Bane opened his eyes weakly, looking around to see the pair there, both crying. Bane closed his eyes, feeling the tears coming . "I told him no...I knew it was a trap....I knew that hunter wouldn't wait a week...." He sat up, covering his face. "I didn't get to say goodbye...." He lowered his head, Avery moving to sit on the bed and hug him, both of them crying now. After a few days bane was recovered and knew what the count had done for him. He kept the manor the same, and Avery soon moved into the castle to keep working on her research. But on the side she decided that she would never lose anyone like that again. So she started training in the art of combat, learning from the furies as well as bane. She soon could fight off most creatures they could think of and once in a while she would take cases where the creatures would appear and either relocate them, or end them. This night was one she had to end the beast, a wendigo that had been attacking hikers. She was very late coming back, her body bruised and cut, a nasty wound on her side and head still bleeding as she opened the back door and went inside, locking the door. She pasted the kitchen and paused by the counts old room, now holding his coffin and being protected by the pair. She rested a hand on the door and said "I'm home, boss....I hope I made you proud today.....saved six humans...." She flinched, feeling dizzy but pushed thru it as she headed to her room. Bane was gone handling a pack problem so she was alone.