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Sometime in early June, some posters start appearing in the halls of Hillingdon house. They read CLAN MEETING at the top in big bold letters, with the date, time, and location of the meeting below. Arthur's not looking to give a lot away here, but he tells a few people about it and how important it is to attend, hoping that the word will spread through the faction.

Arthur doesn't know what to anticipate. So far it's been a lot of stand-offish hunters and shifters, and they might not be eager to participate in an initiative that unites them and begets communication. Arthur was like that too, but now there's a need to be prepared and a need to act; getting the information out there is important.

JUNE 7

People are late, of course. Arthur waits until it seems like people have stopped filtering in to start, waiting patiently at the front of one of Hillingdon House's grand ballrooms. He doesn't like being the center of attention, but he's been the lead on more than a few military briefings and debriefings in his day, so he's not totally out of his element in front of everyone there.

He starts with a small introduction, explaining that he's been with the clan for about a year and a half and before that he was in the US military. He leaves out the bit about his special-ops vampire-killing team, of course, but the fact is that he was trained to kill by the biggest military complex in the world.

He then goes on to explain why he called the meeting, telling everyone that Millicent has been murdered - just to get them all on the same page - and that she's been replaced by a far worse leader. Raymond Harris' new rules that Islington's vampires are allowed to feed on locals and that shapeshifter kills are reason enough for Hillingdon to start getting a little more pro-active, not to mention the fact that he'll allow children to be turned now. It's critical for Hillingdon to be prepared, not only for the inevitable rise in bounties, but for a more aggressive vampire population in general.

Not only that, it's critical for the faction to start sharing information between members a little more freely now. Information and skills.

He invites anyone who has more information to speak, and says that he'll offer anyone who wants them some extra training on marksmanship, shooting, hand-to-hand combat, any of the skills he has. He makes it clear that he's not looking for Hillingdon to go on a hunt - they don't need to be tracking down innocent vampires and killing them for sport - but it's time that they become a little more unified so they can use their skills to help deal with this if it gets worse.

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It never occurred to Kyle that he might run into another ex-military American, let alone one who had a freakishly similar background in vampire special-ops. What Arthur described, briefly, sounded perhaps a little more specialized than his own military squad had been, but it was still enough of a connection that he couldn't help but want to reach out.

"Where were you deployed?" He asks as an introductory question when there's finally a break between people. Kyle has the posture and presence that almost immediately denotes him as former military by anyone who knows what to look for. And he's just as American, though there's a hint of small town charm to him rather than city slickness.

Arthur raises an eyebrow at Kyle curiously in between glances down at his phone for time, giving him a once-over before he responds.

"Domestic," he says, conversational, "mostly in the northeast, but we did a tour of the bible belt."

He looks Kyle up and down a little more obviously before he makes the assumption and asks, "you?"

"South Africa. I knew there were other special ops units, but I didn't expect to run into an unfamiliar face here." Kyle smiles lightly, partially to off set Arthur's taciturn nature. The idea of someone being deployed back home to do the same hunting he did there surprises him. Hell, he's from Ohio. That means there are probably vampires there too.

"So what's the plan? We hope the werewolves kill the new guy too?" Alex is still in hiding for Millicent. Killing the new leader might make for a nice distraction, if Hillingdon can man up enough to handle it.

Arthur lets out a dry laugh. "No," he says, "I should hope the wolves have learned the consequences of high profile assassinations."

Besides, it would be better for Harris to get Islington kicked out of the Night Council first, but Arthur doesn't say so out loud. His political opinions don't have much place here.

He gestures at the materials as he continues, "This is just so we can protect people from the vampires for the time being, while they're escalating. And, in case the vampires decide to make a move, maybe then we can get involved."

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