other three had implied and named me the same, but when Balzar said it, it forced me to cringe.
“You would be wise to watch your tongue,” Cesar said threateningly. “Well I thought it was obvious. The coven doesn’t like the change of you living within the same walls as them, but they must learn your importance and who you are. Instead of waiting out and trying to wean you into the group, simply we put you at the top and make you leader straight away. I don’t play games, they either follow or they don’t. They know the consequences if they choose not to.”
“They won’t like it,” Balzar grumbled.
“This coven isn’t meant to be a little love nest for everyone. You either follow orders or you don’t. Secondly, I know how hard it is for you, Esmore. To be a Token within your guild; and to now be shifted here- powerless. I hope you stay with us, with your real family-”
“This isn’t my family. You are not my dad,” I snapped. My fangs split my gums in the snarl and revealed themselves. “My Dad died, he was the one who raised me to keep this monster within me at bay, and you are trying to exploit it.”
“I am not trying to exploit anything. I am trying to give you purpose. I know how mad hatter Hunters go without any direction or order, I want to offer you that. And if you agree to this task, I will agree to your request.” I arched an eyebrow and crossed my arms enjoying the sound of that. The three other brothers walked into this meeting, and had already overheard what was mentioned. I could still feel Chase’s presence, lying down comfortably across the bed, simply listening in on our conversation. The image was very different to the one where he always lazed in his hammock. Dillian and Julia were situated close to him, and sat at the wooden table, eating some fruit that she had retrieved from her bag.
“Before she suggests her request, I don’t like it,” Yolo presented, although half-assed. He said it in caution, but his carefree nature told me he didn’t really care either way.
“I want to go with Yolo to the human compound. I want to see if it is a safe location for Dillian and Julia to stay within. I know there is a high risk that they would only experiment on them because they are Hunters, but I have to see for myself. I can’t cross out any options.” Cesar sighed expectantly, as if he knew this request was coming.
“There is no guarantee you won’t register as vampire in the scans. You could destroy the whole infiltration Yolo has underway,” Cesar said, rubbing his eyebrows together in a stressful gesture.
“Although I agree Cesar,” Connor interrupted. “With her also being a new vampire she lay risk at attacking the humans within the compound uncontrollably, but I think we could also use this to our advantage. If she comes up as neither vampire nor hunter in the scan, then she could focus on another part of the system. Yolo only has access to their records and medical procedures, it might not hurt to have her try and focus on other departments, perhaps even their current military force. If they are in fact of the government from the human time, then they might still have a fair bit of gun power. Considering they are experimenting to make Hunters; what if they are using some already, whether defect or not.” I stared at Connor for a moment. Surprised that he spoke so much in one sentence, but also that he defended me and further reasoned my purpose of going. Tythian stayed silent, which made me consider that Connor only thought of such a scheme because Tythian had already told him of why he truly wanted me to go.
“Am I the only one registering the word, ‘risk’, being used repetitively,” Balzar
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