Taking a deep breath, Euriella turned away from the window she was gaping through with great focus. She stood in place for a moment, contemplating what she had in front of her.

A large table occupied the center of the immense room, "Is everyone here?" she asked, her eyes moving from one person seated at that same table to another.

"I believe we're still missing a member," Anas spoke, drawing attention to himself from the rest of the attendees.

"An argent? Really? Why do we have to work with her anyways? The princesse even thinks she can make us wait," said Matt, bearing a nonchalant air.

"I don't remember ever mentioning you get a say in who joins us and who doesn't," Euriella spoke in her usual stern but soft voice.

"This entire thing is a joke," Jennifer commented, looking annoyed.

"I wouldn't say the entire thing. Well, perhaps the part where they brought you back to life is," Kali could no longer hold back her remarks towards Jennifer.

The latter didn't waste a second to exude her displeasure. She immediately pushed herself off of her chair, throwing it backwards behind her. Her eyes were already switching to a whiter shade, ready to have a go at Kali.

"Oooo! We're getting a cat fight!" another person in the room spoke up. The nogitsuné had decided to voice his amusement at the spectacle unfolding before him with twinkling eyes.

"Enough!" The entire room went dead quiet after Euriella's command. Her voice blared through and seemingly rattled their brains, by the way they all clenched their ears, in hopes of saving whatever they had left of their hearing.

They all had great powers of their own, but none of them could hold a candle to the banshee glaring at them with cold eyes. She had an air about her that could freeze hell over. Nobody in the room dared say a thing, as the echoes of the last word she'd yelled at them, still bounced between the walls of that massive dining hall.

It was like night came before its time, even though sunlight penetrated through the windows perfectly, it was as though her figure alone drained all its brightness and reach in that space.

"Ow! How nice of you all to wait for me!" Kate Argent appeared through the wide open doors. She walked towards a specific seat and threw herself on it without much class.

"You're late," Euriella pointed out.

"Well, a lady is certainly allowed to keep the masses waiting," she retorted with her signature unhinged smile.

"Huh... A lady...," Matt scoffed from the opposite side of the table.

"Okey kid, what is it with you? You've been giving me the stink eye ever since you came out of that toy box of yours," said Kate his way, her smile not leaving her face.

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"Alright then, now that we're all gathered, I'd like to start right away," Euriella cut the previously ongoing conversation short, as she sat on a chair of her own.

They all brought their attention on her person, in anticipation. She didn't say anything for the first few seconds. She just looked back at them, then at the silverware in front of her.

"Okey, so, before you take a hammer to my head, he had back up, and it was pretty solid back up," Matt went first, seeing as Euriella wasn't taking initiative, it struck him as a sign that she was the one awaiting reports.

"Is that so?" Euriella slightly squinted her eyes in his direction.

"I am not defending him or anything, but he's not bullcrapping. My target had help as well," Kate went next.

"And they were very much alive," said Jennifer.

"Yeah, no shit sherlock!" Kate retorted.

"No, you don't get it. You told me that Allison Argent was dead," Matt spoke again.

"Duh! but I'd rather it if you didn't utter her name, it feels like blasphemy in your mouth," said Kate.

"Oh yeah? Then how come she was the backup I mentioned?" Matt ignored her snarky remark and went straight to the point.

They all watched as Kate's fist somewhat clenched at his words. Those with supernatural hearing could clearly discern the change in her heart rate. The once untroubled expression she had, was tainted with intensity.

"I killed Boyd and Erica with my own hands, yet they're back too somehow. They came to help Derek," stated Kali.

"Deucalion is back too...," added Anas.

"What about you? Who stood in your way?" Euriella turned towards the nogitsuné, who'd remained silent since Kate's arrival.

"A celestial kitsuné, the same one that called upon me for revenge a few decades ago," he said, as heedless as always.

"I see. They brought us a gift of their own," Euriella chuckled a tad at the thought.

"It's more than that, it's like they knew exactly where we'd be, from the very start," Jennifer expressed the part that'd been eating her from inside.

"Ow, I don't doubt that. I see she made progress since the last time I saw her," Euriella thought out loud.

"Your sister? The one that you mentioned before?" asked the nogitsuné.

She kept her thoughts about that to herself. As Kate's stupor began to wear off, she felt ready to speak again, "So, we go again tonight?"

"No...," said Euriella, she dragged her tone, appearing pensive, selective of her words, "She wants to play? Fine, two can play the same game," a venomous smile drew itself across her features.

"Okey, so, what's the new plan then?" asked Kali.

"We keep them busy for now. You may do as you please in the following hours but, keep your strengths up for D day," she said.

"What about the master, when is he joining the party?" asked Matt.

"I think that's a bit above your paygrade, boy," Kate suggested, easing back into her eternal, naturally unbothered mood.

"Who rung your bells?" he snapped her way.

"In any case, she's right. You'll find out about him when you're supposed to find out," Euriella interfered again.

"Whatever, I am just glad I get to play with no rules," the nogitsuné chimed in.

"I'm guessing you got a plan of your own," said Jennifer.

"Nah... I don't make plans, I play games... And I like to win," he said, his entire focus on the silver spoon he was slowly spinning between his fingers. He was the first to excuse himself from the table after that. Kate Argent was second to leave, followed by Matt then Jennifer.

Kali, Anas and Euriella were the last three to remain seated, "Something on your minds?" she asked the two werewolves.

Kali watched as Anas looked downwards towards his lap, before she copied his action. The banshee waited for a short while, then she pushed her weight off her chair, just as the others had formerly done so.

Kali's eyes darted towards Anas once more, when they were left alone in the hall. She knew explicitly well what he had in mind, she just couldn't spell it out.