Chapter 93

**Mae pov **

Mihai is freaking the fuck out, and i can’t say i blame him, the whole idea of going there and asking for peace is crazy. But crazier things have been done, right?
If the hunter council want to meet then it means they are desperate, and we can take advantage of that desperation. We have to try. It would save so many lives. On both sides.
Besides, at the very least, it would by us some time, the meet isn’t for another three days. That is enough time t practice using magic. I won’t be perfect, far from it, but i should learn enough to be able to protect myself.
They want me to come alone, but i know that they won’t, whoever it was on the council sent that letter; they know how dangerous i am to them. They'll know what i can do.
All i have to do is convince Mihai that i will be fine, though that might take a little longer than three days.
I follow Dren out of the room, leaving Mihai behind to stew in his anger, “Where is our father?” i ask.
“He’s waiting for us downstairs; he didn’t want to disturb you until morning but i thought that it couldn’t wait.” he helps me down the stairs, my legs still a little strange form the woods. “I thought you ought to know sooner, then you can come up with a plan.”
“I have a plan.” i say, walking past him, “I am going to go to that meeting alone and broker peace.”
“You are crazy if you think that we will let you go alone.” Dren says, stopping me from walking.
What is it with people assuming that they have any control over what i do?
“Funny.” i growl. “I don’t remember asking for your opinion.”
Dren grabs my arm, “You cannot seriously be considering going alone, Mae, they’d kill you the moment you arrive.”
I hum a response, “I think you are wrong; they wouldn’t just call me there to kill me, they could do that here.”
The hunter council have no issue with breaking into people's homes to get their target, and i am no different, if they wanted me dead, I'd be dead.
They want something else from me, i just haven’t figured out what it is yet. But i will.
I snatch my arm back and walk into the dining room where father is waiting for me, leant against the table, “I take it Mihai did not like the plan?” he says.
“Mihai doesn’t have to like it.” i say with a growl, “None of you do, i am going there alone, and i am going to try and broker peace, or what truce i can.”
Luthor stands up straighter, looking behind me at his son, “that wasn’t the plan.”
I shrug, “I changed the plan.”
I walk out of the room and into the kitchen, not needing to look behind me to know that they are following me, they may think i am stupid and reckless, but i know what i am doing.
I have had to play the same game with the council my entire life, i know how they work, and they are not asking me there just to assassinate me.
This is an olive branch.
“Mae you need to think about this, you will be walking into a trap.” my father shouts, blocking my path to the fridge. “We need you alive, you cannot just throw away your life.”
“Move.” i snarl, baring my teeth at him.
He moves, rather quickly too.
I grab the jug of blood out of the fridge and pour myself a glass before turning back to them, “I know what i am doing, whether you believe that or not.”
“You might think that you know what you are walking in to Mae, but we don’t. We have no idea what they want from you.” luthor says, hands on his hips. “IF you go there alone and you are hurt, none of us will know. You could die out there.”
I shrug my shoulders, “You are right, i could die, but the council wouldn’t go to all of that trouble just to kill me. They have people who are trained for that.”
My father frowns, Dren silently watching in the background, “You seem to think you know how they work, so what do you think they want?” Luthor asks.
“That’s an easy one.” i say, not allowing them to see the lie, “They know what i am and they want me on their side.”
Luthor roars in anger, “All the more reason that you shouldn’t go!”
“I have to agree with your father.” mihai says coldly, entering the kitchen.
What is this some kind of intervention? I am not going out there to get myself killed. I am going there to save everyone i care about. Including Jake. Though i don’t know where he stands with what i am.
“jesus Christ.” i snap, unable to hold back my anger, “I am not going to get myself killed, will you all chill out??!”
“then what are you going to do Mae?” Mihai asks, stepping around my father, “Because to us it looks like you are walking headfirst into a trap that you won’t come out of.”
We seem to be going around in circles.
“I spent my whole life up until recently under the rule of the hunter council.” i say, sitting at the breakfast bar, “I know for a fact they didn’t send that letter just to get me alone, they could send enough people here to wipe us out in a heartbeat. They need me for something.”
“And you are willing to bet your life on that?” mihai asks me, taking the jug and pouring himself a glass. “Are you willing to bet all of our lives on that?”
I nod, “I am.” i say, “I know without a shadow of doubt that they need me, otherwise we would already be dead. It is why they haven’t attacked, it is why Sean was originally supposed to take me alive.”
Mihai's eyes widen. “you never told me that.”
“It was never the right time.” i shrug, emptying my glass of blood, “and you would have only worried.”
Mihai wraps his hand around my neck, tilting my head back, “We do not keep secrets from each other.”
I look into his eyes, “Never again.” i agree.
Now that they are calmer, i just have to convince them to let me go.
Which might be harder than actually meeting with the council.