(Disclaimer I do not own any of these characters that would be Richelle Mead)

Abe POV

Standing at the end of the hall listening until after the verdict comes in on Lazar and Cain. I then turn to Pavel, Ben and Gav nodding my head towards the exit. They follow me out the doors and pass the crowds of people still standing outside hoping to see and hear what is going on inside.

"Let's get behind closed doors then we can discuss the business at hand." I instruct them, I don't want anyone accidentally hearing what we have to discuss.

Once we were in my office with the door securely shut Pavel and the others take a seat on the sofa with myself taking the armchair. Pavel then invited Di to come join us.

"So do we have a plan to get Lazar? We will have to move before sunrise tonight as they will probably move him in the morning before sunset, we also need it still dark enough for strigoi." I enquirer.

"All is set in readiness Boss. But do you still want to go through with this? 50 years is a good length of time. The council showed everybody today that they took this crime seriously and not even being a royal saved Lazar." Ben asks while stretching out his legs getting more comfortable on the settee.

"Yes the verdict was fair, but I want that man gone. He tried it to kill my daughter and was also aiming at my Toruń. I want to make it clear to any would be threat that if you come after my family a fair sentence is not going to save your hide. I want them to know they'll end up six feet under." I answer back with passion.

"Well okay then the plan is quiet simple really." Ben begins leaning up and looking at Gav to take over.

"We are basing everything around the fact that Lazar is an earth user which luckily for us so is our beautiful Di here." Gav starts while pointing over at Di.

"The first part of the plan should be under way as we speak. Guardian Grant should be making himself useful by getting arrested for drunken disorderly any minute now if he hasn't already done so!" Gav informs me while taking a gulp of his coffee.

"Grant is holding the microchip hidden in a phone charger plug that will blow the power to the cell block. He just needs to get it into a socket which considering every cell has one shouldn't prove problematic. We have programmed it to blow at exactly 4pm giving us enough time to get him out of the cells and outside the wards before sunrise comes and all the strigoi scraper for the day." Ben continues taking over from Gav.

"There's no way to link Grant with us?" I ask the room we have to make sure that nothing can be traced back to us. Everyone will know that this was my doing but as long as the plan is solid they'll never be able to pin it on us.

"No Grant is one of Ivaskov's loyal guards there is no way they will think that he would associate with you." Pavel chucked under his breath.

"Okay go on." I state waving my hand in Ben and Gav's direction.

"Well this is where Di comes in. The electrical surge will take out the cell block even their CCTV as it's only on that one electrical grid. The fools really need a back up generator, but as it's not has definitely made it advantageous for us! With the lights out and still being dark out, that will give us the cover of darkness to work with. Di will use her earth magic at the same time that the power goes out, creating a mini earth tremor that will also breach the wall of Larzar's cell. We will have to push the debris out when we grab him as we need to make it look like someone busted out, not in.-"

"But that shouldn't be hard for me to do once we get into the cell." Di finishes interrupting Ben.

"Yep also the mini earthquake Di will produce should account for why the power went out." Ben continues his tale enjoying himself and starting to become more animated the further into the plan he went.

Di was another secret of mine. She looks after us cooking and cleaning, just a loyal maid to all those who did not know. Kind hearted, sweet and motherly she wouldn't hurt a spider. At least not any longer. But once upon a time she was one of my closest advisors and soldiers. Just as myself she grew up on the streets and had to fight to stay alive. Where I grew up on the streets in Istanbul, Di grew up in London. Early on she found out that her magic is what could help her survive from both mortals and strigoi, so she made sure to harness that power and make it stronger. Ten years younger than myself I found her living in a shelter when she was only 15 years old and she has been with me ever since.

Di does not work for that side of the business any longer but will come out of retirement for special circumstances, and threatening the people she loves is to her the most special of circumstances.

"Once you have Lazar and get him to the wards how long will you have after the perimeter alarms go off?" I enquire

"Once Di blows a hole in the wall about five minutes with the guard stretched so thin. The plan is Di blows the hole then scarpers as that will be the end of her involvement, then Ben and I will escort Lazar through. Ben and I will stay on this side of the wards pressed against the wall so others don't see us. Lazar will have two choices make a run for it and risk strigoi or definitely get a shit load of bullets in many painful places before dying." Gav continues.

"That last part of the plan is very risky-." I start just to get Ben interrupt.

"Don't worry boss we got this, they won't see us." Looking over at Di and Gav.

"That last part really does sound iffy to me." I look at Pavel worried.

"Well actually I'm changing the last part. Sorry guys, I want you to still blow the hole Di but then I want you to use magic to push him through the ward line. Ben, Gav and Di I want all three of you to hang back in the tree line. The three of you will be well hidden there. Once a strigoi has him I want all three of you back at the house. The guardians will be so focused on trying to save Lazar from the strigoi that you'll be able to slip back." Pavel orders.

Ben and Gav give him a nod and sheepish smile knowing that this was a much more solid idea. Getting up the three leave us to get on with the plan.

"I hope they don't fudge the ending." I say worriedly.

"Yeah I mean what could go wrong!?" We look at each other. Coughing out a chuckle he mutters. "Yeah your right I'd better keep an eye on them."

Pavel leaving me alone in the office I sink into the chair behind my desk opening up my laptop and just staring at my work, there's no way I'll be focused on anything till this plan is finished and none of my people are caught.

Rose POV

Guilty and prison. We are so happy that we are having a gathering around mine. We ordered in food as Di was having one of her rare days off. My father gives all his employees two days a week but Di rarely takes both as she worries about us. So for her to have both this week was weird.

Everyone was here except for Eddie who had patrol duty that started at 3:30 and would end to late for him to join us after which was a shame.

We had just finished dishing out the food when Eddie runs in breathless and wide eyes.

"Did you hear? Lazar made a run for it, he escaped the court cells and bolted past the wards." Eddie announces to the entire room.

"Your shitting me. How did he get out and did they get him back?" Christian asks this is the most exciting news, well actually the last month has been exciting in our world.

"Na man he got caught by strigoi. He's a gonna. He used his earth magic to blow a hole in the cells and border wall." Eddie replies to Christians questions.

"God I hope they don't turn him that's all we need, strigoi Marcus, dude will be an even bigger pain in the arse." I join in the conversation.

"Don't worry about that. One of the guardians shot him in the head when they realised it was to late to save him. The bloke is definitely dead."

With that the conversation went on about the details of the escape, wondering why he would risk it and how he managed to sneak past the guards.

Even Titania has said the man was a fool saying that the council needs to take heed of all that has happened, and start to look to the future and stop living in the past. I'm starting to realise that maybe she isn't the bitch I thought she was and that it's the politics that held us back. But I new some people just wouldn't change, my father being one!

While everyone was still going over the gory demise of the asshat. I shot a look at Dimitri who looked at me and nodded as I got up. He too wasn't fooled about Lazars sudden need to escape. I walked to my father office. Knocking on the door and walking in before being invited. He was sitting at his desk alone.

"Baba I know what you did."

My father looking up at me with a butter couldn't melt in my mouth look. "And what would that be darling?"

"Lazar?"

"Yeah I heard about that. Nasty business! Can't believe he'd be so desperate that he'd risk going out the wards on his own at night, Dumb arse." He replies while rubbing his chin.

"Okay old man keep your secrets but you do realise that everyone will suspect it-"

"No proof kiz no proof."

He probably is counting on their suspicions as that's the warning to all those royal or not. Do not mess with Abe Mazur.