" Xanda, with all due respect, I have yet to see you do anything against these mutts, they have attacked us. They are gathering packs, now they have grouped up. Yet you still sit here doing nothing, they are gaining an army and you haven't done anything. They will storm this place, killing our species while you sit idly by. I have called the elders. I have demanded a meeting. Boy, you know I respected your father and I have respected you. Until now, I had all my faith in you. But this idling will not serve us any favors. I know you have been searching for your father. He was a dear friend of mine. But he is no longer of any use to anyone, he will either show up or he won't, word will come of him eventually. Your priority isn't him right now Xanda, it is the thousand plus vampires in your c