Chapter 2

Just like a wolf, invite you to the woods to have a chat and leaving you to defend yourself. That wolf was going to die. Pacing around the clearing where Moon Shadow was supposed to meet her Harmony began to feel very strange. She knew this feeling, Saetan was teaching her something about this, something that had to do with the spot of nothingness that comes from.... Mother night why don't I ever listen. That tickling in the back of her head distracted Harmony from the man behind her.

A pushing on the mental barrier between blood and kindred just seconds before the blade sliced through the air was the only warning she had to call in her bladed stick to defend herself.

*Hey Moon Shadow, I finally remembered what the spot of nothingness is. * Grinning at her attacker because she was proud of herself she knew that Moon Shadow didn't leave her to defend herself. *That spot of nothingness was you hiding because you knew that there was a man hiding in the woods. I should have been more cautious. Damn, damn and damn myself. * Grimacing as the sword got extremely close to neck she started to advance on the mystery man.

*I'm very proud of you little one but I don't think that this is the time to congratulate yourself. * Cringing as she watched helplessly behind her sight shield as Harmony broke into a sweat.

"You're very good for a girl, better than I would have thought but I can see you getting weaker, I can feel you getting weaker. You're going to give out soon. I will be ready when you do."

Sitting back to relax, Moon Shadow knew that this wouldn't take long. Nobody, not even her father had gotten away and with calling her a girl without pain following the statement.

Vanishing her bladed stick Harmony brought in her sword and got ready to finish this off.

Saetan knew that he shouldn't be stressing, Harmony had been gone longer than this before, but mother night why did she have to leave right after hearing that particular conversation. He knew that she heard what her father said and knew that she was upset when Daemon said he wanted to control who she met. Hell's fire he was stressed and he finally realized why. His two sons had been arguing since the second she disappeared into the woods.

Sensing that his father was getting tired of all this fighting Daemon cut his statement short. "I know she'll be back father. She's a smart girl; she wouldn't do any thing crazy."

"If you think that she won't do anything crazy then why do you try to control her Bastard."

"Let it go Prick. We'll talk about this later." *You have to be dense not to see Saetan tensing about the subject. *

Biting back a curse that Janelle had taught him the door flew open; Lucivar turned to see the one person that wasn't stressing about the little missing witch. Her mother. "You'd think that a mother would be a little more worried about a missing daughter."

Giving Lucivar a blank stare, Janelle turned to Saetan still looking a little confused. "But Papa don't you feel her coming back?"
It was his turn to look confused. "But Witch child I can't feel a thing out of the ordinary."

"Of course men. She will be returning to the hall within the hour. The amusing thing is what she's bringing in tow."

All three men leaned forward waiting to find out what kind of stray puppy she had found this time, they found the one person that had the answer inside herself.

"Sweet heart are you going to tell us what love sick puppy has followed her home so we can warn Helen before it attacks her kitchen."

"Daemon I wouldn't exactly call it a love sick puppy..."

"What would you call it Cat."

"I would have to call it a man not from this territory that was hiding in the woods waiting for our angry daughter."

Trying to keep Daemon off the killing edge Saetan had to think fast. "Witch child, if the man attacked her then why is she brining him home?"

"Well she told me that after he called her a certain name that makes her inferior to him she called in her sword and didn't really care if she hurt him and she kinda hurt him."

"Well I wonder why the poor fool got hurt. I guess he should have looked at the hilt of her sword to see just who he was up against."

"Lucivar if she is a blade master than I think that she would know not to tell everybody she meets. She knows how to conceal that sort of stuff. Unless you're starting to doubt your training."

Throwing the pillow next to him at the giggling Janelle, he became grumbly. "You know that I taught her everything I know and she brought herself above and beyond me to attain the blade master status. You know that she is the best in all the territories"

The conversation was cut short with the front door being kicked open, and Beale's frightened scream. A very worried witch entered with tears in her eyes.

Seeing her mother rush out of Saetan's study Harmony started crying harder. "I didn't mean to hurt him. I didn't mean to hurt him I swear. He was just protecting himself."

"Little one you have to calm down. He doesn't look too bad. Your mother can fix him up in a few seconds. Now can you tell me why he was in a protected territory?"

"Sorry I didn't get his name, I was kind of trying to keep my head attached to my neck."

Let's get him to a room and we'll go from there. Saetan go get some smelling salts, I think he's just passed out because he got scared of a tiny witch with a pointy stick. Daemon you pick up this bleeding lump before Helen sees him making a mess. Harmony you go with Saetan to see if you can tell him which salt to use for a scared man that won't get up again."

"That won't be hard, I've had to use salts on Daemonar enough times, I should be able to remember how to bring a weak male back to consciousness."

Leaving the hall everyone went about his or her tasks leaving a very disgruntled Beale in the entryway to trying to figure out what to say to Helen when she noticed the blood stains on the new carpet.