Secret War

Chapter 16

16

Riya's POV

Hell they were difficult to get rid of. I sighed and stared pitifully down at Misha's body. He'd really gone too far this time and he knew it. I waited until I was sure they were out of hearing range. From their thoughts I could tell that they were really curious about what I was going to do. I hadn't told them that much about the Council of Strigoi because I didn't want them to have to worry about the rules too much and I wanted them to have as little to do with the damned Council as possible. They were really stubborn whenever it came to wanting to recruit people for its guard or getting people to join. I knew from personal experience. That's why I normally had as little to do with them as possible too. But they liked to drop in for a visit every now and then and most of the time they succeeded in scaring the shit out of me. I swear they enjoy making me jump but I supposed that even really old Strigoi needed something to entertain them with.

Taking a deep breath I tried to remember what to do. It had been years since there was serious trouble so it had been a while since I contacted them. There was an old magic, as old as the wards linked with this. Preparing myself, I summoned the 10 leaders of the Strigoi Council...

There was nothing for a while and I began to wonder whether I had done the summoning wrong since it had been over ten years since I last tried it. Then all of the sudden, a massive dog appeared and jumped on me. What did I do? I screamed of course.

"Jesus Christ!!!" I screeched landing flat on my ass. "Oh thanks for taking your sweet time guys." I groaned rubbing Kiki's ear.

"It's been a while little Raisa." Blake bowed like a perfect gentleman and gave me a hand up while kissing my hand in the process. William Blake, leader of North America. He wore a simple suit without the blazer this time thank god! Dark hair fell to his shoulders and he had a very fit looking body too.

"Hi Blake, long time no see." I grinned.

"Hey don't we get a Hi?" the others complained and I grinned. You'd think that the leaders of Strigoi were scary wouldn't you? Well, they were when they wanted to be and when you broke the rules, but generally around me, they were like this. In part they were my family too but they were also damn persistent about me joining them as a master, or rather more than that. They wanted me to be a Council member too. It didn't mean that I had to stay in the bloody council chamber all the time but I just didn't want the title. It seemed too big for me to take on and I wasn't sure whether I was prepared.

I hugged them all in turn. Malerna was the leader of Latin America. She had the sharpest eyes ever! Nothing could ever escape her, there was nothing you could hide from her it was scary sometimes.

Jasper or Jazzy was in charge of Olympia. He was the strongest empath I'd ever met. He could affect anyone within a 3 mile radius.

Raphael or rather Rafe was in charge of Europe. Hell he has big shoes to fill! I mean come on the whole of Europe!

Eshe was in charge of Africa and she was the sweetest most motherly person you'd ever meet.

Faa-Lin was in charge of China and she was really cool! She could control certain trees and flowers to help her.

Haru was in charge of Japan and she was definitely not someone to mess with either.

Maxim or rather Max was in charge of Russia and I saw him every now and then. He loved scaring me the most. Especially with Kiki. See, Kiki's his dog and she could sneak up on a Strigoi which is just downright scary.

Agon was in charge of Australia. Yes I know it's odd for there to be many Strigoi in such a hot country but trust me; there are a lot of them there, or rather, enough for there to be a leader of some sort to keep the order.