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“Yeah, well I’m a Portage, so I’m keeping my name.”
“If they know about you, Zander, they will be looking for you too.”
I smiled to myself, “Let them come. I’m not afraid of them, Dad.”
He was quiet for a moment, “Well, it might actually help us out in the long run.”
“Yeah, how?”
“I’m not sure yet. Let’s play it by ear and see how things go.”
“Sounds like a good idea.”
“So, tell me how things are going? Have we been able to pull more people over to our side?”
“Yeah, we’ve had a few more join us. Not as many as I would have hoped for, but a few more are getting antsy with the way things are going under the Mistress.”
“Good. I have a feeling that things are going to get even more tense in the next couple of weeks. Keep working on them,” he paused, “and since word has gotten out, maybe it might be time for you to come out in the open. The only problem with that I have no doubt that they will come after you to get to me.”
“I’m not worried about that, Dad. You know I can take care of myself.”
“Zander, I’m not worried about you. You know that I have a lot of enemies, but you are still very young to this world. You’ve only been transitioned a few years.”
“But you have been instructing me about our world since I was old enough to understand. Hell, even before I was old enough. You always told me that I was going to be instrumental in helping you gain the position that you deserve.”
“Yes, you will be, but I don’t trust the Mistress, or her sister. If they felt you were a threat, I have no doubt that they would try to take you out immediately, Zander.”
“I’m not sure they would. I have a feeling that if they could get to me, they’d bring me in and try to get all the information out of me that they could.”
“And then they would kill you.”
“Maybe, or I would kill them. It doesn’t matter. Eventually, I’m going to have to deal with the Mistress and her sister. Whether it’s to talk to them or kill them, most likely the second.”
“Don’t get cocky, Zander. You still have a long way to go before you can come up again the Mistress. Her and her sister are more powerful than most vampires.”
“Yeah, have you actually seen what they can do?”
“No,” he said softly, “But I have heard enough of the stories. Most people who do see what they are capable of, never live long enough to speak about it.”
I laughed, “You make it sound like they are untouchable.”
“I didn’t say that, Zander. I said they were dangerous, and you should remember that.”
“I will, Dad.” I sighed. I was damn tired of him telling me that people were dangerous. I had heard the stories since I was a child. My father being able to influence me with his mind to never speak of our world to humans. Even if I had wanted to, I physically hadn’t been able to.
That’s how he kept his location a secret from so many. His ability to implant in their minds that speaking the truth would instantly kill them. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if that would actually happen or not. I’d never seen anyone defy the order.
Anyone who came in contact with him or worked directly for him was given the same command: Never reveal his location to anyone, not even me.
You would think that I would at least know where he was, but nope. Even I was kept in the dark, which was another thing that pissed me off. I had seen him only a few times since I had transitioned two and a half years ago. I did however see my mother, but even she was unable to tell me where he was.
“Be patient, Zander, the plan is underway. I’ve been working on this for a very long time, but it is finally in motion.”
“If you say so.” I replied drolly.
I hung up from my father and turned to stare out the window of my condo. The surf below was angry tonight as a storm was brewing. There was a storm coming that was for sure. We all knew it, and it wasn’t just the weather.
The war that my father had been waging against the society was on the verge of finally happening. Yes, many, many years ago, he had made a play for the Master position of the race, and he had almost succeeded. Alexander Armstrong had been killed, and that’s when his mate had taken over. I was only a teenager then, but I remembered it well.
