After mom got up she told us about everything she did. She said she sent the essence of the area as far away as she could push it, after that the wind would move it forever north. She said she also added a whisper spell to it so whenever they got really close the vampires would hear us whisper about where we would be heading next. She said she stayed up for hours reading the maps while she did it. Then she told us about how she managed to bind the hounds to the hunt. Basically no matter what the vampires tried to do the hounds would refuse to change course or leave the trail they were on. She said that was the only part of the spell she would need to renew every three months, so she would need to collect that list of supplies she gave Gabriel so she would have some on hand just in case.Then she said she hoped it would be enough to keep them away for a while.
I went upstairs and grabbed a large box out of under my bed. I brought it back down to her and said," I thought you might need more so Gabriel and I went and collected this."
I handed her the box. After she looked into it she looked at me and smiled," Thank you, how did you know l would need more? This spell isn't in your book."
" I asked Gabriel and Lilly what you did out there, when he said you added blood to the spell I kinda figured you would have to do it again. So we went out and collected more stuff for you."
"Thank you, and if you see him before me tell him thank you please. Now I think I need something to eat."
So I made her some food while she sat at the table. After a while We talked about the training. I was a bit surprised when she said she wanted to join the group. I told her that was a great idea and we have practice this afternoon after the kids get home.
After she ate her food I sent her back to bed. She slept till an hour before practice started.
Today Dorean is our training instructor. He is different than Damon. Today we focused on upper body strength. We worked with the sticks some more then he introduces everyone to daggers. That was interesting, Dorean and his brothers spent a lot of time showing us how to hold the daggers, then we did wrist excersises to keep everything loose. Finally we practiced throwing the daggers at the target for an hour. I was really surprised as to how fast the teens picked this up. Myself I prefer to use a sword so the are of the quick flick was not easy for me at all. Mom was a little bit better than me but not much, and Lilly just wanted to stab the target. Once practice was over the adults put their things away and went to have a meeting. Meanwhile the teens continue to practice.
All of the adults went to Lilly's back yard. So far that is the only place with enough seats.
I opened the meeting by giving everyone an update on what mom did with her spells. Everyone was happy with that information. They all hoped it would be enough to keep them safe. Then the men all gave updates on their patrols. After mom's spell everything has been quiet. Gabriel suggested that we not only do defense classes but weapons classes as well. Then the men started talking about what they wanted to cover in future weapons classes. I had to table that conversation for later. Then I asked Gregory about weapons, since he made most of our weapons before could he do it now. He said he could but he would have to build the equipment he needed first. I told the other men if they wanted to teach weapons classes they had to help Gregory build what he needed, they agreed quickly.
Then we started talking about the latest dreams. To most of us it looks like the Dragon God's timeline has changed. The main thing that gives it away is that the baby Annie just had tries to walk into the portal. He did not look to be five, he looked like he was two at the most.
So we break up the meeting knowing we don't have as much time as we thought we had. And the guys sit down and plan what they need in order to build everything Gregory needs.
After that I go watch the teens practice for a while then help Lilly with dinner. Mom didn't make it to dinner she ended up going back to bed. I did save a plate for her tomorrow.