"I knew this was a horrible idea," Alpha Thomas from Virginia said. "How could we possibly trust the bloodsuckers to keep up the peace. What kind of fool is leading them anyway?"

Dad just looked to his left and when Master Nikolai nodded, Dad brought them into the videoconference. "I am Master Nikolai, Chairman of the Vampire Council, and this is Master Leonardo of the Syracuse Coven. Our Council is solidly behind the peace treaty, and all Covens have been informed as to the consequences of breaking the peace we've brokered."

"Consequences? You let the man ESCAPE!"

"I didn't LET anything, Alpha Thomas. Good men died when those traitors broke...