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Micah heard a voice in his head and huffed as he knew who it was. Gabriel? Well, he convinced me to hate my sister for a time and think that she's the reason why I am the way I am until I watched her from afar and deep down, I always knew that what he was saying was a lie. But he had someone he loved before he turned Arden. A vampire had killed her. She was his soulmate, her name was Sarah. They were going to be parents but I don't know what happened to the child. She had given birth but I never heard whether the child had died from the vampire also or not. He never went into detail. He explained.

Greyson looked at Isaac curiously as he knew that something wasn't right about him. He claimed that he killed Lilith but he had heard that her fledgling had killed her. "What I don't understand is that you're a werewolf and yet you claim that you killed Lilith when I heard that a vampire who she created had killed her." He explained and then rubbed his head.

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Then there might be a chance...Faye, I'll let Arden and Alice know about this and hear what they have to say about you being bait and tell Gabriel that you're with child. Maybe you can get him talking about that. He turns back to Greyson, tilting his head to the side a bit as if thinking.

"Well, there is a chance she could have survived, she seemed dead to me. After all, its hard at times to tell when a vampire is dead unless you burn them, which I hadn't done because I just wanted to get away from her." Roselle looks at him from the corner of her eye, having her suspicions as to what Lilith had done to him since she was unstable without her Adam. She then clears her throat to get everyone's attention again.

"Anyways, in order for me to be able to draw him I'll also need something to cover my scent. If he catches a whiff of me he might try attacking me, which would completely ruin the plan. Is there a way to mask my scent to make it harder for him to find me? I'll be up in the trees, but I know werewolves can jump really high anyways."

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Faye nodded and then rested her head on his lap as she yawned.

Greyson was skeptical but just nodded in acknowledgement to move past the subject. There was more to discuss here. "Well, the best way to cover your scent is to make you smell like either one of us or a human. But it would have to be a ton of humans to completely get rid of your scent for a short amount of time. His sense of smell is stronger than most. I think it will be easier for you to smell like a wolf than a human unless you go to a crowded place right before we do this. What do you think?" He asked looking at Rosella.

"Maybe having her smell like one of us will be better. You can borrow some of my clothing." She offered the vampire. She seemed like the most approachable of the werewolves, aside from Arden and Alice.

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"Hm...I guess that would be the quickest and easiest way to cover my scent. And going to town to cover my scent would be a waste of time that could be spent planning." She listens to Seraphim's suggestion and nods her head in agreement, "I don't mind, a vampire's sense of smell is not as keen as a wolf's. Granted we can smell things from the same distance, but a wolf's nose can get more information from a scent. So where we could tell you that there's flowers near a certain spot a wolf can tell you what flower it is, if its pollinating and probably how many flowers there were. Anyways, I can hide up in the trees, which I believe will help cover my scent as well. If you can try to keep him still for about a minute I should have enough reference to draw him no matter what."

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Seraphim nodded. "You're correct on that assumption. I can tell what was in this room, who was in it and who it belongs to from smell alone. But, that doesn't really help my case since by looking around, we know all that information." She stated. "I don't have much clothing but you may wear whatever you would like. The more you're covered up, the better. But if you come with me, I will take you back to my pack, though I will have to sneak you in, the others don't know about you or how we are working with you. I don't think it would be good to let them know either." She stood up, bowing to the other Alphas, stared at Faye and Isaac knowing that something was off about those two. "If you excuse us. We shouldn't be long." She told Arden and Alice. They both nodded and excused her.

Tell Arden what we are going to do. Faye encouraged him. She thought he would be able to explain it better and get through to Arden more so than her. Plus, he could talk to everyone and inform them of the plan. If they didn't like it, she would just think of another one. Or try to at least.

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"Sounds like a good idea to me, what with the reactions I got when everyone met up, and the reaction when I came to ask about what the problem was." Getting up she follows Seraphim, bowing slightly to everyone else in the room out of respect before leaving.

I can try, but I don't know how much he'd like the plan. Isaac readies himself mentally as he begins telling Arden, Arden, there's something we want to do for this plan. Gabriel is really focused on us, since I was turned by Lilith, but you mentioned how he had a mate that was murdered that was with child, right? Faye wants to use herself as bait to lure him out and try to stall him by talking with him so that Roselle can draw him. Of course we'd need to keep a close eye on her, but it seems more likely to work than using me as bait. She wants to try and appeal to the part of him he had before he lost his soul.

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Seraphim looked at Rosella. "Do you think you can keep up with me? I plan on running there to get to my pack as soon as possible and then run right back here. The sooner we execute our plan, the better but it also depends on if they develop a plan to get him to stay long enough for you to draw him." She stated.She didn't want to take off in case Rosella wouldn't be able to keep up with her. Last thing they needed was for her to get lost trying to keep up.

Arden interlocked his fingers and thought about Isaac's plan. Lifting an eyebrow, he looked at him and Faye and thought about the plan for a moment. If you're willing to let Faye face Gabriel, then so be it. I will not stop her but know that he may kill her and the child if he thinks he's being set up. Or even if he doesn't there is still a great chance for him to kill her and your child. But if you think it will work, we can try and we will keep eyes on her so we can try to stop anything bad from happening to her. Tell them your plan. You will have my support if they don't listen.

Faye was nervous but she kept a brave face knowing that Isaac wouldn't let anything bad happen to her. She knew that she could count on him, and there were plenty of strong alphas who were helping so she felt even more safe. Hopefully that girl can draw fast though.

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"Probably, if there are enough trees anyways. I like sticking to the trees, gives me a better view of the ground." Nodding her head she waits to hear what the others plan on doing.

Isaac takes a deep breath, clearing his throat to get everyone's attention, "As you can see, my mate Faye is with child, which I've reluctantly consented to the suggestion she's just made. She would like to use herself as bait, hoping that she can somehow distract him by appealing to the part of him that had lost his own mate and child. There should still be memories he had of them which may prevent him from attacking her right away, and possibly give Roselle time to draw Gabriel. I don't like the idea but to seems like our best shot at this."

Roselle goes frigid, turning round and glaring with crimson eyes at him, "How could you let her want to put herself in danger like that?! Even more so when she's going to be having a baby!" She begins pacing around, grabbing her hair like she's about to pull it out. "That is an absurd idea! You could end up just like Gabriel if she gets killed! You don't want to risk that, I'm telling you right now!" Her frustration and emotional distress is very obvious and very strong.

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Faye growled at Roselle. She wanted to do this! She wanted to contribute! She only growled to warn the vampire that she wanted to do this. She didn't want to be useless just because she was pregnant. Tell them that it was my plan! Don't let the others think that it was your plan! I don't want them upset with you for telling them what I think. Faye insisted.

"Calm down! Roselle, she wants to help and I honestly think that the plan is the best one so far. If he's as bad as what Isaac had said, about how soulless he is, then having Faye who's pregnant could remind him of his pregnant mate! He might even confuse her with his dead mate! If that happens then that would be ideal since he won't even attack her. It will give you more time to draw her out." Arden stated, giving Isaac his full support.

The other alphas contemplated. "But this truly isn't something for a lady, no offense Luna Alice, Alpha Seraphim. We will just have to take extra measure to make sure that we keep her safe." Lark suggested.

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Roselle is shaking visibly, taking soothing breathes to try and calm herself. After a moment she's finally calmed down, "Sorry about that, with us vampires it is extremely hard to have children, and when a female is with child everyone in the clan does what they can for the mother and child to be. You could say my instincts to keep a mother away from any harm kicked in there. I forgot that werewolves don't have it as bad as us when it comes to that. If that's what you want to do I won't stop you, just please be careful." Her face pales a bit, but she shakes it off, "Come on Seraphim, let's go before I start freaking out again. I want to get this done and over with, with as few casualties as possible."

Isaac breathes a sigh of relief when she lives, "I did not expect that kind of reaction from her. For a moment there I thought she might faint with the way she was acting, I didn't know that vampires could have children, I had thought they always turned people. Anyways, thank you. It would help ease my mind knowing that we're going to give her as much protection as possible. Though someone might have to keep an eye on me, in case I snap if he does begin acting like my mate is his mate."

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Seraphim nodded and left with Roselle. "I understand why you're upset at the idea of using Faye as bait. She's a mother to be and yet you people have a hard time getting pregnant. It seems rather selfish since they are able to get pregnant and yet for you, it's hard. But it's the best chance we have I think and besides, they might come up with another plan, they were just throwing out ideas." She said trying to comfort the vampire even though she talked in a monotone voice.

Faye shook her head. Neither did I but it's good that she did. It shows that she does care about others. And she said that her clan does whatever they can for a mother to be. I think that's nice. I feel bad that it's hard for them to get pregnant though. I'm glad that it wasn't hard for us. She nuzzled her head into Isaac.

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Isaac scratches behind her ears affectionately, I'm surprised, as is probably anyone else that saw that. What with how vampires coming off as being heartless or lacking emotion, seeing such a reaction is completely unexpected. It is a shame that its so hard for them to have children, it probably would have avoided such a bloody war between the two races. This would also explain their vengeful attacks after one of their own dies too. Maybe there will be a time when we'll have our own clan or pack that is like this one or Roselle's clan. Anyways, I know you're brother is not going to like this but I'm going to let him know about the plan since everyone seems to be alright with it.

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Faye shook her head. No, absolutely not! We are NOT telling my brother anything! He will try to come after you and I really don't want you to die on me because he will do everything possible to kill you for allowing me to be in harms way and then he will try to kill Gabriel and fail miserably because he can't be stopped by normal means. She told Isaac. The thought of Micah fighting Gabriel despite lacking the power scared her. He was the one who turned her brother, there was no way he would be able to defeat him.

Seraphim picked out an outfit for Roselle to wear once she got to her pack. She snuck Roselle in secretly, without anyone noticing, though no doubt they would wonder why they smell vampire. After getting an outfit, she handed it over to her. "Here, I hope it fits, I on't seem like I'm bigger than you." She said as she handed off the light blue and white dress over to the vampire.

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Alright my love, I won't. But if he's participating in this hunt he'll find out either way. I'll let you decide what is best in that regard. He looks up at the alphas gathered there, "So alphas," he bows his head slightly in respect, "have we come to a conclusion about the plan? Are there those in your clan you believe will be accepting, even if a bit grudgingly, working with the vampires in this matter? I don't think the ones in our pack will be enough, even if its at least a couple from your packs would help. Do you agree Alpha Arden?"

Roselle takes the dress, pausing a moment to look at it, "This is actually simple yet very pretty, thank you for letting me use it. I'll try not to let it get ruined if I can." Quickly she puts it on and follows Seraphim, she wasn't going to try and remember the packs location, she really didn't want to have another war start.

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Faye let out a sigh as she thought about what she should tell her brother. No way would he ever accept her being the bait. He was too protective over her, he was her brother after all. Even if they hadn't been in each other's lives, that didn't mean he loved her any less. Do we really need to involve my brother? Wouldn't our group right here be enough? She asked. She was nervous about what Micah would do to Isaac especially knowing that he was putting her in harms way even if it was Faye's idea.
The alphas all looked at each other and then they all nodded. "Yes, that seems to be our better option right now." One stated. "Well, even if there isn't, they will have to. But we have to do this with minimal people as possible. If he smells a lot of us, he might know what's happening or get an inkling that something's up." Greyson stated.
Arden thought about it. "I think Greyson is right. I think we should do it with as little people as possible. And what will worry me the most is if he knows that we are all alphas, that would also tip him off. I don't know if he does or doesn't so it's a chance we have to be willing to take. We will take our betas with us. Leave our third in command to run the packs while we are gone." Arden announced.
"What? What if an enemy finds out that our packs leaders are gone? We can't leave our members so vulnerable! Our third in command won't be enough!" Lark stated, very unpleased with the idea.
"What, you have no confidence in your third? He's still plenty stronger than the other pack members, otherwise, why do you have a third that can easily be taken down?" Arden questioned.
"That's not what I'm saying! I have confidence in him but he's only one person! He won't be able to help everyone in the pack if rogues attack!" He explained.
"Well, if everyone feels strongly about that, then it will just be us. The less people the better but also the less people, the more likely we won't win." The room went silent.

Seraphim nodded. "My pleasure. Do not worry about the dress though. If I had not wanted that dress to become ruined, I wouldn't have given it to you." She told Roselle. Being conscious of getting a dress dirty while in battle would be hard. She was fully expecting her to get it dirty and most likely even torn.

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Well, he hasn't come to the meeting, so I'm guessing he's going to try and do his own thing. If that's the case we'll only have to tell him when he comes to the group. Isaac didn't like this either way, but knew he'd be in trouble with Micah whether he was told or not. He can sense the tension in the room over the discussion of how many each pack will take with them. He just hopes that they can beat Gabriel, though Isaac wishes there was a way to save him even if he's caused so much pain and suffering. Gabriel has suffered himself, which got him wondering if soulmates can be reborn. And if his already was, would he be reborn to be with her? Isaac hopes that if they do kill him he could at least be reborn to be again with his mate since he had suffered so much in this life.

The two of them finally make it back, Roselle letting her clan members know what's going on, then heads back to the other alphas. "Is there a chance that the rest of my clan can get something to wear over their clothes? Or would you rather they keep their distance and I call for them when we need more help?"