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"You didn’t have to offer to do this You could have just given her the co-ordinates on a map Anyone could have done the job"

She nodded absently No, not anyone Poor Marion She would be devastated when she found out that her sister was breaking every one of the supernatural rights laws But noas not the tiet back to the pack and to Vilhelether they could put her new plan into action She hated the thought of leaving those children down there, but she couldn’t just charge in Marita would throw her in prison and then where would they be? No She needed an army The most powerful army at her disposal The political kind

"And you’re sure you don’t want to involve Lucien?" Vanne queried, a frown of worry creasing between his eyebrows

Caia sighed, glancing around the room "I told you, he doesn’t need to do this, and he’s with Rose right now seeing her through her recovery"

Marita glowered at her husband "The lykan doesn’t need to follow her everywhere, Vanne Caia is quite capable of taking care of this by herself"

Yeah, like that hat you wanted

She nodded anyway, thinking of how annoyed Lucien would be when he found out She should at least tell him before she left

It was only a few hours after she’dover the plan to destroy the lab one more time The lab was situated on the Left Bank in the Latin Quarter in the baseuarded by only one daeh

"You know, I could do this by myself," Phoebe suddenly declared, her eyes narrowed on Caia’s now pinched face "Caia has only just woken up fro unconscious for 24 hours"

It was nice of her to offer but Caia was not letting anyone do this alone "No I’ Phoebe to do this with her so soon after their ordeal in Remnant Forest, but she should have anticipated that Phoebe would actually be looking forward to the action If Marita hadn’t insisted on soone in alone

"You’re sure?" Marita hesitated "Because I can send extra people in with you"

"No A group going into an abandoned club would look conspicuous Phoebe and I can handle this"

"Are we ready to go then?" Phoebe strode towards the exit "Marion has a portal waiting"

"Wait"

The Rogue Hunter turned with a look of irritation "What?"

"You go on ahead to the reception I have to do soave her Rose’s roolee

Leaving to do this without infor Lucien would piss him off, and not least of all because technically as her Pack Leader she had toto undertake Slowly, quietly, she walked down the white corridor to Rose’s roo up speed despite herself She wondered just how pissed off he was going to be that he was out of the loop on this one

"Do you have to leave?"

Rose

Caia stopped and peered around the corner of the hallway to see Lucien standing in the threshold of Rose’s bedroom

He chuckled "I’ll be back in five I just need to order soet it delivered to these parts"

"Show off, with your fancy room and fancy room service"

She sounded as exhausted as Caia felt Caia shook her head Rose should never have been in that fight