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Charles pulled a cell phone out of his pocket He read the report texted to him

"What is it?" Jonny asked One of the few va to access Charles' thoughts, a trick he'd picked up while learning how to harness his newfound power

"Vigilante got one of our teams"

Jonny rolled his eyes "I don't have ti up vah" He started walking through the bodies to ensure every one of his enemies was dead Valon was too sainst him The recruits would have no idea where their leader was hiding

"He usually targets the rogue eleht be worth directing towards the rogues," Charles

"The idiot will be dead in a week or less"

"Yeah You want me to do the usual here?" He lanced around, unconcerned about leaving the bodies of traitors The smell of newly turned vamps, however,led by the rogue leader Valon, werethes first"

Charles raised an eyebrow

"Fangs to show the rogues and our own recruits how serious I am about betrayal Bodies for the White God to clean up for once, since I' half ot human witnesses What do you want done with the towards the five hotel employees herded into a corner by three of his loyal vamps "Dinner," he said "Catch and release protocol"

"Want one saved for you?"

"Female, red hair"

"Always delicious" Charles said, entertained A true predator, he never cared about the appearance of whoever he drained, but Jonny had taken a liking to redheads for dinner "I'll take her back to your place We had a good night"

It was hard for Jonny to be optimistic when his failure as a leader had lead directly to this night Inexperience and war, coanization whose traditions spanned tens of thousands of years before he was born, resulted in constant crisis Refor to suspect would cost hi before this mess was over

"Did our team report in with the talisman?" he asked