I was in the library where I was studying the note with Zane, John, and Mat who is on the couch when I noticed something strange. I lifted up the note in the light and there I saw a marking written in hidden ink. I turn to look at the other who were all busy in they're own right and said "Hey guys, come here real quick I think I found something." All but Matt come to the desk I was at and look at the hidden marking. Zane looks back at me with a confused look and asks "Well, what do you think that means?"
"It's symbols, it represents the bloodlines for each family" said John who took the note away from my hands. "All in a circle like shape, on the top you have the Dewolfe, Herbaterras and Fenrir. In the middle you have the Lycaon, Morrigna, and Bloodvines. Last but not least you have the common and uncommon bloodtypes."
"But what does this mean John?"
"It means that this Jane had contact with a bloodline before your pack Zane. She had help from all the bloodlines. This symbol is rare to see for this signifies peace among families."
"That's impossible, Herbaterras has been dead for years and sure as hell the Fenrir won't help a halfling like Jane" I said taking the note back to study.
"That's not entirely true. My wife was a Herbaterras."
"Yeah, and I'm pretty sure your brother lives among them Daniel" said Zane. "Now that you mention it, when Jane came to our territory it seems she and Damien knew each other on the spot and just before her final breath she gave Damien a piece of paper. When I asked him what that was all about it was nothing he said."
"Do you think she gave him a piece of the notes?", I asked looking at Zane.
"Possibly, hey now that were thinking about this the forest nymphs said that a woman came by a few years back and left that note there until we found it."
"Well then, can we ask the nymphs if they know anything about this woman?"
"Yes and no, the gate only opens once a year and that's next month."
"Damn, well Zane you said you had contact with Damien can you see if he can come over with the note?"
"I tried that but he refused long ago when we first found the note."
"Try it again but this time use this." I hand her a symbol that had our family marking in it. The color however was red meaning urgent and/or serious. She looks at me confused again.
"Do you think this will work?"
"He has to answer to that, family code. Wither he likes it or not once that call has been made he must come, if not then he knows the price to be paid."
"Okay I'll try." She leaves to write the letter. John looks at the note again and pulls out a dusty old book. "Other bloodlines, hmm how in the world did she get a Dewolfe is beyond me. Unless....no that's impossible." He opens the book after dusting it off and he gives out a big hefty laugh as a piece of paper. He continues this laugh as he picks up the paper and says "You damn dirty dog." His laugh can be heard around the house as the others just take a peak inside and shrug it off. Zane comes back hearing his laughter and asks "What in the world is he on about now?"
"My brother....swine he was....Il a toujours été le 'sale chien' de la famille... et tout ce temps... oh frère si seulement tu étais là maintenant."
"What?"
"All I got from that was dirty dog, family, and time."
John then hands us the paper and to our surprise it was another Jane note marked 3/10. Me and Zane look at each other then back at John who was still laughing. We both sighed and took us a few minutes to calm him down. When he was calm we had to give him some of the red liquid from his cup before he could speak.
"Sorry about that, oh my dear brother. He would travel around the world after our father banished him. He must have had a run in with Jane. Oh man he was indeed the 'dirty dog' oh yes he was. The marking seemed curious to me because look at my brothers then look at the one from the nymphs. I got the markings wrong there is no marks from common and uncommon. Each note has the marking from which bloodline it was owned by a little darker than the last. That uncommon one is nymph, and that common one....that common one." Soon John's tone changed from a happy man to an angered and vilified one. He breathes a little heavily and then soon smacks the table. "Damn them...damn them all."
"Uh oh, yeah that symbol that John thought was common is the vampire mark" said Zane, who then tried to calm John down. Seeing him mad Matt tries to stay up and comfort John. This seemed to work as Matt said some soothing words.
"Hey calm down big guy okay, calm it down. There you go, there there puppy there there. See who's a good boy."
John seemed to have gone from a raged filled man to slumping down almost in a childish way, that is if a child was getting it's motherly love. He whimpers as if wanting something else. Matt just hugs him and cuddles around him. Me and Zane look at each other and just walk out the room not wanting to know where this goes. As we close the door we look at the note John had found and see different notes. However just like it's previous one it too is barely readable. Zane sighs in frustration and was about to crumble the note. Luckily I quickly grabbed it before she did.
I walked away going outside with the two notes in my pocket to get some fresh air. I could feel the Leyline more often than I first came here, It feels nice. I feel less human and more of them however I know I'm not one of them for each time I feel the energy, it hurts a little. Soon the weather changed, as if the two Fenrir were back. I look around trying to see if anything was running out of harms way and nothing was running. No deer, elk, birds, or even rabbits. I turn around to see who was gonna come out of the house and no one, not even Zane. I look back at the woods to see if any movement was happening, and nothing. Nothing but a voice which came from behind and only said the words "Frater in armis, ad vitam amantes, donec iterum conveniant" Which was in Latin, and it meant "Brothers in arms, lovers for life, till we meet again." This was a secret code, and only one person knew this code. I turned around with a smiling smirk as I see my brother, in anthro form, stand right behind me.