Amaris pulled back at the same time that she ducked. She still had her eyes closed. He kept coming forward. She put her arms out and pushed against him as she spun her body to her right. She managed to spin out of his grasp in time. He stumbled forward. The squad leader who had met with Amaris earlier, had been standing nearby and saw what was going on. Amaris still had not opened her eyes, as she still needed to concentrate on what she was doing. "I do not think that this is the time or place for that right now." Was all Amaris heard. She heard two grunts and then something hit the ground. "Lyle! What the hell are you doing?" Anna's voice came through. she was yelling, but getting nearer. Amaris felt a hand on her once again. Amaris heard galloping feet and then felt fur brush by her face. She heard a man hit the ground hard as the wind was knocked out of him. "Mari. Do what you need to do. I've got this for now. He is not moving." Alarm showed on Amaris' face "

The hostages had all fled and even the ones that were injured were taken care of and all gone. Amaris walked over to Anna and helped her drag both Lyle and the squad leader toward where Taji was treating the men that were being brought from behind the wall. Anna walked into the woods to change back. They had left their clothes at the edge of the woods for later. Anna came back to talk with Amaris. Taji came to stand next to Anna. "That is everyone for now, until the next wave. Sounds like they have the vampires that escaped taken care of. What do we do now? Wait?" Anna put her hands up. "Did anyone see Christos, Marco, or any of their men?" Anna looked from Taji to Amaris. "I don't think they came out. Were they in the hostage fence? Did either of you see them?" Amaris tried to think back, but since she had been trying to concentrate at the time, she did not pay any attention to the hostages. "I did not see them, but I was concentrating more on keeping the shields up.

"What? Why would you go marching in there. You are the one that they want." Lyle said, dropping his arms now. Amaris looked him straight in the eye. She had expected him to put up resistance. "I do not know where they are, or even if they are in there. I can not communicate with them, so I am also not sure if my powers would be able to reach them, which means that we go in." She put her hands on her hips this time. Lyle looked hesitant, but just backed up and put out his hand signaling her to lead the way. Amaris walked to the hole in the wall, and peaked around the corner to make sure that there was no one around. She did not see anyone. As she was about to step out from around the corner, Lyle sauntered in without waiting to see if the coast was clear. Amaris scowled at him. She took a few quick steps and caught up to him. "Don't you think that we should be more careful? We do not know if there are anymore enemies here." She said in a low whisper. Lyle shrugged.

Amaris walked forward to the center door. She put her hand on the handle and hesitated. She knew that her powers were not working in here, but she still concentrated and wished that this was the right door. She took a deep breath and turned the handle. It silently opened without any effort. It slowly swung out. The door was heavy, now that it was open she could see that it was metal, and had huge hinges that held it up from the inside. The door opened out into a dark hallway. It was hard to see much of anything in the dark, but at the end of the hallway, Amaris could see that it opened out into a huge room. There was some light coming from there and Amaris could see that there was a railing as if there was a balcony over looking the room. Trying to move forward as quietly as she could Amaris stepped into the hallway. It was carpeted, and it helped to muffle her steps. She did not want to be heard. The hallway was dim, and even though there was not much light in the foyer

"You can call me Reggie." He says with a waggle of his eyebrows. Amaris mouth fell open in shock. Here she was face to face with the man who had been hunting her. The one who had turned her life upside down. Just who the hell does he think he is? The King started to walk toward Amaris. She stood her ground and glared at him. "So you are the one that has been hunting me all this time. Why?" She had so many more questions. Why have you killed so many people? Why are you holding all of these people? What are you planning to do with them? What are you planning to do with me? She knew if she was patient she would get her answers. The King walked beside her and put his arm around her. "Well of course. You, my dear, are the chance of a life time. I simply could not pass you up." He began to walk her forward toward the dais. He continued on as he walked with her slowly "I must admit your parents had me fooled. They disappeared. I had no idea where they were. Then their