Lucian gathered their top lycan leaders and Raze discussed his findings. They, like the vampires, had made a council, except anyone could come and listen to the happenings of the meeting. After a short military meeting it was time to relax and Raze had an agenda in mind. Lucian and Raze sat together and recapped the last five years. "It has been difficult for Amee to grow up surrounded by men, but I guess it helps that she is now one of the men," Lucian says smiling.

"Where is she?" Raze asks.

"Around," Lucian says.

"Has she ever left the pack?" he asks.

"She has never really wanted to I suppose....or at least she has not asked me," Lucian thought.

"Is she going to be turned?" Raze asks hesitantly.

Lucian sighs and sips his drink. "I have asked myself that for two years now...if she is it should be soon. She is at the peak of her beauty," he says as she enters the room,"and she is as sharp as a dagger. She can hold her own with lycans and I certainly believe she could outwit any vampire."

Raze gaped when she entered the room. She wore tight leather pants, a chainmail under shirt with a corset over top. Her hair was loosely flowing down to her hips. She was curved in all the right places, Raze thought to himself as he examined her muscular form. She smelt of flowers and if Raze remembered correctly, Lucian brought her flowers every night.

"I am so glad you are back," she says hugging him again. He inhales her scent as she embraces and releases him. It was intoxicating. "We have so much catching up to do..."

"Indeed," he says smiling.

"I heard you found Viktor," she says seriously. Lucian had taught her all about the lycan struggle but had devulged little of his personal intanglements in the war.

"Yes," Raze says,"he has established another coven. I think they may be getting ready to change elders."

"I hope I can help in any way I can," she says eagerly.

"No Amee, they would smell our scent on you in seconds, it would be far too dangerous," Lucian says.

"But father, they would never expect a mortal female to be living with lycans, I could really help the pack," she pleads.

"It is final," Lucian says sternly.

She scowls vehnemously and her lips set into a pout, but Lucian was resolute in his decision. She rolls her eyes and turns with a huff. "This is so unfair," she says angerly storming out of the room. She pushes two of the men from her path and leaves the room. Lucian sighs and shakes his head,

"Why can't she understand..."

"Children will never follow the rules," Raze says inferring Lucian's own actions with Sonja.

Lucian sighs. He knew his friend was right. "Maybe I should go after her," Lucian says getting up to leave.

"Let me go," Raze says,"I can catch up with her, after all, I feel like I've met a new person..." Lucian smiles and pats his friend on the back. Raze had no problems following her scent, but she hadn't gone far. She was just outside in the court yard. He watched her for a moment as she stood before a line of straw targets.

"Did my father send you after me?" Amee asks without looking at him. He was surprised her ears had detected his footsteps. Living with lycans had made her very observant.

"I came on my own accord," Raze said honestly.

"Really?" Amelia asks raising her eyebrow and smiling. She then spun and from her hands flew two knives. They hit the targets in what would be the forehead. Both Lycan and Vampire would parish from such a hit.

"Impressive," he said,"Last I knew you couldn't hit the broad side of the barn with a boulder."

"Um, I could never lift a boulder," she says sharply while pushing him playfully.

"What else can you do?" Raze asks returning her playful look.

"What are you suggesting, want to fight?" she asks circling him.

"I don't know," he says getting close to her,"I think I'm too big for you..."

She pauses looking at him, Raze who was a foot taller than her,"the bigger they are...the harder they fall," she declares not stepping away from him. He felt so aroused at that moment. If he did not have the respect for Lucian that he held he might have taken her right against the wall. "So how do you want this, rough or is this just first one to pin the other?" she asks assuming her threatening circle around him.

"What are you used to," he asks savoring the sexual undertones in her statements.

"Well we could race to a certain place or simply fight here or have full range of the castle grounds," she says laying the options before him.

"You choose," he says.

"First one in position of a death blow wins," she says smiling over her shoulder wickedly. She then spins quickly, releasing a pair of knives that had been hidden up her sleeves. He had really not expected such a sudden attack and swatted them away from his body, leaving minor cuts on his arms. He grimaced in only minimal pain and nearly gasped as she came jumping at him. He, however, grabbed her ankle and spun her around, letting her fly to the other side of the room. She rolled across the floor but managed to roll to her feet. She smiled as her hair fell into her face. She pulled out daggers from her belt and spun them threateningly. Raze smiled as his teeth sharpened and his eyes blacked. He gave a mighty roar and removed his shirt so it didn't rip. His bones changed as fur sprouted from all places on his body. His trousers ripped as his muscles grew and expanded.

"Resorting to this already?" she says cockily and charges toward him. He smiles, though it looked like more of a snarl in his lycan form. He charged back confidently thinking he would not let her surprise him again. Just as he was in reach of her she dropped to the floor and slid on the moist ground through his legs. He looked behind him just in time to see her fall through the rails of the balcony. She was good, he thought to himself, then again Lucian was the one teaching her. They may not be blood, but they were identical spirits. Raze launches himself from the balcony to follow her, but at the last second sees something hanging from the bottom of the balcony.

It was Amelia.

He lands in the garden below, startling his brothers lounging. Raze picks up a nearby chair and hurtles it in her position. He had no intention of hurting her, he knew that she would release the rails and dive out of the way. She bound from ledge to ledge until she tripped and fell from the ledge. Raze immediatley lept forward and caught her. They paused only a moment before she jumped from his arms. "Lucky catch," she says. He could only answer her with a growl. She spins her feet over her head and rolls from his grip. He could not see how she intended to win this. She had two daggers on her belt, but he was close enough to over power her. If she ran, she would have no hope of out running him. She again charged toward him. He smiled, she was cocky. He ran toward her. The only thing that seperated them was a chair and a table, which he could easily throw out of the way. But Amelia reached them first. She jumped to the chair to the table and leaped off it, flying over his head. Watching her he himself forgot the table and tripped over it. The other lycans laughed as he lay in a heap on the ground. He looked off and saw that she had a head start on him. He was only minorly upset that his pride had been hurt, but loved that she had learned so much. He charged after her to only come to an empty courtyard.

"Looking for something," he heard from a balcony over head. It was Lucian. "or is it someone you search for?" He asks smiling. He knew the game. Razed looked up at the leader, detecting no anger, but when it was too late he detected something coming his way. Amelia had launched herself from her vantage point and was too close for Raze to avoid. Her knees made contact with his balance point, his shoulders, and caused him to begin his fall. With the momentum of her jump she lands straddling his chest and moves a dagger to his throat.

They both lay there panting, but Amelia is the first to talk as she smiles saying,"Checkmate!!"

Oh if they were in private courters and she sat on him this way he could do many things that could counter her checkmate and end in her screaming his name. He smiled and heard Lucian clapping and laughing. Amelia looked up at her father and smiled while moving off of Raze. She moved out her hand to help him up. He took her hand and stood up looking deeply into her eyes as he changed back which caused her to she turn away blushing. Lucian jumps from his post and walks over to pat Amelia on the back and he hands Raze a towel to cover himself with "I wondered how long it would take you to challenge him," he says.

"He started it," she said as innocently as possible.

"I believe that," Lucian says sarcastically. Raze could see the love in Lucians eyes as he admired his daughter.

"Well, I better get some rest to do the scouting in the morning," she says walking off,"Good night father," she adds, kissing him on the cheek. "Good night Raze," she adds smiling at him.

"Good night Amelia," He says, still in disbelief that the woman before him was the girl Lucian raised. As she disappeared he said,"I told you I could get her mind off of your fight."

"Indeed you have my friend," Lucian says patting him on the back. "She wishes to have more dangerous missions when she doesn't realize how important these scouting missions in town are," he says thinking.

"She only wants to please you," he says sincerely.

Lucian nods his head. "She wants to be a great warrior, but I could never stand to lose her."

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