Children of Fey and Night: Chapter Nineteen

The Legion of Thieves

Children of Fey and Night

Politics

Maximilian Martell 

"Trey do you think you'll be able to beat Maekar?" I asked him as I gathered all the silver jewelry I had from my room. I had on about ten armbands and bracelets, a ring on each finger, and about a dozen necklaces, a couple large earrings in each ear, and a massive silver belt buckle.

"No, but I have to try. Otherwise there's no way Alyssa and I can be together." Trey said trying to stay as far away from me as possible.

"I know Dawn can sound inspiring when she wants to be... but this is a suicide mission." I said examining a set of silver buttons.

"You can say that again." Someone commented from my door. I looked up and found Xaro leaning against my door-frame.

"What's up? Here to wish us good luck on our 'death mission'?" I asked throwing the button's back in a drawer with the rest of my silver jewelry. I had amassed quite a collection and I was starting to run out of room.

Instead of answering Xaro turned to Trey. "What does Maekar think about you and Alyssa?"

Trey was taken aback. "Umm I'm... not sure. Alyssa and I kept our relationship a secret from everyone. The only person I told was Loki and look where that got him!"

"Actually," I said recalling my conversation with the vampire lord. "Maekar didn't seem to care about you and Alyssa being together when I talked with him." I relayed my conversation to them and Xaro seemed satisfied.

"Well it's your lucky night Trey! You don't have to kill Maekar!" Trey heaved a sigh of relief. But it was quickly replaced by a look of concern.

"But now that Vampire blood has been shed the other Vampire lords will be called to a war council. They won't tolerate Queen Visania any longer and begin plans for a massive invasion of the Fairies realm." Trey explained.

"Oh bullocks," I swore. "Dawn, Lissa and Alyssa are in the Fairy Realm right now!"

"Relax Max," Xaro said holding up a hand. "I doubt the vampires will be able to mobilize that quickly. It'll take them a couple of days right?" He asked turning to Trey.

Trey thought for a moment. "We Vampires haven't been at war since the American Civil War but I imagine they could get a large force together in twenty-four hours. To get every vampire in the world prepared to invade the Fairy Court... I'd say an additional forty-eight hours."

"Okay..." Xaro said quietly. I could see the gears turning in his head as he paced across my room.

"What are you thinking?" I asked him after a few minutes.

"Well we're in a tough spot. Dawn's plan is for her to take out Visania and then have Alyssa play the hero and take the throne. There's a lot of holes in her plan. She might not be able to defeat Visania, the Fairies might retaliate, a number of things could go wrong. Now if we sit back and allow the Vampires and Fairies to go to war they could cause a significant amount of collateral damage and the vampires may not be able to beat them. But if they killed Visania then Alyssa could rise to the throne that way." Xaro explained. "I really regret loosing my patience with Dawn now. I could've worked out a better plan."

"You said 'if we sit back'. But what if we sided with the vampires. We've been soldiers of fortune before, remember Liechtenstein?" I said recalling the winter we spent fighting German Cyclopes in the Alps. "If we sided with the Vampires we could minimize damage, spare some lives, and when the war is over negotiate a treaty!"

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