alongside him. We came to what looked like an old warehouse. It was as if we had got lost and was on the wrong side of town. The really rough side of town. We came to the door on the side of the building and got stopped by guards. The guards were big and had weird tattoos on them that had no rhyme or reason. Jake saw how I was looking at the guards and he leaned down to whisper. He said those tattoo’s were like spells written on them. “Those guards do nothing but protect the council. There are many more guardians. That’s what we call them." I understood you didn't want to mess with them. All they know is to protect and they will die for whoever they protect. The two huge doors opened and as we walked in one at a time the guards went over us with what seemed like a sixth sense. Their hands never touched us just glided over our bodies. As if their hands were some kind of metal detector. As I walked in the darkness I saw a small light and followed it. Soon we were in what seemed like a large den with a huge fireplace and ancient looking books all around. It was magnificent I loved to read and there was enough books to last a life time in here. We walked on through and came to another door. On that had symbols on them like the ones on the guards outside. As soon as we were all there the doors swung open and we stepped inside. There was a row of seats in the middle and all around were these throne type chairs that looked like what king and queens sat in a long ago. The whole room looked like it had been made for royalty. Thick red velvet drapes with gold trim that went to the floor to the ceiling. The floor was white marble with I think real gold chips! It shined so beautifully. I had never seen anything so elegant in my life! We all followed behind Victor, he seemed to know what he was doing. The guards that stood to each side of the chairs ushered us to take a seat. As soon as we sat down the council came in and sat in there twenty-two throne like seats, I counted. They all still looked very young and beautiful only some of them had a porcelain look to them. Like they could break even though I know it's hard to kill a vampire. But they looked like if you dropped one they would shatter into a million pieces. Jake told me last night that some of them were hundreds of years old and one he knows of is in the thousands! Only two were women the others were men. The air became thick and I already could feel the tension in the room. Almost too thick to swallow. I think I even heard a hiss or two. I already was feeling uneasy and now I was ready to run away. I wish I never had to come. One of the men stood up bowed his head to each of the council and said "let's begin." Victor bowed his head and took his seat between Daymon and me. Victor had to seat with us and not with the council today. Jake was on the other side of Victor. I could tell Jake was not happy about that. I could feel his emotions pouring through me. Anger, love, sad, even a little scared. He kept his head forward though and his face like stone. I on the other hand looked everywhere until the same man that bowed his head came forward. It was Zadok. He hated Daymon and from the looks of things, he’s in charge. That’s not good. Zadok came straight to me and put his hands on my face. He did with a kind of gentleness and loving manor. He whispered in my ear “I am so sorry dear; this will be the hardest for you.” I started to shake a little. What did
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