Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the characters used from The Vampire Diaries and Kindred: The Embraced. I don't make any kind of profit from the use of these characters.

A/N: This is it folks last chapter. Thanks to all who read my story and enjoyed it enough to finish it. I am working on the second volume of this story and will be posting it soon.

Chapter 08

Sitting around the table were the Primogen's of the San Francisco Conclave; Clan Toreador, Clan Nosferatu, Clan Brujah, Clan Gangrel, and the Prince with both him self and the vote of the Ventrue Clan.

Elena was nervously standing outside of the conference room awaiting invitation to enter. Conclave was held on the second floor of a nice jazz club called The Haven. While she waited she was able to reflect on all the things of her life that got her here and how much different things would have been if she stayed in Mystic Falls. She would be torn between two brothers and at her wits end trying to show them that she just didn't have it in her for either of them. Stefan protected her like a mindless child and Damon's danger was without reason. Damon was often unpredictable, even so far as her self at that time. She was a moody teenager with so many confused emotions.

Here with Cash she felt safe, secure, and confident in her self. He was the missing piece in all of her experiences and she couldn't wait to make memories with him. All this vampire politics was something she was just going to have to learn to deal with. She was going to be the Mate of the Primogen of the Gangrel Clan. If only her friends could see her now.

Elena was so far in her thoughts she didn't pay attention to her surroundings and the nearness of a Kindred that shouldn't have been there. She didn't have the split second timing necessary to avoid the crossbow bolt of wood that was shot at her. It was only the shaking hand of the assailant that bought her the millimeters of space that kept it from hitting her heart. Elena gasped in shock and pain as she shot forward and rammed through the doors of the Conclave conference room.

Cameron voted against letting the Gangrel Clan have a neonate unless he was given the same privileges. Lily was worried that this unpredictable human with talents none have ever seen should be given placement amongst the Kindred, but in the end agreed she was a perfect match for Cash and could keep the Kindred in line. Daeldius voted in favor without question and the Prince was about to tell them he had already given permission when someone came crashing through the doors.

Blood was on the air and every Primogen present except for Daeldius who was under a tight leash at all times anyways, fanged out and their eyes glowed. It was Cash that rushed up to the person and started to freak out.

"Elena, oh my God no not now." Cash picked her up in his arms and laid her down on the conference table.

The Prince hurriedly ordered everyone out including Cash who had to be forced out in the hands of other Gangrel who had been nearby. Julian stayed with Daeldius who assessed the situation.

"It hasn't hit her heart." He said as Elena's eyes shot open. The shock would have rendered any normal human unconscious by now but they started to expect extraordinary things from this human.

"Pull it out." Elena barked at Daeldius who had his hand wrapped around the bolt.

"Is that wise?" The Prince asked Daeldius who was starting to have a hard time controlling his nature.

"Someone just pull it out." Elena said finding she didn't have the strength in her to do it her self.

The Prince looked longingly at her and petted her hair away from her face with one hand while the other yanked out the wood.

Taking the band aid off in one swift motion was supposed to help right, Elena's mind reasoned as the pain struck her hard knocking the wind out of her lungs. Blackness threatened to overwhelm her as she coughed through the jolt.

Julian was the only one staring at her when her eyes could focus. Daeldius was aghast in shock as he was far in the corner of the room. Elena looked down at where the wound should be and watched as the skin stitched itself back together in front of her eyes.

She looked at Julian who was just as shocked. "Did you share blood with Cash already?"

Cash took that as his cue to enter the room. "We did as is well within my right with my Mate. I am her Alpha Male as she is my Alpha Female. We have been bonded for eternity. That is why I was glad to hear she passed all your tests Ventrue and was granted the right to be Embraced."

"You didn't tell me that when I sucked those few droplets from your finger Cash that I did something special." Elena chastised him as he carried her bridal style from Julian's limo into the mansion.

"I knew you were for me even before you did that of your own free will. The speed at which you healed and all your other talents and proven time and time again why I love you." He said as he gently laid her on his bed. "Of course that stubborn streak that bothers me to no end is like icing on the cake."

"It's the Petrova fire someone told me once." Elena smiled into Cash's lips before he kissed her.

(Insert love making and embracing here. I'd like to apologize for not actually writing that part out. It will be it's own short story later when I can write it. I chose not to for personal reasons at this time. Please don't shoot me.)

"Petrova eh? I recognize that surname from somewhere. You did well Sasha. I will confer with someone outside of the city to do more research." Cameron said as he sipped at his blood wine while sitting in his hot tub on the terrace of his apartment building.

"But she's Gangrel now, what can we do?" Sasha asked while she too was enjoying the hot tub.

"Plot and wait. All we have is time."

The End