Lucio had waken up the next day walking down the stairs. It was early and Verna wasn’t up yet. He yawned sand stretched as he walked outside. He looked around thinking about what he could do the for the day. He had remembered that the mayor wanted to speak with him sometime. He figured he’d meet up with the mayor. Even though Anna’s house was in the opposite direction Lucio wanted to check up on her. He used his vampiric speed and ran over to the outside perimeter of her house. He had listened inside. He heard her parents and sister, going about their daily business. Eventually he was able to sort out a heart beat which had sounded like Anna’s from yesterday. She was still asleep. He took a deep breath and walked back into town, heading towards the mayor’s mayor.

Lucio knocked on the door a few times. After a few seconds the door had opened up. Lucio assumed it was the mayor’s servant. [color=00aeef]“I’d like to see the mayor. He asked me to meet with him.”[/color] He said. The servant bowed his head slightly, [color=f26522]“Let me inform the mayor, I’ll be with you momentarily.”[/color] He said closing the door. Lucio had heard his footsteps move away from the door, moving upstairs. He heard a muffled, [i]‘A stranger is here to see you.’[/i] Then footsteps had come back down the stairs. The door opened, [color=f26522]“He invites you in.”[/color] Lucio nodded stepping through the doorway. 

As he took a step inside, he could see it was a nice home. The decor was fancy. A rug had laid on the ground right by the doorway, most likely to keep the dirt at the entrance. [color=f26522]“Right this way sir.”[/color] The servant said motioning toward the stairs as he began to walk up them. Lucio followed him to the top, eventually reaching the mayor’s office. The mayor stood up from his chair, [color=39b54a]“Ah welcome!”[/color] He said moving his hands inviting Lucio to come in and sit down.[color=39b54a] “Welcome. Sit down. I'm Theo Walker.”[/color] He had said and repeated himself. He sat back down at his desk, grabbing some wine. He had poured a couple glasses. He scooted one of the glasses to Lucio. Lucio nodded taking the glass and sipped on it.

[color=39b54a]“You’re probably wondering why I had asked you to see me after yesterday’s incident.”[/color] The mayor said, then sipped on the wine. He set it down. [color=39b54a]“So you’ve probably noticed that I wasn’t frightened by yesterday’s events.”[/color] He said putting his hands on the table and interlacing his fingers together. [color=39b54a]“Seeing as you had disposed of a vampire all by yourself, I figured we could use someone of your strength and apparent ‘expertise’.”[/color] He took of his hands and scratched his beard looking at one of the paintings in the room, then looked back at Lucio. [color=39b54a]“We have a organization here. We call it, The Council.”[/color] He took a breath, [color=39b54a]“Now I know it's not a very creative name but, we know about vampires and werewolves. We even know about witches. We have a couple working for us when the situation becomes dire.”[/color] He paused looking at Lucio for some kind of response. All Lucio did was give him a nod. He didn’t have anything to say, he just wanted the mayor to get to the point. [color=39b54a]“We’ve taken care of supernatural events in this town for the past 300 years, when my ancestors had founded this place. I care for this town greatly, and I will always protect it with my life.”[/color] He paused and pointed to a painting on the wall, [color=39b54a]“This was the first council group that had been set up in the town. My great, great, grandfather.” [/color]He said putting his hands back together. [color=39b54a]“I’d like you to join the council. After have meeting you at yesterday’s formal ball, I feel you’d be a great addition. You even saved of my good friends daughter. Erwin DeRose is a good, hardworking man. He’s supplied our town with the right metal crafting tools and equipment to maintain this town for the past 20 years.”[/color] He said taking a breath to let Lucio digest all the information. After a few seconds he asked, [color=39b54a]“So what do you think?”[/color]

Lucio scratched the scruffle on his face. [color=00aeef]“Why not.”[/color] He said shrugging his shoulders like it wasn’t a big deal to him. [color=39b54a]“Excellent.”[/color] The mayor smiled, bending over the desk giving him a handshake. [color=39b54a]“Welcome to the council young man.”[/color] He said smiling. Lucio almost laughed when he had said that. Young man? If only he had known. [color=00aeef]“Thank you sir.”[/color] He said shaking his hand back and giving him a slight nod. The mayor stood up. [color=39b54a]“The first meeting for us will take place tomorrow after sunset. Meet us at a nearby  cabin, east of here, about 3 miles.”[/color] He said motioning his hand to his door. Lucio nodded his head in acknowledgment, standing up with the mayor heading for the door. [color=39b54a]“Gernot! Escort this man to the door.”[/color] He said sitting back down at his desk, pulling up some paper that he had been reading. Fast footsteps could be heard coming from the stairs.[color=f26522] “Right this way sir.” [/color]Garnot said, escorting Lucio over to the door.

[h3][b]1 Day Later - Early Morning[/b][/h3]

Lucio hadn’t seen Anna at all yesterday. He had went back to her house, listening for her for a few hours to make sure everything was fine. Lucio didn’t have anything better to do for the day. For some reason he had felt attached to the young woman. He cared for her, and for some reason he felt she deserved to be protected by a good man. He hadn’t really known if he considered himself a good man though. Lucio was a stern man. His personality had been hardened through the ages. Anna’s was still developing. He never had asked her age but she seemed to be anywhere from 17-20.

Lucio stretched from his bed yawning. He bent his feet downward stretching out the tendons in his foot. It was one of his favorite feelings. He uncovered himself from the bed sitting up, squinting his eyes as he looked around. The sunshine had peeked through the curtains. He got up and walked over opening them, looking outside for a second to see the town slowly waking up.

As he was about to stop looking, he saw his new favorite friend, Anna. She was walking to the inn that he had stayed at. A smile slowly spread across his face as he watched her. The sunshine bounced off her body, almost as if the world was saying, [i]‘Hey, look at how beautiful I am.’[/i] He disappeared from the window. He started putting on some casual clothes as he listened with his vampiric hearing from the floor below. Luckily the floors and walls had been pretty thin from the architecture of the place. He could almost clearly hear her ask Verna if she had seen him.

Verna shrugged, still smirking at Anna. [color=92278f]“No I haven’t seen your love bird.”[/color] She said as she had grabbed a glass of ale for a fellow patron. [color=92278f]“I haven’t seen him leave either.”[/color] She said after a second. [color=92278f]“He’s been waking up and leaving around this time since he had gotten here.”[/color] She dried her hands on a cloth nearby. [color=92278f]“I’d just give him a seco-”[/color] She said before she cut off her sentence when she had heard some footsteps come from the stairs beside them, looking over there to that area.

Lucio had come out of his room. After a second he appeared to the girls. He looked over to them, and smiled. [color=00aeef]“Good morning ladies.”[/color] He said walking over to them. He leaned on the counter with his elbow. He faced Verna, [color=00aeef]“Could I have a cup of ale please?”[/color] He asked. Verna nodded, [color=92278f]“Of course.”[/color] She said immediately bending over grabbing a glass for Lucio. Verna had treated Lucio nicely for a couple reasons. One, because he seemed to have plenty of money and was paying them generously. Second, he was attractive and well mannered. She had no reason not to be. 
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“Here you are.”[/color] She said moving the glass across the counter. [color=00aeef]“Thank you.”[/color] He said grabbing it and sipping on it, and then looked at Anna.