Hey gals and guys!!! i am back. lol so my brain started functioning too much, and i got a bit impulsive, I even put up the chapter after this one, See that's how impulsive i got lol. Well i hope you enjoy it : ) R & R please. : )

Chapter 4:

I was sitting in the only place of the manor i liked outside my room. I was in the sun room watching the sun set. It always saddens me a little to watch the sun sink below the horizon. It meant the night had taken over yet again. Already i longed for the sun to rise again.

The sun-room was beautiful, large and made of glass. The ceiling was domed shape also glass showing the vast sky above me. I sat on on the pale sofa, my bare feet beneath me, and admired the last few minutes of the day.

One of the reason the sun-room was my favorite room was not only because it allowed the sun to touch my skin even through glass, but also because somehow the vampires didn't seem to like this room much. It seemed frail, with pale colored furniture, and plants here and there. It was a room that screamed life, a room that screamed human.

Dawn sat besides me on the sofa, interrupting me from my thoughts.

"How you holding up?" She asked

Dawn was a beauty. She wasn't a vampire, she was a were-leopard. She was tall with long golden brown hair that reminded me of a warm summer's day. Her skin was a warm gold, and her eyes were green, and kind. Even though she didn't appear much older than I, there was a certain tangible instinct within her to nurture and protect. Dawn was also fierce, just like a lioness looking after her cubs.

It had been a two weeks since I've been 'living' in the manor. I avoided Ulric at all costs. I felt like he didn't like me, even if he kept me here. Not that i cared but it also made me uncomfortable being around him. I hadn't been around vampires in a long time and i intended to keep it that was before this mess.

Which is why i believe he sent Dawn to look after me. She was breathing and warm which perhaps made him think she'd be easier for me to associate with. And she was. But i sensed that wasn't the only reason why he sent her.

I was a human who robbed from their master, I was also a human with a few vampire killings under my belt, and they knew it would be my pleasure to execute some of them, even if it meant my death. They didn't look at that kindly. I wouldn't either in their shoes. And if those who didn't have any ties to Ulric knew that i had escape from Logan's grasp years ago, some would be lining up to return me and earn a favor from the vampire master. My theory was that he sent Dawn to also help me out against vampires when he wasn't around to. Not that i am a weak, damsel figure but all the help i can get inside the wolf cave would be good. Scratch the wolf comment. Let's just say in the vampire cave.

"Okay, i guess. I still don't see his point in keeping me here."

"Ava, Ulric has a unique way of seeing things. He's...well...let's just say he's not so bad when you get to know him."

A soft snort escaped my nose. "Right."

"No really." she smiled at me. She looked like she wanted to ruffle my hair. And if she did i was going to bite. I knew that despite being twenty-three years old i looked somewhat child-like all thanks to my vampire daddy. I seemed not to aging after eighteen.

"Once you get passed the whole ice king thing, asshole, jerk demure, he's actually really nice, well compared to other master vampires at least." She said to me.

"Ha, that's hard to believe." I simply said. Ulric simply didn't seem like that type.

"As much as I'd like to argue about Ulric i didn't track you down for that. Ulric's going into the city and you are going with him."

"The joy." I said sarcastically. When i thought about it some more i said "Wait, why?"

"Hell if i know." she shrugged her shoulders.

"Well you should have told me that earlier, maybe i would have found a loose stone to crawl under."

"If I'd know earlier i would have altered some of my clothes to make you look presentable." She made a tsk sound with her tounge.

"What's wrong with my clothes?" I asked obviously puzzled. I looked down at my worn jeans and t shirt. They were borrowed, and very well-worn, so i guess that's what's wrong with them according to her.

"Nothing, Nothing." She said innocently.

"Isn't Ulric, you know, still sleeping, or whatever. It's not exactly night yet."

"He's not bound by the nature's way."

"What?"

"Nothing, come on lets see if we can find something in your wardrobe that's looks semi-presentable."

We made our way to my room. We found no one along the way.

When i opened the door to my room I was surprised to see many shopping bags on my bed. The bags were large and gray obviously expensive.

"What have we got here." Dawn moved towards the bed and looked inside the bags. There was a card attached to one of the bags, that she handed to me.

With a sigh i sat on the bed and opened the card. Inside the card there was nothing except a simple 'Ulric'.

"Well aren't ya gonna look inside?"

I made a non-coherent sound that sounded like a yeah. I went to see what she was so excited about, but i really missed the point. I took the content out of the bags looking at them and then neatly folding it back. Most of the things were nice but too fancy for me,things i couldn't kick ass in. Well not that i was doing any ass kicking now, but still i liked the comfortable, non-restricting things. There were laces, silks, chiffon, all so beautiful. All too delicate, and all my size. There were shoes too, and underwear. Seem like he didn't miss a thing. When i opened the last bags i made a mental note to thank Ulric. Inside the last bags were things designed for comfort and not luxury, a couple of jeans, many henleys and simple t's, a pair of boots and a leather jacket. And my bowie knife, cleaned and everything. I didn't know whether to be offended because he didn't consider me a threat or to be thankful for getting a weapon.

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Ulric was indeed waiting. I stepped outside of the manor, and was greeted by the sight of Ulric leaning against his gorgeous black Mercedes. He wore fitted dark jeans a dark green turtle neck and a leather bomber. His long pale hair was unbound and the wind easily shifted it. I don't know which one was a better sight, Ulric or the car. Well i kinda knew, but i pretended the car was better.

When I reached him, he wasted no time in greetings. He opened the passenger door for me and closed it after i slipped in. Then he got in besides me.

Being in a car with Ulric was like being in a cage with a lion. He didn't need to do anything to be any more intimidating, it came natural. Every part of him, every move he made was graceful. He oozed dominance from his every pore. And to add to that his scent overwhelmed the small space. He was unavoidable.

He started the car and drove. I tried looking at at everything but him. So i settled for the window, the pastures and trees were somewhat of a blur at the speed of the car. The only sound was the low purr of the car.

"So...where are we going?" I asked just to break the silence.

"We are going to talk to your last employer." His voice was low barely above a murmur.

"Why? It's not likely he's going to give you the disk...and why are you bringing me along?"

He glanced my way and i wasn't prepare for the intensity of his blue eyes. "Your previous employer is concerned for your well being, he made it clear that if i didn't bring you along he wouldn't speak to me." One of his shoulders rose and fell and i suppose that was a shrug.

My previous employer is one of the top players of the Resistance. While in the states humans had lost themselves to vampires, there were many countries still struggling to maintain control, still struggling to to ward off the evil bastards. Vampires have failed to control these countries because of the other races of supernatural that have stood against them. In Ireland there are many witches, sorcerers, beings like my mother who could stand against them. In Canada the Apha's fought back. But as powerful as they were their control was slipping and it will only be a matter of time before they lost.

No matter how powerful vampire masters were they weren't suppose to try to conquer all and especially not one another. There was a council of vampires, that severed as a sort of checks and balance system. Their purpose was to stop one powerful vampire from gaining all control. Yet the council didn't really stop vampires like Logan. The bastard had been gaining territories, and put puppets into these territories to keep the council at arms length. For they had no proof of his dealings.

Logan had things plan on a grander scale. He had been keeping alot of secrets from the council. And i knew them all, but they would never take on account a half breed like myself against an ancient like Logan. I knew what he had planned because i was one of the weapons. Logan wanted true control, he wanted absolute power. He wanted to use me to control alphas all throughout the world. Imagine an army made of weres. With an army so grand he intended to grasp control of the last remaining 'free' nations and eliminate the council. There would be nobody to stand against him. The world was already hell. I could only imagine what it would be like if Logan had absolute control.

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