9
"What happened Julius?" asked Karen as he entered the house.
"Managed to stop her from turning the man, his name is Jeremy Blackthorne did some checking before I left. But he's involved in all this now Circe bit him several times, it's different because she's a Venus. Scratching him was one thing but biting him is another he's a thrall now one of the Marked. They usually become vampires or are killed pretty quickly," said Julius.
"Is there anything we can do for him?" asked Karen.
"No not really, I gave him the phone number of one of the best people I know to deal with this issue. But unless we can deal with Circe he's going to have continued problems. Vampires are like bulldogs with a bone when they have marked somebody," said Julius.
"I wish there was something else we could do," said Karen.
"Short of watching him 24/7 there's nothing we can really do that would help the situation," said Julius. "I'll do my best to protect him but with Circe she's proving to be a difficult target, do you have a location on where Circe's compound is?"
"No I know what it looks like but I don't have a clue where it is," said Karen.
"Describe it to me and we'll find it together," said Julius.
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"I can call Jeremy here anytime I want, he's a thrall now. I just want to be sure that Julius follows it will be easier to take him that way," said Circe.
"Sounds like a great plan, Joseph caught a spy earlier. Did you see the silver headed arrow in the doorway?" asked Marcus.
"No I didn't, so what happened?" asked Circe.
"Joseph caught him and I interrogated him, I'm quite certainly he wasn't telling the truth but I couldn't get anything of real use out of him, he died just from the stress of the 'interrogation,' " said Marcus.
"Victor is more foolish then I thought sending his lacking spies here," said Circe. "Move up the preparations we strike in two days, I am getting Jeremy and the hunter first then we'll assault them, they won't know what hit them,"
"Yes my queen," said Marcus.
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"I don't think it's a good idea that this gets moved up we need to scout his compound properly, we need to make sure there are no surprises or one or more of us is going to get killed," said Cole.
"I know that is what I fear is going to happen it Circe is determined to push forward," said Steven.
"She is power hungry she might intend to make us her advisers but she doesn't really care she can just find another," said Cole.
"Can you still shift?" asked Steven.
"Yes I can which is great, I would have really hated it if I couldn't shift anymore," said Cole.
"I know we're expendable, but you aren't if you're a vampire that can turn into a panther," said Steven.
"I guess you're right on that but she wouldn't really be too upset if something did happen, we're just tools. We need a better plan then just rushing in and killing," said Cole.
"I am going to feed, make our plans ready," said Circe entering the room.