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put her head between her knees and
tried to concentrate on deep breaths. After a few minutes she began to get control
of herself again. Okay, okay, I can do this. I just have to calm down. I am
still Ava. I am still Ava. Carefully she stood up and splashed some cold
water on her face and dried it on her bath towel. Hesitantly she rubbed her
teeth with her tongue and found her fangs were gone. “Oh thank god!” She
groaned. She dared a peek into the mirror again to check her eyes and found
them their usual blue again. This was definitely going to take some time to get
used to.
    Squaring
her shoulders she took one more deep breath and regretfully abandoned the heat
of the bathroom. Leaving the bathroom she was met with a blast of chilly air.
Hurrying over to the closet she quickly started pulling new clothes out.
Yanking tags off she began wiggling her damp skin into the new outfit. She had
to get control of herself and get dressed.
    Victor
had said they were working on a plan to draw Salvatore out into the open and
that she may be able to help them. The guardians were having some sort of
meeting and she was supposed to be there in ten minutes. He also wanted her to
have a chance to meet some of the guardians that were staying here at Claymore.
He didn’t want her hiding in her room afraid of bumping into one of them in the
hallway. Honestly, that is exactly what she had planned on doing and it still
sounded pretty good right now.
    Ava
took a deep fortifying breath and pulled the pony tail holder out of her hair,
running her fingers through the dark strands. Voluntarily walk into a room
full of huge vampire men, sure no problem. They are supposed to be the good
guys, right? I have this. Ava bravely squared her shoulders and pretended
not to notice her hand shaking as she opened her bedroom door.

Chapter 6
     
    It
had been twenty four hours since the raid. They had managed to take out several
rogues but Salvatore had still slipped through their fingers. Victor had called
a meeting and Teagan, Daniel and a room full of guardians sat working on their
next course of action.
    Victor
stood in front of the group, half sitting on the front edge of his desk.
 Annoyance creased his eyebrows as he stood before the twelve guardians
and two werewolves. The fierce looking men were spread around the room in front
of him. Some of them stood and some sat in the two couches and various leather
chairs in front of him. The large office had been designed to accommodate the
breed guardian’s meetings but it suddenly seemed quite small. His guardians
were not exactly small men.
    “We
discovered an underground sewer tunnel under Salvatore's lair that we believe
he was able to use to get past us. It wasn’t on any of the blue prints we had
for the building. Teagan and Daniel were able to track him into a neighboring
city in Lake View but his trail became lost in the population. There were just
too many other scents to single him out and pinpoint his location. We are going
to set up a schedule of patrol teams in the area until we can pinpoint his
location or pick up his trail if he decides to flee the city.”
    Ethan
move to Victor’s side, his dark fatigues an interesting contrast to the clan
leaders immaculate suit. His thick arms folded across his broad chest, the
sleeves of his black t-shirt straining in protest. “You all know the routine. I
will give you your new patrol assignments. First shift leaves in twenty minutes.
It shouldn’t be long before Salvatore will begin replacing the rogues we killed
and before his army starts to feed on the population. They certainly haven’t
been discrete in the past and it should only be a matter of time before they
reveal themselves to us.”
    There
was a soft knock at the door and Victor rose to answer it. The room fell silent
as Victor escorted Ava inside. Teagan clenched the arm of his chair for a
moment as his eyes drank her in. She looked stronger than the last time he saw
her but she was still