SWNOVELS Chapter Knowledge is Key
"Please, join us at the table. We have dinner ready." Lycious says while Dracula pokes at the flames in the fireplace before stirring the pot of stew they had made.
"Just finished the first of many books I must read. When will we be leaving? I think it would be easier to take all with. Even ones I finish." I am trying to decide how to do this because the trunk is spellbound to stay. Even I can not move it.
"My trunk should still be here in the other room. I didn't take anything with me. We can put them in there and take whatever is needed." The oldest says nodding his head towards a closed door.
"It should be. I didn't take mine either." Lycious says with a secretive tone.
"Why did you leave, brother? I didn't hear anything until your kind and mine had threaten eachother for the first time. I didn't see you till the day they put Caterina and her husband to rest. The day we promised to end that war." Dracula looks sadden, yet again.
"My lily. She said to protect the family in future, I had to leave. We spoke every chance we could get in secret. She eventually decided to become nephlem for short period and so we made our first home together." Lycious speaks of his love.
"What happened? She left?" I ask.
"Yes, she bore me my children and had to go back. She was the archangel of conception so this was easy for her. We still speak at times, but not recently. Not when Michael found out she was still speaking to me. Some angels can be trusted. Never him. He killed some of my children, including my youngest who was just a babe at the time. This war with the angels has been going for some time now. For you to also be a demon that wasn'traised in darkness, you are a great weapon to them." He looks me in the eyes.
"Which leads to the idea you also are much more powerful than either if us and them. With whatever knowledge you can obtain from all sides, the more powerful you will be. I do have a proposal as well, you control both species. Vampires and werewolves. Anything too serious goes to you and any fighting. It would help us control the issues more. Then you have over all control of any of them you see. They have to respect you. We still control them separately as always, but you will be our peace maker and over rule things. Anca was our peace maker growing up. She kept us in line. We need that again." Dracula states.
"I agree with you, Vlad. Azula is what both of us need. Keep not just each other's kind safe, but other and our kind as well. Her powers are close to a god, though with everything. You can't let any hate get to you and find the correct justice." Lycious looks at me with pity.
"I can do that, but it's also so much. Wait, I know most werewolves usually have human life span. With the vampire, they just slow down dramatically. What does this mean for me?" I feel like this is a really good question.
"You are a first, you have immorality. When you get to be about 40 years, you stop aging. I dont know what it would mean completely for you. We haven't met a female immortal other than angels and demons. They are ageless for the most part." Lycious says, as a matter of fact.
"So, where do go from here? I think we should stick together. Your castle has had the presence of angels already. Mine may be the better choice. I have measures set up that repel them from entering, much less communicate with anyone inside the walls." He gives a good argument.
"But, you have measures for me not to enter as well. You can't just remodel the Transylvanian Castle. The humans would notice. My castle has measures against demons and vampires so it is out of question as well. We need to stick this out together." Lycious makes well points and they both start pushing on where to go next.
"We go where we are in plain site for all. The states. We can't go to Amethyst, Ryanne's mother is a fallen Angel probably was called back now as well and his brother, Nick, I have a feeling was gathered by Michael himself. Crimson would be the safest place to go. We can make that our headquarters for the time being. I can read more as we travel. We will not go by plain though. I just have a feeling that would be a bad choice." I think that is the best strategy of all.
"Yes, they would knock the plain right out of the sky. It will take some time, but we can manage it. We should get supplies. Will we travel on foot or by one of those human contraptions on wheels?" He has me thinking about the way the others and I would travel to stay safe.
"Truck. Nothing extravagant. Old beaters. We switch them up as we go. Then we will go from Russia to Alaska by boat. That's 55 miles of water. We will travel to where we can by truck as much as possible then as well until we reach Crimson territory. I will call Colson then and have a team come escort us to him on foot if you'd prefer." I think about Pete and how he would be pulling out a map right now. "We need maps and a route plan."
"You would make a great leader, that's for sure. You have the ideas of route for avoiding war, or for. We may have to go to a town and pick up some. No cellphones until we get to where we need to go. We don't know who will be listening." Lycious says while he starts packing and cleaning. Dracula goes and gets his trunk and we fill it with what we wish to take with us.