After Lucian left the manor, Dante began to organize his men to amplify the defenses of the manor. Dante detailed men to begin setting up the warding against the vampire and others for extra guard duty. Dante then sat in the dining hall and began to eat a quick breakfast and considered the potential for a new plan. He knew the vampire would most likely target them for no other reason than they knew of its existence. He also knew if they wanted to discover the fate of those who were abducted; they needed to get the information from the vampire. It would be necessary to capture the vampire if they wanted to get any information out of it and the best way to do it would be an ambush.

  It was as in the middle of his breakfast that Willow came down. He looked like he had not slept all night. Willow sat and Dante told him he should get some food. Dante signaled a young soldier and ordered him to bring Willow some food, and they began to talk. “Do you think my sister is alive?” Willow asked. “I don’t know but I think it is likely. We disrupted the vampires plan, and we saw another abduction over the course of the night. I am thinking it likely that one or both are still alive, but I can’t say for how long.” Dante said, “I think it will attack us here at some point and I intend to use the opportunity to try and capture it”. “Why do you think it will attack you and why do you think it will attack here?” Willow asked. “It will attack us here because it will desire to eliminate us. We have shown that we are a threat to it. The vampire will attack here because it is the best way to eliminate us all at once. It still thinks it is greater than us and that we represent only a small threat. That will be a weakness we can exploit. I will leave a hole in our defense that we can use in an ambush. We will have to capture or eliminate it since an ambush will only work once.” Dante said “If you want, I can arrange another safe house for you with Lucian. I know he is organizing the guard to try and find your sister and the other abducted woman.” Willow nodded “I want to stay here, if there is a chance we can capture and interrogate that vampire, I want to be a part of it. I know some magic, so I am not totally defenseless.” Dante nodded and they finished their breakfast while Dante laid out his plan for the ambush of the Vampire.

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