All credit goes to L.J. Smith and the worlds she created.
Keller pressed the receiver gently into her ear, "Nissa are you ready?"
"Yes Boss, the car is parked by the front entrance," Nissa replied quietly and steadily, she was a vampire and an important member of Keller's team, she trusted Nissa with her life.
"Ok be ready that's her plane landed and people are beginning to file out," Keller scanned the crowd looking for her latest assignment. "Winnie you see anything?"
"Nope she's not here yet boss, wait I think that might be her, coming out the east gate," Keller could hear Winnie smiling the witch was so predictable.
Keller started walking towards the East gate, then she saw her, she was hard to miss even in the airport crowd she stood apart like a light in the dark. Her hair fell in soft curtains to the middle of her back it was a light golden brown with streaks of red and blonde, her skin was pale with freckles across her nose and a rose pink cherub's bow mouth. Her most startling feature was her eyes, lilac with liquid silver flecks. She met Keller's eyes and gave a barely perceptible nod, she headed towards Keller but didn't stop to speak to her, and Keller fell in step behind her with Winnie close behind. They only spoke once they were safely in the waiting car.
"Unity daughter of Hectate," grinned Winnie excitedly, Keller was having to hold her in her seat.
"Unity daughter of Hellewise," smiled the young woman, she had a gentle face but her eyes were stern and ancient. "Have there been any developments since yesterday?"
"No, not yet. Thierry is gathering everyone in Vegas for the solstice, almost everyone was in town or on their way anyway so we should be the last to arrive with the exception of the Redfern sisters." Keller pulled a sealed brown envelope from her bag and handed it to the new girl, she expected her to open it, instead she put it in her backpack out of sight.
"Good. Things will start moving more quickly now, there's only one wild power left to find and the prophecy says they are to become one with the dark, doesn't sound to helpful to us does it?" she gave Keller a small smile. Keller didn't know what to say, she was right and all of circle daybreak knew it, things were not looking good.
"She's here sir," Nilsson stood stiffly at the door of Thierry's office.
"Thank you Nilsson, please ask the kitchen to send some tea I'll see her here, please have Keller bring her up." Thierry didn't look up as he gave the orders he was deep in concentration, Ash had brought a report on the East coast vampires and there was something definitely off about the recent lack of any vampiric activity. A few minutes later there was a knock at the door, he stood as his guest entered, it had been a number of years since he had last saw her and she still looked as radiant as ever.
"Hello Thierry."
"Hello Roseclear, I trust you had a pleasant flight?"
Roseclear Redfern raised a perfectly sculpted eyebrow, "I did, Thierry how many times must I ask you to call me Rayne?"
"I'll catch on one day," he smiled, they crossed the room in a flash hugging the life out of each other. "It is good to see you Rayne it has been much to long," he pushed her back to study her face, "I wish you could have come sooner under less grave circumstances."
"As do I but those as old as us know the world doesn't work that way." She smiled and sat on one of the overstuffed chairs he had placed around the room.
"I know, have you been briefed of our new additions?"
"Briefly, names and dates and such but i wouldn't mind a refresher," she grinned at him, "I'm not as young as I used to be!"
"None of use are," he laughed. "The newest members include a number of your relations."
"Yes I had thought as much but then half of night world claims to be related to me on at least one side."
"Well, I'll start from the beginning, there are Poppy and James, he's one of yours: a Redfern. Then Ash, his soulmate doesn't know about us yet, Ash is determined to redeem himself for her. Then of course there is Thea and Eric another of your relations, the lost witch Gillian and her soulmate David, yours. Quinn and Rashel, but I suppose you've talked to Quinn, Jez and Morgead and their little gang of miscreants. Delos, Maggie and Maggie's brother Miles, Delos is your great nephew right?" She gave a small nod, "And then last but not least Keller and Galen, who come with Iliana another of your relations."
"It's like a Redfern/Harman convention!" she rolled her eyes; no good had ever come of a Redfern/Harman reunion, she knew. "I suppose I should meet everyone then, get the ball rolling."
"It can wait an hour or so. Go get settled in we can discuss things over dinner, when everyone is here," Thierry watched her leave, the last of Hunter Redfern's daughters, the only true daughter of Hectate, a pure mix of Maya and Hellewise and he was suddenly very glad she was on their side.