Epilogue—one hundred years later
The Vampire Council gathered under the tree, like a commune of wolves. A white wolf knelt on his haunches. A black female beside him, licking her paws. The Queen of the Un-Dead sat at the roots of the tree, her black nails tapping at the tree.
She waved her hand in the air. "Hunt." The wolves, including the two aforementioned, stood. "Draco, Octavia, stay." The others bounded off, leaving the white and black wolves behind. They transformed, becoming two youthful lovers. "There are hunters coming this way. Draco, I want you to apprehend them. Kill them."
"What will that do? They are insignificant. Let the humans deal with them."
"True, there are those who have come to accept us as we are. But we cannot take any chances. I order you to kill them."
Draco frowned, not enjoying the idea of taking a life. But what could he do against a direct order from Lilith? He transformed into a wolf again and sniffed out the vampire hunters.
He found their camp before long. They were wizards. Draco dug his paws into the earth and studied them carefully. When their backs were turned and unaware of anything, he jumped. Swiftly and silently, he knocked them out. Leaving one conscious, he transformed again.
"Vampire!" the man shouted, reaching for his wand. Draco seized it and tossed it toward the tent. "Beast! Let me go! I'll cut out your heart—if you have one!"
Draco snarled, baring his teeth at the man. "You've no heart. We are living in peace with your people. Grow up. Or perhaps you want my jaws to find your neck?"
The man's fear stank. These were gutless cowards holding onto old traditions. Draco threw him, aiming to leave and let them live, but Lilith's command kept him from leaving. Unless he wanted her to control him, Draco would have to obey willingly.
The road to peace between humans and vampires and werewolves was hard and paved with blood. But there is no road that is not.
Like I said in chapter 13, the story wasn't going to have a great ending. Writer's Block for this story was really bad, so I figured I might as well end it and get it over with. But hey, at least it's finished.