Hal-Neesa picked up after Llarvan's introduction. "After a brief discussion, we have come to a decision on what to do about your request. We have a task we are going to set you to in order to prove your usefulness. If you succeed, we will discuss a more formal truce."

"Be grateful for this opportunity." Llarvan added. "We do not often offer such leniency to outsiders. Being lycans, your souls are strong, and valuable to us, but my wife believes you will be more useful alive. I would advise you not to disappoint us." 

Meesei nodded affirmatively, hiding any emotions she might have been feeling. "Of course. What task are we to perform?"

"Your arrival here has came at an opportune time." Hal-Neesa began. "For the past few months, we have been dealing with an annoyance in the form of the son of a local noble. He fancies himself a vampire hunter, and while he has little skill in that regard, he has the coin to hire people who do. He has a small army of mercenaries at his command that have been annoying us under the blessing of the Gideon city guard. We seek to eliminate this threat. In his little crusade, he has managed to capture a few members of our coven, as we have of his mercenaries. As such, he has arranged for a hostage exchange tomorrow afternoon in the ruins of an old village nearby. Of course, this will obviously be a trap. He has likely already executed his hostages, as we have for his. What we want from you is to help turn this trap against those setting it. They are expecting to fight necromancers and vampires, not lycanthropes. If you are there to fight them, it will be marginally easier to kill them. I want every one of you there, alongside a group led by Vinaremo. Even if the noble himself does not arrive, it will likely be possible to capture one for interrogation, or search their bodies for reference to where they are hiding." 

"One of us will need to stay here to watch Rhazii." Ahnasha objected, immediately regretting speaking up without thinking first. She had brought Rhazii with her, as she did not trust the cult enough to leave him alone. 

"You need not worry about your child. He will be staying here while you are away." Llarvan explained.

"No..." Ahnasha blurted out quickly before quickly trying to backtrack and add something more. "I mean, I need to make sure all of his needs are met. He is a Khajiit child and..."

"I am sorry, but I do not recall giving you a choice." Llarvan interrupted in a firm tone. "If you think we are being unfair, I can rescind the offer entirely."

"No...no, that...will not be necessary." Ahnasha answered meekly. She lower her head and looked down at her son with worry. Undoubtedly, the reason they wanted to keep him here was so he could be a hostage, but there was nothing Ahnasha could think of to stop it.