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That’s risky,” Damon said.
“Here she is well guarded. If we send her out, she’ll have what?
The Elder and maybe 30 guards? If her location was discovered, it
would be easy for them to take her.”
    “ I could take her back to
the Island. The pier is the only way in and there are a thousand
heku living there,” Chevalier said, deep in thought.
    “ That’s one of the first
places they would look for her,” Damon said.
    “ Is it a practiced skill?”
Leonid asked. “I mean, if she practiced would she get better at it?
Maybe able to do a hundred at a time?”
    Chevalier shrugged, “I’m not sure. She won’t
do it though. The only way to practice would be to turn a heku into
ash.”
    “ So we agree she’s safer
here?” Maleth asked them all.
    When no one disagreed, he turned to
Chevalier, “Will she abide by strict rules?”
    “ That would depend on the
rule. She’s not unreasonable, but sometimes the seriousness of the
danger eludes her,” Chevalier explained.
    “ We have to consider that
they may try to take Allen as a means to lure her to them,” Damon
said.
    Chevalier was surprised he hadn’t thought of
that, and was glad that Damon was made the Chief Enforcer. He was
sharp and missed nothing.
    “ What rules shall we
enforce then? She has 2 guards on her at all times, and so far
hasn’t skipped out on them,” Maleth said.
    “ She promised not to, for
that, she saw the need,” Chevalier said.
    “ I say we up it to four and
two on Allen,” Damon suggested, and the rest of the Council
agreed.
    “ No more horseback riding
through the city,” Maleth suggested.
    “ Can we keep her confined
to her room then?” Leonid asked.
    Chevalier grinned, “No… we cannot. She’s
mortal, they aren’t known for their patience, and when Emily gets
bored, she gets into trouble.”
    “ Can we confine her to the
palace?”
    He shook his head, “She’ll fight against
that.”
    “ So she is unable to sit in
one location for long?” one of the council members
asked.
    “ That’s common for most
mortals,” Chevalier said, smiling. He knew Emily was actually worse
than most.
    “ So is there nothing we can
do more than four guards for her and two for Allen?” Maleth asked,
frowning.
    “ What about the Cavalry
training? She’s not going to want to give that up,” Chevalier
said.
    “ I say she keeps training.
During that time, she is with no less than thirteen guards at
once,” Leonid said, and smiled slightly.
    “ Alert her guards, I don’t
care what it is, if anything suspicious happens around Emily, they
are to dispose of the culprit,” Damon said, sternly.
    “ Just please, don’t let
Emily know that,” Chevalier said.
    “ Will you please ask her to
be more careful about where she goes? Maybe stress the importance
of not slipping her guard, though it shocks me that a mortal can
elude two heku,” Damon said, baffled.
    “ You just don’t know
Emily,” Chevalier replied.
    “ There’s one more thing…”
It seemed like Maleth was hesitating.
    “ Yes?” Chevalier asked, his
eyes narrowing.
    “ Allen is almost 3, is he
not?”
    “ Yes”
    “ Were there plans for
another?”
    “ No, Emily doesn’t want
more,” Chevalier told them.
    Maleth gasped, “So the Winchesters will die
off with her?”
    Chevalier nodded, “It’s not my place to
insist on another baby. She’s the one that has to carry it, and go
through labor, and she doesn’t want to.”
    “ Those powers though, we
can’t let them disappear,” Leonid added.
    “ I don’t think she cares
about the powers. She’s been attacked her entire life, including
when guarded, and she may not wish to pass that on.”
    “ Ask her, please. See if
she will consider having a girl,” Maleth asked.
    “ You realize we don’t get
to choose the gender.” Chevalier gave half-grin.
    Maleth nodded, “Still, please try.”
    “ I will ask, but I know
already what the answer will be.”
    “ How is it being
prevented?” Leonid