain, I don't want to go to school. mine starts in about a week or so. D=

Andrew listened in silence for a moment was that really it? There had to be more to it but he wasn't about to push his luck. "I'd be thankul just to leave without injury," He began quietly, so I have no other conditions unless these two," He gestured towards Adrien and Madelyn, "Have a reasonable request." Running a hand through his hair, he looked uncomfortable as he added. I have no issue with breaking my ties with your daughter," He said nothing as he saw Kathryn leave the room, a look of disgust upon her face. "But there one matter I have a tiny issue with. I'm afraid to say that though I am familiar with the blood oath, I have no idea how one is performed."

Julietta sat down on the couch next to her mother, watching the hunters, unsure as to whether this was a good idea. Though Andrew sounded honest enough she still didn't trust the man. Something about him screamed the word "belligerent," as well as "betrayal." She looked thoughtful before piping in. "Mama, if you don't mind me saying, as he was the little ring-leader of this, it may be wise if he weren't allowed anywhere near out territory? Under the conditions we don't hunt outside of our own territories, and the territories that our affiliates control. But that's just my own opinion anyway."

Esmereina remained silent as she watched each person in the room. Unless spoken to she intended to keep her mouth firmly shut, not wanting to turn the situation the wrong way.

[Have fun with that. =p We have no school tomorrow because of couting voting. The good side: No gym! The bad side: No English or History class! (I'm a nerd. >.<) And I don't get to see my friend or boyfriend.)

She smiled, almost predator like. "A blood contract is just what it says. We write our agreement in blood and there is no way to defy the contract unless one of us dies. And my terms for the contract is that whatever happens, you will leave my people alone, and likewise we will let you free." Helen shifted slightly, glancing at Julietta as the girl spoke. "We are never allowed to hunt outside the territory. Those who do are executed. Remember Uncle Edward?"

"The contract takes roughly three days to complete. Until it is, we will keep you here." She paused, looking at Esmereina and Charlené before finishing, "As guests." Seeing Charlené ready to protest, Helen shook her head. "For safety means we will ask you to turn in your weapons. I will personally assure no harm can be done to you during your stay." The woman smiled then, standing up. "Questions?"

Charlené's eyes widened considerably when the Queen suggested that the hunters stay at the house for the next three days while the ritual was to take place. She opened her mouth to protest, but remembered her place and silenced. What was Her Highness thinking at the moment? Hunters, in their territory, for three days no less!

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I will.. Ugh. I like all subjects 'cept for gym. Gym really isn't...my thing. Actually, sports in general side for tennis and badminton.

lol. Twilight reference-ish. Not too fond of that book, though.

Esmereina stared at the Queen in disbelief, never in all of her years had she heard of hunters staying in vampire territory. Well unharmed at any rate. She considered opening her mouth to object however decided otherwise. There was no need to start a fued over the Queen's word. She only hoped the woman knew exactly what she was doing, Her eyes strayed to the door and a frown played against her lips. What the hell was the girl thinking? Leaving the house when she had told her not to?

Candy entered the house with a blank expression rather than joining the group she stopped by the doorway and leaned against it, crossing her arms as she waited for the group to finish whatever they were doing. She wasn't sure that it was wise to be here, after all she was supposed to have left. Still curiosity and worry had gotten the best of her and now she was determined to find out what was going on.

Andrew ignored the newcomer and nodded. "Deal." He said quietly as he ran a hand through his hair once more. He looked towards the princess whom appeared flustered after hearing her suggestion was practically pointless(in his mind anyway) before his gaze met the Queen's once more. "Is that all?"

“Of course,” she replied to Andrew, rising up from her seat. Helen gave a cheery smile at the hunters before turning to the others, eyes narrowing slightly as if challenging them to defy her decision. Did they think that she didn’t know what she was doing? Tut tut, of course she knew what she was doing. Turning as Candy appeared at the doorway, her expression grew dark. Hadn’t she already dismissed the girl? “Charlené, take her home and deal with her,” she referred to Candy before continuing, “Julietta, be a dear and escort the two to the guest rooms. Esmereina, you are familiar with a blood contract, stay here as our witness.”

Charlené furrowed her brows together at the sight of Candy, a slight look of distaste on her face. Leaning against the wall, she let he gaze rest on Candy for a moment before going back to the task of glaring at the hunters like they killed her cat. At the Queen’s request her eyes darted back to Candy, the look of distaste gone as she sauntered over. “Walk,” the brunette said in a monotone voice, grey eyes staring at Candy.

Casting the Queen a curious look, Adrien sighed and wondered what in the world was wrong with the woman’s head. The only opinion was to comply and nudge at Madeleine, gesturing at Julietta. She looked blankly back at him, as though refusing to budge, but eventually followed him.

Candy frowned and started walking as Charlene told her to. Perhaps it hadn't been the best idea to go back, however her curiosity had gotten the better of her and she had felt the need to come back and see what had happened. She had noted the other twin missing when she had arrived at the house but thought nothing of it. The Queen had probably sent him off to do something or another. Looking at Charlene she spoke quietly, "Sorry. My curiosity got the better of me."

Esmereina nodded and stood up to walk over to the Queen and Andrew. Her gaze was one the Queen before switching to Andrew. The vampiress still found this hard to believe.

Julietta led the two up the stairs and stopped outside of one door. Looking and Madelyn, she gestured inside. 'You'll be staying here. There is already a bathroom in the room, the wardrobe should be stocked, there ought to be something you can wear, and if you're hungry the kitchen is also stocked." She turned away and brushed her hair out of her face. "And by the way, just in case you've gotten the wrong idea. It is food."

Looking at Adrien she gestured for him to follow her. "You're room is three doors down from mine, and down the hall from my parents." She then added, "Granted Daddy is the only one who really uses that room." More of an afterthought than anything. Looking around she faced him once more. Stopping outside the door she watched him for a moment, "You'll be sleeping here." She said nothing for a moment, and remembering what he had called her back at the inn before, she added, "My name is Julietta, not Vivian by the way."

Andrew frowned slightly, of course they needed a witness. In all honesty he had planned to simply kill the Queen and get out. But it wasn't likely that would happen. He watched the two with uncertainty, and a hint of anxiety. He had never done this before and had no clue how it was performed, but it looked like he would find out soon enough. "Lets get this over with."

Charlené kept silent for a moment, shaking her head slightly. “It’s not your fault,” she replied softly, still expressionless. “He was careless and an idiot to have grown to love you. Has he told you this? He was interested in you at first looked like Lady Julietta, the moron had unrequited love for her back before Marie Antoinette died.” She then chuckled, walking at a slow pace. “But then he came home one day and said to me: ‘Char, Char! Guess what? I think I love her.’” Shaking her head, the brunette turned to Candy.

“The Queen told me to deal with you… Do you want to forget since there is nothing left here in our world for you?”

Giving the Princess a curious glance, Madelyn pushed open the door to inspect the room before turning her head and calling out to Adrien, “Sweetie, it’s best if you deal with that wound before they find out you’re bleeding on their carpet,” she said brightly, almost mockingly as the blonde girl talked about the bullet in his leg. Then she went and drew out the white gun she had stolen from him, waving it around slightly. “Oh, and this is my compensation for having to carry you.” At his scowl she laughed and shut the door.

“Of course I know you’re Julietta. Any respectable hunter from the Society would know the name of the successor to the vampire throne,” Adrien replied to her as she mentioned her name to him. Then he turned to Madelyn, snapping a sharp, “You better give that back before I kill you in your sleep.” His expression only grew more irritable when she laughed. Shaking his head slightly, he grimaced and then turned back to Julietta. “But you’re mentioning this because…?”

Without a word she stood up, brushing hair away from her face as she paced over to the fireplace. Reaching for a small box, she opened it and drew out a dagger. Walking back over, Helen sank down on the couch, shuffling through the table and then holding up something that seemed like parchment paper. Pricking the tips of her index finger, she let the blood drip onto the parchment before holding the dagger out for Andrew. “Well?”

Running a hand through her hair Candy shook her head. Though it may have been wiser to say yes; at least in the minds of some - she had no desire to forget any of it. After all, she had been there for maybe six years of her life? That was a lot to forget and she wasn't sure exactly how Charlene could do such a thing. Granted most vampires did have some kind of ability, or as far as she knew anyway.

"No that is probably the last thing I'd want."

Andrew took the dagger and grimaced. Cocky as he usually was, the man was always paranoid. Not only was he there without defense but he was about to draw his own blood he couldn't guarantee that the vampires wouldn't jump him last minute at the scent. Granted the creatures had to have some control if they were able to live in such close proximity to humans. Doing the same, he glanced towards the vampire who would be witness before his gaze returned to the queen once more. "There." He said quietly, "And this will take approximately three days, why?"

Julietta smiled weakly and shrugged. "Just thought I'd make sure we were on the same page." Without another word, she turned to walk off. "I do believe that's all unless you have anything else to say." She looked around anxiously for a moment, frowning slightly. It was odd - not having humans here - but having hunters here seemed weird. It was like inviting a cannibal to sleep in a room full of humans in the minds of some vampires. Glancing back at him, she decided he had nothing else to say and hurried off towards her room.