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Chapter 37

It was harder to rip Kat out of that house than I thought, the food, lack of humans, and the views made it the perfect home. Once we dug out our back packs we locked up I used my gift on the door only someone of the family could open the door, we don't want anyone squatting in our home.

"Dad we should make homes all over our territory that way once the humans move into a place we will already have a prior claim." Kat looks at me as we run to see what I think.

"How many homes do you think we will need?"

"You and I both know we will be moving around quite a lot as humans fill our lands, the people treat us as spirts, the white man have a tendency to label everything, and that Bram Stoker will forever screw us.

Lil smiles, "maybe we should have one of our human eating friends snack on that gentleman."

"What's so big about this Stoker guy?" Peter asks always the last to know.

Kat looks at her besty, "he writes a book about Immortals and calls us Vampires. He gets almost everything wrong but it's enough that we will forever be known as such it's based on that fucker Vladimir."

Lil looks at Kat," Language Kat"

"Sorry Lil"

Peter mumbles under his breath "I can't wait till 2001 then all these know-it all's with their future knowledge will be in the same boat with me paddling."

We all laugh even Peter after a moment then Kat pipes up "but Petty we all know you are the slowest in the family." It was true Carman out ran him by the smallest amount but she still edge him buy .007 of a second.

"BITE ME KAT"

"TO LATE PETTY SOMEONE BEAT ME TO IT"

I give Kat a dirty look "Kat" she knows Peter is mostly ok with the others gifts Carman and he just shrug it off most times but Kat sometimes rides him to hard and we have had a talk about her going too far.

She slows down to run next to him and in a whisper "sorry Petty you know I'm just playing right?" then bumps shoulders.

Just as quietly "it sucks always having to have everything explained and being the last in the races."

We all heard we are Vampires after all I slow down with Lil and we are running in a line I look over to him "Peter you are the one I depend on to see things through. The rest of us are so lost in our anger in the moment, I have never seen you lose your head in a tight spot."

In a serious moment he looks at us," it was the only way I stayed alive for all those years."

With that we came to the crossing where the land bridge use to be before the glaciers pulled back.

Kat makes a face looking at her raft all in pieces "fucking nomads" she sniffs at the logs "been to long no sent left. I hate swimming with a back pack everything gets wet even holding it above the water." She gives me the puppy-dog eyes.

Lil and Peter laugh and I shake my head. "let's line them up and I will bind them together." At least this time will be the last time I have to fix it I will bind every piece of it, the way Kat drags shit back we will be using it long after I was born.

Kat was a little pissy her bears were nowhere to be found it was almost all she was talking about after the crossing but after a week of looking she finally ate a caribou. You might think it was the worst thing she ate in her whole immortal life. With long looks back and dragging her feet we left there ranges for once Peter was not the last in our little group, but ever her best friend he slowed down keeping her company. I swear if Lil and I were not there she might have stayed for 20-30 years looking for them and Peter would have hung with her.

As we moved through my old friend's home we see evidence of nomads eating indiscriminately. I hide us as we run in the sun light to protect the first law, so our surprise to see a shining immortal eating right in the middle of a village with the humans walking around just blows my mind. We just stand there looking as he drops the husk and looks at the victims mate. "Take this away" he tells her as he strolls away. We follow him to his palace where two other are.

"Rip and burn dad?" Kat asks as the others look on. There is no chance we are just walking away.

I look at the village, then look at them, I was pissed off. "Rip for now. Lil take the girl on the right Kat the woman and I get to rip shit heads head off. Peter watch our backs if one has something up there sleeves jump in and help till I can help." They all nod to me and I drop my gifts hiding us.

They were babies the oldest being just under 50 in his new life. I got the whole story reading them after we ripped them apart not much of a fight it was pathetic. How they had not brought down Aro's wrath was beyond me. He woke up alone his sire just left him there. What pissed me off was I knew her.

I grab his head and look at my family. "Stay her and make sure none of the humans leave, if others come keep them here, they are all going to have to die."

"What about them?" Kat asks pointing at the three piles of body parts.

"Someone has been making babies and not hanging around to raise them or tell them the rules, they'll get a pass but leave them in pieces till I get back. I'll be taking his head with me."

"What about their maker Michael?" Lil asks with a head tilt.

"After I read her I will let you know" I hold up the head in my hand by the hair "but Rota here thinks she knew he was alive."

I left my coven and sped 400 miles south to Torice's home. Going unseen unheard I appear in front of their gate with the severed head of an immortal in my left hand and my right pounding on the gate. Getting more pissed by the moment I can hear them running around like rats in a hole. Finally a head peers over the gate "open this door before I come in there and burn every last one of you." When death comes knocking no locked door can stop him. The door opens and Torice's full coven stands in the courtyard with 6 young immortals I have never met.

"Mac my old friend how good to see you;" Trying to pass this off as me just stopping over for a visit.

I hold the severed head up "I think we both know this is not a visit Torice."

I look over at his mate standing behind him "Don't we Torry."

They close their ranks around their leader and his mate. "Give me your hand Torry and let me see."

"Mac I'm sure that won't be necessary Aro is the one to inforce our laws after all."

I give him a very cold look "any of the four covens can inforce the rules if they see a rule broke and have the strength to inforce them. I assure you I have seen a rule broken and I am more than capable of killing every last one of you." You could hear a pin drop.

He walks slowly with his mate over to me every step dragged out of them an infant can crawl faster. I hold out my hand and she slowly grabs it I lock my fingers around her hand and take her memoires.

I let go with some force and Torice pulls her behind him unsure what she has done I hold out my hand for him to take and he doesn't hesitate gripping my hand.

I give her a cold look "you suspected Torry that he had not died and you didn't check." I held his head up and I saw in her mind that she recognized him.

She looked down "I had never made a child before Mac and after I heard stories about a small coven to the north I was afraid to admit it to my mate. I already have 6 children here Torice told me not to make more for a while."

He murmurs to her "you must all ways tell me things like this Tor we would have had figured something out."

I give them a cold look and tell the young ones to come over reading each to see how they are being raised. Surprise surprise one has a strong talent, camouflage hiding her vampire traits but the best part she can give the same gift to another immortal, with the power given off from burning another immortal. Aro would kill for her in his coven I would have to have a word with my friend reminding him he cannot pressgang our people.

I look at them both with hard eyes. "This is your one Tor, the price your coven will pay is helping clean this mess up teaching the three young ones you are responsible for and moving out of my departed friends home." I look at their coven leader, "I held my tongue even though most have moved into less opulent homes. If you must live like this find somewhere more remote and run to your food." I give them a smile "even Aro's home is mostly underground and he forbids hunting in his home city."

They talked as a coven as I waited the young with two of their numbers would stay to watch them and the rest would run back with me. With the three young added to their coven their numbers would be 17 a very big coven on the run down I looked at Torice. "After a few decades you might think of splitting your coven. Aro may come just because of your size and I won't be stepping in to stop him. I'll make sure he gives you 50 years.

Torice nods his head "it's getting harder with more immortals in one space the young are hard to wrangle in I hope I was never this bad for Zhou."

I smile at him "the stories he told me, you were no angle my friend my brother loved you all though, remember that as you raise your young" I shake my head "makers are getting younger every generation." I sometimes thought it was some kind survival skill from the toll of the Black Death to increase our dwindling numbers. On the run I told them to surround the village and wait for my signal then feed making sure none are left to carry the word. I take Torry with me and we run to Rota's home.

We fade in but my coven had felt me before, coven bonds cannot be masked.

Kat hisses at Torry "is this your mess?"

She steps behind me looking a little scared her and Kat had never gotten along. "Let it go Kat I have already had a talk with her and her coven."

My first child gives her a hard look then ducks her head "yes father."

Lil gives me a smile "what of these Michael?" pointing at the piles of body parts on the floor.

I toss the head to Peter "put them back together we will explain the facts of life to them."

While things were mending and the three were screaming I sent the girls out to grab some humans it didn't matter now, we were going to have to kill them all now anyway. It would speed up the healing and while we had our talk Torice and the rest of his coven would feast, all under the age of two would die I gave the word and Torry went to top off, but I made sure she would return as soon as she fed.

They were eating there 4th human when she walked back in with a determined look on her face.

Rota had been talking to his coven giving them what he had learned. No they were not gods' yes they will never age and oh by the way I was the scariest mother fucker to walk this world.

She looks right at the three I had remand silent it was her mess to clean up. "I made a grave error leaving you alive I should have made sure you were dead or stayed to raise you Rota. It is not an excuses but you are my first child and I was not sure I had made you, most if not all would have died, I have no idea how you made it. If Lord Michael had not brought your head I would not have believed. You will of course be coming home with me, as well as my grandchildren.

At that point the woman clinging to his arm shot out "why must we do what you say we are doing fine on our own."

Torry gives her a chilling smile although physically 10 years younger, looking all of 17 she had walked this world 1500 years. "Child you will do as your elders say I have strode this world for over 1500 years I have made 7 children including your sire, learn from those that have managed to survive Lord Deaths displeasure.

I wince at the name and Peter smiles it has been a record on how long that little fucker has been able to keep his mouth shut. Kat ribs him but he can't help himself, "you really hate that name dad, we should come up with something else."

Well we are going to have to talk about it now, everyone but the babies' and Peter just "siii".

Lil gives him the look, you know the one, wait till later fucker your ass is grass. Looking right at him you would never know she was pissed by the tone of her voice. "It gets the point across Peter; Michael has killed well over 100 immortals after all. I think Kat is in second place she edged out Cassias at our last get-to-gather."

Torry pulls us back on track looking at the three. "You are lucky Lord Michael was the one to find you before Lord Aro heard about your little rule breaking here. As I am responsible for the first 10 years of your life that is the length of time you will learn in my coven when we get home we will go over my coven rules, but for now you will hear the two rules of the coven of four." You could see deer in the head light look on all three. Before they could ask Kat blurts out "The four most powerful immortal's covens."

Torry gives Kat a nod "1.-You must never let humans know of us. If they do learn they must be turned or die. 2.-never turn anyone under the age of 14 both are death sentences you will be torn apart and then fed to the flames alone with the child. It is our one true death. Frankly I am also lucky, Michael could have taken my life for the way you have live. If the village was not so isolated we all may have experienced the final death." She smiles at me "his affection for my mates sire may have been the one thing stopping him and for that we should all be grateful."

The girl looks relived as the age was mentioned, when I read her she just made the age limit. She was a cute thing Kat had been the one to put her back together but Lil was smiling at her too. No way was I taking her on, she was not all sugar and spice, too much work for someone else's child. I give them both the look and shake my head they both stop smiling but give me a nod. That's the danger of these children they are two dam cute, I'm sure I could make one and bind them so not to be a problem but all they would be is puppets suffering in silence. I stop wool gathering as we head outside a giant bon-fire roars to the stars and Torice and his coven are piling bodies on top like cord wood. Two of his coven have 6 humans under 2 off to the side.

I look at Torice "you will see to them?"

He bows deeply, nothing needs to be said. These 6 will never know wont, they will be placed in loving homes watched over by him and all of their coven. It is a Chinese thing, you save a life you are responsible for that life. All of his coven will learn their scents they will die defending them some may become so beloved Torry may change them. That will be the only exception I will allow, she may not change anyone for 1 hundred years. I have already had a word with her on the run up here. She has enough kids to look after for now. I have five I should know, and all are over 1500 years, they never stop being your kids.

We end up spending 6 years with them moving them to new digs far off the beaten trail, Mc-sand construction is put back to work, we hollow out a hill of granite making a twenty bedroom home with a grate room. a stone door that no human could move pivots to swing easily for an immortal. Kat and Lil lend their skill with carving wood and granite to help furnish there new space. Spoils from their old home are placed in each room, the rest stored deep underground.

4 more years and they can be rid of Rota and his mate the complaining bitch. Little Kelly is the baby of the coven she has them wrapped around her little finger, after a little talk I had with her early on she cut out some of the shit she was stirring up, I even started to like her. She ate her food without inflicting added harm. She was aware that others will be looking to make sure she was in control and could keep the secret. Kat and peter had become her friend and I'm sure both have had very frank talks with the girl. I will never let her into my coven but like Art's family she has been calling me Uncle Mac, I blame Kat. The little shit is making sure that she can visit with extended family rights, my little devious daughter and son. With the rights of calming part of my family, she even asked about changing diets telling me Kat had hinted that I would help if she was serious.

I pulled the two aside on a hunting trip "Working around our coven rules are we?"

Kat looks down "she has such a hard time eating people, Torry thinks it's a faze, but she keeps trying to eat like Petty and I. you could help her dad." Peter nods keeping quiet.

I pull them into a hug "she has to ask honey and she is bound to Torry for 4 more years so she would have to agree."

"But " she starts, Peter knows to stay quiet.

I give them a small squeeze," we'll stop back on the way home if she still is trying I'll consider it."

The thought weigh heavy what Kat and Peter asked would almost make it impossible for her to remain in Torice's coven too many red eyes even we feel it after a while. All this goes through my mind as we leave to finally see Japan.

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