Lucian and Amelia walk silently down the hall awhile. "So," Lucian says breaking the silence, "how was your...outing with Raze?"

"It was nice, I think I'm seeing a different side of Raze," Amelia says smiling.

"Taking a pause from war is always nice," Lucian says,"however I'm afraid I need your advice."

Amelia stops in her steps. "My advice?" she says shocked.

"When you have been at war as long as I have, things tend to blend, become mundane. We need something to make this next battle our last battle. Something to end those blood suckers once and for all, so that our people can have peace."

Amelia lets his words sink in. She wondered how her father even managed to wake up every morning with the weight of so many people and their survival on his shoulders. Lucian sees the effect of his words and grabs her hands. He smirks at her and pulls her gently, willing her feet to move forward. They begin walking again.

"Father," Amelia asks changing the subject,"why am I the only female lycan?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, why were there no other woman turned? Vampires have men and women. I just want to know why me?"

Lucian smiles and wraps his arm around Amelia, pulling her close to kiss her forehead. With a sigh he says,"I never intended for a female to come into our midst. It was fate that tied our destinies together and I could not say no to those beautiful eyes. If we had started to turn women, families would have started and there would be children around."

"And that's bad?" Amelia says laughing.

Lucian gets serious. "In war, the point of the raids are mainly to kill the women...to make sure that the people cease to have a culture...." Lucian pauses,"I could not risk lives like that. With men, we are able to fight and move quickly. You though are very special to me, which is why I have been worried about you..."

"Wow, I never thought of that," Amelia says,"You are just trying to protect us." Lucian nods. They then arrived at their door perspective bedroom doors.

"Tommorrow I want you to be at our meeting. You don't have to say anything, but listen. We have been working together so long, you may see something or hear something that could be changed to really make a difference."

Amelia nods. They both part saying goodnight, but before Lucian can shut his door he hears Amelia's voice calling to him.

"Father...who is Sonja..."

Lucian froze, his eyes not making contact with her. Amelia waited patiently for him to answer. He gives her a half smile. "Why do you ask that?"

"On my run...I remembered having a dream while I was recovering...I didn't recognize who she was. I didn't know if...that was who my birth mother was, or what she meant..."

Lucian nods his head. He walks from his room and walks Amelia into her room and shuts the door. He gestures to the bed which she promptly sits on. He paces slowly back and forward. "She is not your birth mother. I honestly do not know the name of your human parents and the vampires did not leave them in a condition that would do your mother justice." This was only the second or third time in all the years that Amelia had inquired about her real parents. Lucian was never offended, but didn't know much of anything about them so the answers were difficult. Above all he never wanted to talk about Sonja with anyone that had known about her, let alone tell Amelia anything about her.

"Sonja-" Lucian begins not knowing where to start. "Wolves," he begins but stops. "We-" he says not knowing where to start.

"You loved her, didn't you..." Amelia says startling him,"I have seen her in dreams with you...it seems like a memory."

"Sometimes memories are passed through bites," Lucian says reluctantly and hoping that the memory was nothing graphic. "What did you see?" Lucian asks.

"I saw the two of you fighting back to back. I saw Viktor, he was so angry. I saw it as if I were there..." Amelia says.

Lucian nods. He sits beside Amelia on the bed. He holds her hand and begins to slowly stroke the back of her smooth hand with his thumb. "Sonja was Viktor's daughter. When we were teenagers we fell in love. For a time I was very close to Viktor. As close as a slave could be. Sonja and I's romance was forbidden, but still that could not stop what our hearts wanted. I could not stay a slave and sneak around with her. My escape put her life at risk and I fell into Viktor's trap when I returned for her. Viktor killed his only daughter..."

Amelia's face was contorted in sorrow and sympathy. "I'm so sorry," Amelia says leaning in for a hug,"you never told me."

"It is not something I want to talk about, but because it is you my dear, I would tell you anything," Lucian says embrassing his daughter,"before I met you I never thought I would ever love anyone or anything again." Amelia sits up and Lucian holds her face in his hands, his thumbs stroking her cheeks. His eyes were watering as well as hers. "You are so much like her and I am so afraid to lose you like I did her."

"I'm not going anywhere father," Amelia says hugging him again.

"I know dear...I know..."