The Blood Queen

Five

The five young masters stare at each other as if any of them were willing to build an alliance to attack Luciela.  Nisha, Malik and Paine locked eyes and started debating if the risk was worth it.  

"I'm out." Myth said. 

"Me too." Daria said afterwards.  

"We can do this.  She doesn't seem like she's stronger than Jarlen."  Nisha spoke to Malik and Paine through her mind.

"With the three of us together, it would be hard for us to beat Jarlen.  However with the right opportunity and timing, we could do it." Paine said. 

"Yes, maybe we could take on Jarlen it it was the three of us together, but would all three of us survive the fight?" Malik said.  "Either one or two of us would have died in the fight to take over Jarlen's territory.  But with Luciela's unknown fighting abilities and power we are too much at a disadvantage to go into the fight head on.  We don't even have any information on her and my master never mentioned her status, let alone her name."  

"My master also did not tell me about her.  He just told me to always pay tribute to the old one.  That's it." 

"Mine as well." Paine said.  

"So what should we do?"  Malik asked. "I don't want an unknown master to answer to." 

"Us either."  Nisha said.  "Should we go all in?" 

"We should think things through."  Malik said. "Its not just our second life here that we are in charge of.  Its also the second lives of everyone in our coven." 

"I'm in." Paine said to them.  "I don't care who she think she is.  I have no master for he is already dead."  

"I'm in too." Nisha said.  "My head bows to no one."  

Malik stood there staring at the two most hot headed masters in Crevein Ciy and shook his head no. 

"I'm out."  Malik told them.  "I like to see my neck free from rope. I'm out." 

"I am also out." Malik announced.  

"Both Nisha and I will challenge you."  Paine told everyone out loud.  

Jarlen smiled giddily and announced the closing of Blood Madness.  There were complaints and boo's, but everyone got a special v.i.p. vouchers for them and four of their friends.  After getting the vouchers, none of the humans complained.  However the nightwalkers all stayed behind.  They all felt the strong power hovering over their heads and felt the pressure surrounding them. They knew something big was going down.  

When the club was emptied out, Jarlen's workers cleaned up the place before the masters of the city along with Luciela came down to the dance floor.  A large group of nightwalkers have already surrounded the edges of the dance floor and each young master went to their perspective coven group.  By the time Luciela came down stairs every Blood Heart coven member had bowed deeply towards Luciela.     

"Blood Hearts greets our Queen."  Sandor said.  

The Phantom Void also followed their Master even though they didn't know who she was.  They complied and followed their Master. 

"Phantom Void greets our Queen."  Daria said.  

"Pure Bloods greets our Queen." Myth said as her and her coven bowed as well.  

Seeing Myth, Daria and Sandor bow to Luciela he hesitated to bow to her.  Although he hated to have another Master, he would rather be safe than sorry.