A night on the town(A year and a half ago)

[Dane]

Dane turned to look at his fellow vampire. “You do really have a way with words. Very inspiring, I think you feel the same way towards them, don't you?" He turned to look back at Alena. The Vampire King stood quietly as the other two dark creatures spoke his mind. Alena's words; it's more or less what he expected her to say. However, it appeared that Rome may have been a little dearer to her than he initially thought. That was something he would need to keep in mind for the future. "I don't expect anything from this rutting beast. But, like I said before; I have a code. I let my enemies know they'll be attacked prior to it actually happening? Is it stupid? Maybe, but I respect my enemies; it's why I always come out on top. That and I receive much pleasure knowing that my enemies cannot stop me. Call me cocky if you will, I am." Dane smiled, war is what he wanted. The vampire forces still hadn't recovered since they're defeat at the Lycan Den; he did not have the men to save Rome, but he would up the recruiting by tenfold. By maybe a year or two down the line it will be a different story. "That's terribly sorry to hear. So much for diplomacy." He shrugged his shoulders and then nearly in an instance his demeanor changed.

His eyes flashed red as he exposed his fangs and stepped forward, his face inches away from the werewolf's. "Consider this a warning, you will regret the day our paths cross again you silly wolf. You treat me like a fool, but you're impression of me will change and quickly. Soon you will see what I am capable of. Soon you will realize why it's me, not Viktor, and not your dead lover that's still standing after the dust that was our spat between vampires cleared. I will bring you to your knees, take away everything you hold dear, and then... when it's all said and down, I will leave you bruised, bloody and battered. You will not receive the sweet embrace the death and you won't have any of your pups left to comfort you." Dane quickly turned to face Ahmad. Still attune with his environment and ready if the Lycan Queen tried striking at him. "I'm down with her. Let's leave this damned city." He began to walk away, before turning back momentarily. "Oh and keep the gift. I hope it brings you comfort when you have nothing left." Those were his final words before disappearing into the night.

[Ahmad]

Ahmad stood back and watched as Dane went to work with his words towards Alena. Alena's reply had shown a weakness, and Ahmad wanted to pry at it more. But Ahmad knew that Ahmad wouldn't be able to kill her alone, he could certainly hurt her, but probably not kill her. The words of Alena's anger about her city were inspiring. Alena now had something she cared about, she had a weakness. Ahmad now turned his attention to Dane, and listened of his story of how he beat Viktor who killed Raven. Now Ahmad knew about how Viktor was still weak after fighting Raven. But Ahmad believed that any form of weakness should be put down like any lycan should be. Dane was quick to leave the scene, and Ahmad jumped up on to the building, but before following Dane to the next mission, he turned back to Alena. His eyes glowing red and his fangs fully shown, "You know I am going to find the one lycan you care about the most, and squash it like a bug. The veterinarian is in, and it looks like I have a lot of dogs to put down."

Ahmad quickly turned away into the night to catch up with Dane, he finally found Dane, stopped for a moment. Ahmad caught up to him quickly, "So Dane, when do we crush Stockholm?"

[Alena Wulf]

Glaring down at Dane as he stepped closer, Alena snorted softly from the Vampyre's smell. Raven had never smelled so profane to her before. Amusement danced in her blue eyes as Dane vowed vengeance, and she had to admit the thought of being left bruised, bloodied and battered tickled her like few other things could.
As the Vampyre turned to leave and added his retort about the gift, Alena knew she should end him. She should pounce on him and dig her teeth into the rancid, putrid flesh of his neck to rip his head off and be done with this all already. He'd invaded the city of her Den, killed over a dozen of her pups and threatened her and her race. However, something was holding her back. A morbid curiosity about what these two leeches would do was growing in her. That, and the thought of an actual fight appealed to her more than attacking this Vampyre's back; especially when the blood-suckers were out numbered in her city.
Alena laughed shortly at Ahmad's threat, muttering "Good luck," under her breath. Over the centuries, the Werewolves who'd meant the most to her had died, leaving not many left. Hell, of all her favorite lovers, only 2 remained alive: Geoff, whom she planned to keep close to her until his talents and strengths fully blossomed, and Szandor who was just shy of being a century younger than her and was very powerful in his own rights. For a moment, the Mother of Lycans thought on that; she had bad luck with lovers dying off. That or she was just really old. Both were possibilities.
She let the Vampyres scurry away, and just stood where she was for a moment, looking off in the direction they'd left. Alena considered just leaving the gift where it lay on the ground, and even turned around to leave, but stopped. Looking back behind her shoulder, curiosity once again got the better of the Werewolf Queen, and she turned to pick up the box in her giant paws. Her claws tore easily through the wrapping paper and opened a hole in the box to see what was inside...

[Dane]

Dane walked down the side-walk away from the Lycaness. He did not glance back or make a witty remark as he walked away. Instead, the vampire formed the most mischievous grin known to any face as he looked down at the group. Oh, if they only knew what they had coming for them. Then.... and only then would they stand a chance. His eyes glowed red as he ran his hand down his gut. If the vampire could still feel the sensation of butterflies in his stomach; this would be one of those moments. His anxiety would be off the charts. No, now he only treated everything with a calm and calculated mind. Still, he felt what he thought was joy at times. Like now, when he knew the first step of his plan was in initiation phase. His life goal as a vampire was nearly complete.

Upon Ahmad's approach Dane's eyes turned back to his natural blue and his smile quickly disappeared. "You seem to be forgetting something about our Lycan enemies; it's something I hope you don't in the future. They're senses are more keen than that of a human or even a vampire. I'm sure Alena or one of her pups could be overhearing this very conversation. However, I suppose this is something I can tell you both. Stockholm won't be first. Now without further ado I bid you good night, sir. I have something personal that needs to be seen to." He nodded slightly, before he continued his methodically walk into the distance.

Upon opening the box Alena could see his gift for her. It appeared to be a finely hand-crafted brown fur coat- made out of what Alena would quickly recognize to be the fur of a brethren, it came attached with a short letter on top of it. It read I made this just for you, I hope it keeps you warm at night.

[Ahmad]

Ahmad listened as Dane shared his advice about the lycan enemies. He looked around, "I know that, and they know we wouldn't be stupid enough to attack Stockholm now, I just figured that would be the best way to communicate to anyone hearing our little conversation that we have more power than they may realize and that they should not underestimate us. I just hope I get to be with you, or if I get to do this myself, when we rip her to pieces and dismantle the lycan empire. And Dane, you may have awakened me, and you may be the vampire king. But I must tell you now, do not underestimate me, i'm not some newly turned vampire who has no idea what he's doing. I've been around for a long time. Look don't take this the wrong way, I respect you, but I ask that you treat me the same way. We can't be doing this to ourselves, we need to keep organized. But I'll be out recruiting, my first stop is Spain, but hopefully I will be making my way to Paris soon." Ahmad leaped onto the nearby building, hoping his message got across to Dane as he left on his recruiting drive for the vampire cause.