Chapter 15! And yes, the obvious is stated about Cassandra's father but we kind of figure out exactly what she can do. Enjoy,

Everyone held their breath even if they didn't need the oxygen in anticipation of what Hunter Refern would do. His stance was casual as if he had been invited to this party and was standing there all along waiting for the other guests to notice him. But his smile held the cruel and cunning secrets that gave everyone in the room shudders, knowing he was here for a definite reason.

"What are you doing here?" Thierry growled pushing through the crowd with Quinn and Lupe at his flanks, both wearing deadly expressions.

"Lord Thierry." Hunter sighed with yet another cruel grin. "And my old friend Quinn, I had heard you two had joined this little band of renegade but I had to see it to believe it." He walked over to them, striding confidently with his arms over his chest. "And now look at you. Both of you have human soul mates, and you've even let their families into your homes." He shook his head sadly. "I had always thought you were better then that."

"Better then scum like you that's for sure." Lupe snapped her glare going from deadly to murderous with desire. She hadn't gotten the change to hurt Lily much but she wouldn't miss the chance for a crack at Hunter Redfern.

Hunter gave Lupe a look of mock horror. "Such a temper for a beautiful little lady." He sighed and laid a hand on her cheek, holding her in place. "But what should I expect from a werewolf?" Lupe shook her head and resisted the urge to snap at him.

"What are you doing here?" Thierry didn't ask a question, it was an accusation.

"Can't I just come to enjoy a party with old friends?" Hunter asked doubtfully. "There are some reasons I need to be here."

"What could you possibly need here?" Quinn asked, coldly. "Besides what you've been after for months now."

Hunter waved a limp hand into the air, "No, no, no, Quinn I'm here for a family matter."

There were a few short laughs from the crowd followed by a very angry
Rashel and Keller pushing their way through the crowd with the rest of the team not far behind them. "I ran your daughter out of here." Keller said with a wicked grin of her own. "Want to join her?"

Hunter laughed a loud hardy noise that echoed through the walls of the foyer. "You think." He said between laughs. "That I'm looking for Lily?" He stood up strictly and looked away from all of them to the stairs. "I'm looking, for my daughter, who is standing right there."

Everyone turned their head sand gasped at the sight of Cassandra in her black dress white laces, a wide smile on her fathers face. And descending down the stairs to stand next to the tiny red head was Mary-Lynnette.

. . .

"Mary-Lynnette," Ash cried running to the stairs. "Get away from her."

But still she stood, next to Cassandra's wicked tiny face.

"Mary-Lynnette," Ash yelled again.

"She won't listen to you." Hunter said confidently, like a dog owner who knows all their dogs' tricks. "But she will, listen to me." Hunter jerked his head toward Mary-Lynnette.

"Come, girls."

Mary-Lynnette's eyes stayed as blank as Cassandra's as the two girls walked strait down through he crowd as it disbursed in front of them. Ash tried to grab for Mary-Lynnette but one of his sister's held him back, Rowan maybe. Finally the two stopped in front of Hunter as Quinn Lupe and Thierry stepped away, Hunter's face smiling like a lion stalking a herd of helpless gazelles.

"Good, girls." Redfern said appreciatively, walking around them in a slow circle. "Now, everyone do you want me to do this the easy way, or do you want me to do it the hard way?" He paused to address the guests more properly. "I can take my daughter and my new project and go without a fight, or you can try to stop me." He took a few steps back and stood on the other side of Cassandra. "Your choice."

"Your not taking, Mary-Lynnette." Mark yelled, while Jade held him back.

Hunter looked unamused at the human's promise. "Does the vermin speak for all of you?"

Ash stepped forward, his eyes wild with fury. "Yes, now release her."

Hunter sighed and laid a soft hand on Mary-Lynnette's shoulder, making Ash cringe at her touch. "Attack the boy."

Mary-Lynnette nodded and turned around giving the wall a round house and having a picture frame smash down below her. She picked up the frame and smashed it against the wall, creating a sharp point of wood. She turned with out any expression, pointing the make shift spear at Ash.

"Mary-Lynnette," He whispered his eyes growing wide, but she was already running at him, tackling him to the ground and trying to stab the wood through his heart.

"Mary-Lynnette, it's me." He yelled pushing her off him and running to the stairs. Please, you don't have to do this." He ducked as she jumped at him, thrusting the wood to dangerously close blows. She thrust it to his neck, breaking his pale skin and making his blood drip, slowly.

"Please." Ash begged jumping off the stairs. "Stop."

Mary-Lynnette jumped and flipped through the air, landing onto Ash's chest and thrusting the Stake down. But just before it made contact someone tackled her and threw her against the wall. Standing next to Ash was Krestal, her teal dress not even ruffled out of place.

"You let her push you around like that and she'll kill you." Krestal said clearly, glaring at Mary-Lynnette's crumpled form at the edge of the stairs. Her head snapped up as she grabbed her stake, throwing it strait at Krestal who dodged narrowly and let the stake fall to the ground.

Mary-Lynnette lunged at Ash again, but Krestal was to quick and grabbed a hand full of her dark hair from its bun and pulled it hard causing her to shriek in pain, and Ash to fight the urge to scream with her.

With inhuman like quickness, Mary-Lynnette grabbed Krestal's arm and pulled hard, pulling her to the ground, without a moment's hesitation she was on top of the vampire and smashing her head into the floor. Then she turned back to her target, staring blindly at the girl that was once his soul mate. She jumped him, grabbing a fist full of hair and flipping him backwards, throwing him across the floor against the wooden part of the stairs, and hearing his quick gasp of pain.

"You did well." Hunter's voice told her making her turn and return to her master with a quick run.

"Thank you, sir." She said obediently in a voice, that did not belong to the girl she once was.

"Mary-Lynnette," Someone whimpered from the crowd but Hunters protégée kept staring forward, unblinking and focused.

"Amazing isn't she?" Hunter gloated resting a hand on her shoulder. "Who knew my daughter could do such good work with such a worthless human."

"What did Lily do to her?" Someone screamed maybe Mark or maybe her father.

Hunter sighed and laid his other hand on Cassandra. "Lily didn't do a thing. All of this was Cassandra's doing."

"What kind of sick witch is she?" Thea screamed. "She isn't right!"

Hunter nodded to Thea's response. "You're right, Miss Harman." Hunter agreed. "She isn't right, she's better then that."

"What made her that powerful?" Blaise asked. "No witch can have that much control over a human being."

Hunter nodded again, his smiling growing wider. "You're right too. No witch can have that much control over a human. But you fail to see that Cassandra isn't a normal witch."

"What is she?" Thierry asked, icily.

"She's my daughter. The vampire replied. "She's half witch and half vampire and has the abilities of each. One of a kind."

I did good? Hope I did, as you can see Mary-Lynnette is completely gone, aww bad news and did hurt me to write her having to fight Ash, it really did. But it's symbolic because now she's completely lost everything that was Mary-Lynnette. And I kind of put in a bit of irony that yes it was Krestal to save her brother and hurt Mary-Lynnette, even while she is pure evil and killing her brother Krestal will always not like Mary-Lynnette much. Lol so vampire witch? Is that possible? Yes, cause Hunter has science and he'll do anything to get what he wants. As he always does. :) Review!