As the sun set Amelia sat down to breakfast with her father. Though it once made her slightly nauscious, the blood her father poured into her cup made her stomach rumble. She sipped her cup and looked at Lucian smiling.

"Have you thought of anything else for your plan?" he asks starting conversation.

Amelia sighs,"Unfortunately not..."

"Don't worry my dear, it will come to you. How is your hand?" he asks gesturing to the wrappings. Amelia looks at her hand and unwraps it. She could not help but be startled that the once severe burn was only a slightly red tint on her otherwise perfect skin. She touches it fascinated then shows her father. Lucian nods his head smiling, "Isn't that alot better than being bandaged for weeks."

Amelia nods her head. "Father," she says slowly,"Did you ever want to be human?"

Lucian looks confused. "What do you mean dear?"

"You were born an immortal...I mean everyone one of us has been created by you or by another lycan. Even William and Marcus were human until they were bitten by the different animals. Viktor was once just as human as I was a week ago. Have you ever wanted to be human?"

Lucian puts his cup down and sits quietly. "You know I've never thought of that," he falls quiet again then says,"Human are ignorant and weak. They have no idea that we really exist. Werewolves, lycans, vampires...we are all supposed to be mythes. Because of immortal intervention in your life, we met. If that had not happened you would still have no idea what lurked in the shadows."

"Life would have been much quieter."

Lucian smirks,"I suppose it would. Do you regret my decision."

Amelia smiles and reaches out her hand,"Never a day have I regretted meeting you, Father." Lucian smiles, he had never asked Amelia if she ever grudged him for pulling her into his life, or even changing her into a lycan. But when she smiled at him, he saw no regret in her eyes.

"I have something else to ask you," Amelia says.

Lucian nearly laughs,"You are full of questions today."

"Well I was just thinking about what you said about no female lycans. I think you are absolutely right. But if some day when we are free from this war to build our own culture, would you make rules and things like rituals like the vampires have?"

Lucian's brow furrows,"What do you mean?"

"Well the vampires have different rituals for the things they do and humans have different things they do for special occasions like birthdays, initiations...weddings..."

Lucian was thinking about her suggestions and that he might like to do something like that until he realized she had stopped talking and was looking at him intently. His brow furrowed in confusion until he realized what she was saying. "A wedding," he says slowly. Then it hits him. "A wedding!" Lucian says. Amelia smiles to the point of nearly laughing. "Raze?" He asks just for his clarification.

Amelia nods her head enthusiastic.

"Amelia that's wonderful," Lucian says throwing back his chair and rushing forward to embrace her. She giggles excitedly as he holds her smiling face in his hands. He remembered her as a little girl, now everything came into perspective. "I am so happy for you my dear," Lucian says genuinely and kisses her forehead. They embrace again tightly and seperate. "How long did it take Raze to actually tell you how he felt?" Lucian says joking.

"Only a few days ago," Amelia says smiling.

"And you?" Lucian says smiling.

"Pretty much right after he told me."

"Good...I am very happy for you two," Lucian says patting her hands,"It was fun to get an inside perspective once Raze told me about his feelings."

Amelia laughs, but suddenly falls silent in thought. "What did you just say?" she asks.

"It was fun to get an inside perspective from Raze?" Lucian says confused. Amelia's brow furrows. "What's wrong?" Lucian asks concerned. Amelia looks to the window and still sees the sun out.

"Come with me," she says walking purposely out of the room. Lucian and Amelia nearly hit into Raze as they walk out of the room. Raze falls into step beside them.

"Congratulations," Lucian says without looking at Raze.

Raze was confused until he saw Lucian smiling. "Thank you sir," he says. Amelia bursts into the room where the vampire was being held in the closet. Raze moves to ask Amelia what she is doing, but Lucian gestures for him to be silent. Lucian wanted to see what she was up to.

Amelia walked to the closet and threw open the door. She set the chair upright and pulled the vampire from the closet. He was disoriented and though he was in the shade he still had to squint in the lit room. "Do you remember me?" Amelia asks point blank.

"No," he says. Amelia tips the chair back into the sun. The contact with Craven's fair skin instantly starts to burn it, eliciting a loud scream from him. She retracts the chair quickly, so that Craven knew she was not going to kill him, but she sure as hell was going to get an answer from him. Raze and Lucian were momentarily taken aback by her ruthless method of questioning, but she evidently had a purpose.

"I will ask again, do you remember me?" Amelia asks forcefully as Craven wimpers in pain.

She starts to tilt the chair and he scrambles to say,"You are the daughter of the baron that died." That, in Raze's mind, accounted for her angry treatment of the vampire. He was evidently there during her stay with the vampires and deserved this treatment.

"Do you know what Viktor did to me?"

"Yes," Craven says panting.

"And you did nothing?" Amelia screams.

"We had no choice, Viktor is stronger than any of us!"

"And how is he feeling?" Amelia asks sarcastically.

Craven was confused by her question, but Raze and Lucian knew the purpose it held. When Amelia kicked the chair he immediately answer,"Viktor has been sluggish, as if weighed down. He is slow as if tired and has barely moved from his throne to his resting place."

Amelia looks at Raze and Lucian with a smirk. Her mission was not in vein. "Why were you here?" Amelia asks.

"To find Lucian..." Craven says.

"Really?" Amelia says asks she scoots the chair back. The sizzling sound of skin is heard.

"Yes yes please believe me!" Craven squeels,"I am incharge of the changing ceremony so I was trying to get back as fast as I could."

Amelia moves the chair back and smiles at Lucian and Raze. "Thank you," Amelia says and pushes him so hard he flies back into the closet. "I have it!" Amelia says marching toward the meeting room. "This was exactly what I needed to complete the plan," Amelia says leaning over the prints of the castle. "We need to get someone on the inside," Amelia says.

"What?" the two scream.

"We need possibly two people to go inside. We can have Craven take two people prisoner. They can cause a scene and take as many vampires with them. Craven will have no choice but to gather troops and head after the trouble makers back to our castle, on our terms. We can fight them here where we can fully prepare."

Lucian and Raze's stomach's had dropped when Amelia had mentioned the word inside...prisoner. They had no intention to ever be locked away ever again and Amelia was suggesting allowing one to trap them on purpose.

"What..." Lucian starts as he sits down,"Please explain again."

Amelia begins pacing around the table as she talks excitedly. "If Craven is incharge of the ceremony, you said there was celebration. We help Craven stage a...battle, yeah, a fight between two lycans. During the fight we stage, we can wound as many vampires as possible, and draw the vampires into our trap set back here."

"How do we make sure Craven will not trick us?" Lucian says.

Amelia pauses but then smiles,"Poison. Same as Viktor. We've slowed him enough that he is vulnerable for perhaps even the worst of us to kill. If we get them back here we know the layout like the back of our hand. Giving us the advantage."

"Amelia," Raze says,"You have no idea what it means to be a prisoner of the vampire's."

"I understand we will not be the guests of honor, however, Craven seems to have some power if he is being entrusted with the ritual happenings and in return has people around him that can help our plan. If the stories about Tanis are accurate, then we must believe that they want power and we will help them achieve that through the peace between our races."

Lucian and Raze pause. "Who would we entrust to such a mission?" Lucian asks.

"What better than something rare," Amelia says,"the only female lycan."

"What!" They both say.

Lucian jumps to his feet. "Amelia you don't know what you would be getting into."

"I've been there in Viktor's clutches once, now I am more ready than ever to see him again and get back at him."

"But Amelia..." Lucian says becoming sad. He liked having her train, but in the end he always wished that she would hide far far away from the battle and wait until they are victorious for her to return. This battle to end the battles was never meant to include her.

"Father," Amelia beseeches,"If you go then Viktor will waste no time in executing you. He would enjoy watching such a rare creature given to him as a gift, battle to the death with another."

"Raze?" Lucian asks, both who had been talking looking at him. Raze's brow was furrowed in deep thought. He did not want to crush her, but how could anyone want to voluntarily give themselves to the vampires? That's right, Amelia gave herself to Viktor for their cause, without a thought of herself, only too late realizing what that meant. Amelia's actions had saved his life before, so why should he start doubting her now? They were just about to take a large step together...how could he stop her. He looked into Amelia's pleading eyes. He never doubted her before, and he wasn't about to now.

"I think this could work," Raze says. Amelia beams as she smiles proudly.

"Well we will present the idea and begin planning. I think however we have something to plan before the battle though," Lucian says.

"What else?" Raze asks as Amelia's brow furrows questioningly.

"It is not everday that my only daughter and my second in command join together their hearts," Lucian says smiling.

Amelia blushes and Raze sighes,"I guess our secret is out." Amelia nods.

"I want to throw you something special so that we can truely prove that we are not animals but men and women who have hearts and a way to bond them together forever," Lucian says,"something to give us alittle culture" Lucian adds with a wink. Amelia smiles.

"We only have a few days," Amelia says slightly worried.

"If this is the end all battles, which I pray that it is," Lucian says sighing,"I think this celebration will lift the hearts of the men as a symbol of our future as a race. And it won't hurt to give them a break for a night."

Amelia and Raze smile as they hold hands. Lucian looks at the small embrace and sighs,"I guess I'm going to have to get used to this." Lucian begins to walk out of the room, but turns a moment to face them,"but this is one change that will not be too difficult."