Chapter Nine:
Ambrosia POV:
When we walked into the meeting room I could feel how nervous Celeste was. Malachi seemed calm but he felt a little intimidated which was normal for someone who has never been in a situation like this before. "Please take a seat over there." I said pointing to the couch. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Alley, that is Emma, Charlotte, Diane, Jasmine, Stefanie and all of our mates." Alley said, pointing to everyone. "Hello everyone, I'm Malachi, this is my mate Celeste. What can we help you with?" Malachi asked in a calm tone. "Do all of the infected vampires overseas know each other?" Emma asked. "Not really, we never really talked to each other and the only time we really saw anyone was when a meeting was called." Malachi replied. "The only people to know literally everyone was Hervoux and myself, we had everyone running in different directions. They are what I consider loaners, and don't trust anyone." Celeste added. "So if we were to disguise ourselves to go and spy per say would it work?" Stefanie asked. "I don't see why not, we could give you a crash course on how to behave. It is simple in all honesty." Malachi replied. "Just be mindless, ruthless and if challenged in a certain way you must know that it is to the death." Celeste added.
Everyone looked around for a second, then talks erupted. No one wanted their mates to go and I took a deep breath and pinched the bridge of my nose. "Pythia and I will go as we said earlier. No offense but none of you can be as ruthless as we can be." I said looking around. "Is that meant to be an insult?" Collin asked. "Not at all, I've learned that wolves try to talk before action. In this case you must be the one that kills before a word is spoken. Can you move that fast?" I asked, looking at him. "She's right, Collin shut up hide your looks. Gotta have red eyes, black hair and like Celeste said, act mindless."up." Josh snapped. "We can be that way too." Collin argued. "Not to that extent. No offense to any of you but they can like flip a switch and give zero shits about a life and right now that is what is needed." Jasmine replied. "No offense taken but you are correct. Vampires and dark witches tend to have more of a mental block when it comes to that sort of stuff. It's like it is embedded within us." I said. "I'll go with." Jeremy said, looking at me. "Jeremy, no offense but you've been out your entire life until we pulled you back in." I replied. "Um. Who is he?" Celeste whispered. "The lost rogue king but I hid him away so his father couldn't turn him as bad as him." I replied. "But much like you it is embedded with me too. I didn't leave a pack or get kicked out. I was born in to it which means it is in my blood." Jeremy said.
I took a deep breath. I wasn't really sure if he could pull it off. "But you were saved with the rest of them. Maybe it's not in your blood anymore." Cass tried to reason. "Just because we were saved doesn't mean it's always gone. The rogue king might be sleeping but isn't dead." Jeremy replied softly. "He's right." Stephen said, making us look at him. "All of us are born a certain way. Just like you Ambrosia, you aren't near as bad as you use to be but in the blink of an eye you can go back to that roaring murderous bitch, no offense. Jeremy could do the very same." Stephen added, making me laugh. "Roaring murderous bitch? I like the sound of that but I would prefer ruthless murderous bitch but you are correct I suppose. Is this what you really want to do Jeremy?" I asked, looking at him. "I owe you so much for what you did. Any chance I get to help then I will." Jeremy replied. I nodded my head. "We will have to cover your scent, I'll go and see Lillith after this." I said. "Actually I may have some stuff." Stephen replied, holding up a little bottle. "I got some for the trackers. Go ahead and start spraying yourself." He added. Jeremy nodded and took the bottle from Stephen before stepping back to spray himself. "Alright, as for the two of you, what do we need to do?" I asked, looking at Celeste and Malachi. "Well, black paint for one if you are wanting to Malachi replied. "When I say that, I mean act ruthless, don't answer any questions and don't really speak a lot." Celeste added.
This all seemed like a lot of work if we were just going to kill them. "That seems like a lot." Xander said, echoing my thoughts. "I mean, if we are just going to kill them why does it matter?" Jeremy asked. "Good point, I just don't want them to be able to run off and warn the others." I replied. "I'll have the other guardians up top to catch whoever tries to run off but I think this should be a quick grab and go." Xander said. "We just need to get the children out of both packs, keep your eyes open and watch everything. We can determine then and there if they are worth saving or not." Jeremy said. "If anything goes wrong you are to call us and we will be right there." Jackson said, looking at me. "When do you want to go?" Jeremy asked. "How about within the hour? Tye and I have plans tonight." Pythia said from the doorway. "That gives us enough time to separate from Sage and Delilah and get Jeremy back into shape a little bit. Xander, go round the ones you want to go up." I said looking over my shoulder. "We will get things situated and ready for the children. Celeste, would you mind helping?" Alley asked with a smile. "Oh um, of course." Celeste replied. "Malachi can come with us and tell us a little more about the infected." Jackson said. "Of course, any help I can give." Malachi replied. I kissed Jackson on his cheek. "Be back as soon as we can." I whispered before walking off.