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- 1-The Death.
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Title: The Death.

Author: Beth Brownell
Summary: A death happens in San Francisco that concerns the Kindred and brings a new Kindred to town.

Rating: R

Feedback: desired

Disclaimer: The characters within these stories from the1996 TV show called Kindred: The Embrace, they do not belong to me only the original characters are mine, along with the story plot.

Author's Note: All characters from the 1996 TV show Kindred: The Embrace, beyond Weylin, Avidor, Magnus and Kali belongs to their rightful owners whoever they may be as I totally forgot who they belong to. Weylin, Avidor, Magnus and Kali are mine, along with the story plot! Mark Frankel, who played Our dear Ventrue Prince Julian Luna, * wipes a blood tear from her eye *, died in real life soon after the end of the first season, therefor preventing any more seasons of this fine vampire series and so the series that I'm doing is now reflecting on his passing in real life. Many thanks to Icy Mike Molson for his beta reviews of this story. I couldn't have done this story without your help.
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Julian Luna walked around the room shaking hands with the other Ventrue Princes of other cities in North America. The conference that the Justicar did that century was going to be hopefully a good one. Julian knew he could make friends or a few enemies at the conference. One from St. Louis told Julian off that he should have never allowed his descendant to come into his city if he was not fully prepared to protect her from the other Kindred and then fall in love with a Kine newspaper reporter at almost the same time. That Prince got into a fist fight with another Ventrue Prince by the name of Avidor who was of the Vancouver, B.C. of Canada's Ventrue Clan. Avidor's clan was a very hidden group there since that city is ruled by the Sabbat. He was a tall black male wearing very modern clothes, his shoulder length white hair was a stark contrast to his dark skin color. Avidor was known for his temper but his honorable ways of handling fights. Someone once took a swing at him, he later looked like he been through a blender.

"STOP THIS FIGHTING BOTH OF THEE!!!! Avidor, I thought I had your word bond that you would not fight this time around! I had hoped that you would vocally fight but not by your fists!" The deep booming voice of the Justicar, broke the fight up.

"My sincerest apologies, Justicar. My temper got the better of me." Avidor spoke politely, as he bowed towards him.

"Good. Come, the meeting is now offically started and it's not the right foot I had hoped for this time." spoke the Justicar. The St. Louis Ventrue Prince and Avidor glared at each other from across the room and the conclave table.

"Avidor, how is it going with the conquest of Vancouver?" asked the Justicar, looking at him.

"Not as we had hoped for. The Sabbat still rules 91% of the city. They don't even know a Ventrue clan has entered the city yet. It may take some time to get that city into the Camerilla's hands, but I think we may have a shot at getting the city." Avidor said, calmly.

After hearing, the others about Avidor's latest attempt at getting Vancouver spoke about their own problems in their cities and asked the other Princes on how to handle them. They all got good advice from their fellow Ventrue Princes and the Justicar too.

"Julian, your last letter to me disturbed me greatly. Please reveal the problem to us all and perhaps the problem will be dealt with." spoke the Justicar, looking at Julian calmly as he took a sip of his blood wine.

"My descendant Sasha Luna was embraced forcibly by the Brujah and not by the Gangrel Primogen Cash, who had been given my permission to embrace her into his clan. I have dealt with the Brujah who 'embraced' my descendant, by giving him to my allies the Nosferatu for their support of me during the Brujah/Ventrue battle which quickly got squashed. I gave the Primogen the sun treatment till he only partially got burnt, removed him from the sun and told him that he lived only because I allow it. The Brujah Primogen later got his head removed by Lillie Langtree of the Toreador Clan in a botched attempt at taking my place as Prince of the City. My other problem is that the new Primogen of the Brujah clan is Cameron formerly of Manzinta's Brujah clan and killer of my sire Archon. I fear he may threaten my place as Prince of the City." spoke Julian, as he looked at the entire table while he spoke. Julian saw several of the Ventrue Princes grumbling about destroying the entire Brujah clan but for his descendant let her chose the members of her clan.

"No, that is the wrong thing to do. Sasha may go to Final Death as well. I think what is needed is a limit on the Brujah." one female Ventrue Prince said. Her shiny blond hair was tied in a bun on the back of her head, her very modern day business suit suited her very business like sense of how to deal with problems.

"Well spoken, my dear. I believe we should openly discuss what should be done about this problem that Julian has." spoke the Justicar. "Please let your ideas be known to Julian."

The other Princes started to throw out ideas on how to handle the problem. Julian heard the best one from Avidor. He gave the best one an 'embracing' limit on them for as long as Sasha was Kine. Julian knew that would teach the Brujah, not to 'embrace' someone without worrying about the consequences of their actions.

It was no more than two hours later, Julian had the 'embracing' limit settled within his mind. 29 years of no 'embracing' no one into the Brujah clan. He felt relieved to have settled his Kindred problem. Then, he revealed that a Kine knows about them but he blurred her memories about them. He was sure that the Kine would not reveal anything as this Kine was in love with him and he with her. The others knew this kind of problem and told him to just gently break it off with the mortal Kine and if by chance she's a business partner or in one of his businesses transfer her to another city and break all ties with her. Julian thought it was for the best if Caitlin and he broke up for good.

Weylin smiled as he approached the San Francisco Prince after the meeting was over. Julian was speaking with Avidor. "Julian, a word with thee?"

"Yes, of course." spoke Julian, as he bowed towards the tall Justicar, who wore a very old 18th century outfit.

"Walk with me outside." Weylin asked, Avidor bowed as he went to speak with a shadow at the far side of the room about a few things.

"Of course. It's about what happened in my city isn't? I'm going to be 'observed' right?" asked Julian, looking at him as they sat down on the steps of the four story mansion.

"No, Julian. It deals with your childe. She's feeling cooped up here. She told me how much she would love to go join her sire in his city." said Weylin.

"No, Weylin. The answer is no. She can not come to my city. She'll be threatened by the Brujah if she comes!" Julian snapped. "They will know she's my childe and will kill her to get to me just like...."

"Just like they did with your descendant Sasha." spoke Weylin, smiling softly as he placed his hand on his arm. "Sasha was kine, Julian. You should have claimed her as your childe."

"I know but I thought it would be better if Cash embraced her." stated Julian softly. He gazed towards the east to see the hint of dawn rising. It was nearing dawn at the home of the Justicar Weylin. "Forgive me, Weylin. I thank you for the meeting. I must return to my city. I told my clan I would be gone only for a night and a day. They will be worried if I do not show up soon at my home." Julian bowed his head to him.

"I offer you a room to stay in till the sun set's once again, Julian. You could always call them and tell them you'll be late coming home?" asked Weylin.

"I know but I must go. I'll call you when I get back to my city and to my home. Take good care of Kali for me. I have never seen her so happy since she been embraced." said Julian, as he kissed the forehead of someone hidden by the shadows of the room.

"Julian, I was happy before you came here. I'm glad to see my sire before I go off on another mission for the Justicar." spoke the shadowed form.

"Julian, before you leave. She created this ring for you." said Weylin, handing him a black and gold ring box. Julian opened it to find a wolf head looking at him with two red eyes. "Rubies are the eyes, Julian. If you read the inscription, it reads Prince of the City in italian."

Julian smiled, as he placed the ring on his ring finger, then walked away from them both and went to the car that waited for him. Julian looked back at the mansion and wanted nothing more than to bring her to his city and into his clan. She would do better with him than with the Justicar but she had made her choice when he left her there the first time around. He turned towards the driver and nodded as he climbed into the backseat and headed for the airport. Julian wondered if he made the right decision to leave her there again as he climbed the steps leading to the corporate jet his company had bought a few years back. He sat down in the lucious gray leather chair and started to write a letter to 'her'. He told the driver who drove him there to hand deliver it to her back at the mansion. The driver watched as the jet flew off into the sky heading for Julian's city.

Cash was pacing on the lucious red carpet of Luna Mansion. Something wasn't right and he could sensed it. Cash sat down in the chair picked up a book and tried to read till Julian came home. Then, he leapt up to check the windows to see if a car was coming. He wondered where was Julian as he scratched his scruffy whiskers on his chin. Julian should have been home several hours ago. Cash went to the phone and dialed the car phone to Julian's car. Cash got nothing but a recording stating that the user was out of range or had turned the phone off. He picked up the phone and called an ally in Manzanita to see if Luna was there sleeping on the coffin of his late wife. But the ally didn't see Julian there at all. Cash was now very very concerned. Cash picked up the phone and dialed one more number.

"Julian?" asked the female voice on the other end.

"No, Caitlin. It's me, Cash. Have you heard from him lately?" asked Cash, hoping that he was there.

"No, I haven't. Is something wrong? He still has the dinner date here with me tomorrow night." said Caitlin.

"No, nothing's wrong. Just a little worried about him." Cash hung up the phone and finally gave up pacing and sat down in the chair. The daytime slumber was fast approaching and so he closed his eyes and slept in the chair.

Frank wandered San Francisco holding two objects in his hand as he drove around waiting for night to come. He went to his home first to change clothing and get a quick shave in before he went to see them. He climbed down the stairs of his home and climbed into his red Caprice Classic and drove slowly towards Luna Mansion.

Frank thanked God that Sonny had taken the entire night off to relax and just be a man for a change. He had gotten him baseball tickets for a night game with the Giants and then a nice long movie trilogy which lasted way into the night. Frank knew Sonny wouldn't be so calm when he finds out about the accident that killed a very important figure in the city that morning. Frank shook his head quickly as he drove up the road leading to Julian's mansion.

The night rose from her bed as most of the Kines in the City was preparing to go to bed, the Gangrels at the Luna Mansion all hurried about getting things settled and chitchatted with those who were coming for a quick meeting with Cash or just taking someone's place as guard.

A gangrel came racing into the room to see Cash gazing into the fireplace. "Cash, someone's coming!" he yelled.

Cash leapt out of his chair, rushed to the door and opened it up to see Frank Kohanek climbing out of his red Caprice Classic. "Hello, Frank. If you came to see Julian, he's not here." Cash said, quickly as Frank walked towards him. "He's with Caitlin or in Manzanita."

"I know he's not here nor in Caitlin's home or in Manzanita, as we checked there already. Summon the heads of all Kindred clans. I need to see them all. I have news that will rock this city." spoke Frank, as he walked into the mansion.

Cash said, calmly. "What could you possibly have to say that could rock this city, Frank?" Cash looked at him as Frank walked around the room to look at the painting of Julian Luna sitting alone in the painting wearing a very expensive black suit with his trademarked white shirt underneath it, his blackish brown hair slicked back, hanging over the fireplace. Cash remembered the day, Caitlin brought the painter into the mansion to have him paint Julian for his birthday. Julian loved the idea of getting a painter to paint a portrait of him. He returned the favor to Caitlin for her birthday. Julian had bought her a nice red tight dress that highlighted her beauty. Cash wondered why Frank was here and where was Julian.

"Something very bad, Cash. A death happened." said Frank.

Cash looked at him straight in the eyes and Cash went as pale as he could before he rushed for the phone, dailed the number. "Come to the mansion now!"

Cameron quickly walked to his waiting car and headed towards Luna mansion. He got there and saw Cash but no Julian Luna. "What is this?! A joke to get your enemies' Primogen here so you can kill me, Gangrel whelp!"

"Not even likely, Brujah trash!" snapped Cash, as he directed his gaze towards Frank who stood by the fireplace.

"Why is that Kine here?! And where's Luna!?" snarled Cameron, as he glared at Cash.

Lillie Langtree wearing a very modern brownish grey dress, walked up the stairs and entered the conclave room to see Cash and Cameron already at each other's throats. Lillie got them seperated from each other's throats and snapped in a calm voice, "Boys! Boys! Cameron quit this, we are not here to fight. You may not care about Julian, but his YOUR Prince as much as anyones. So just take a break," She glances at Cash, he is glaring and fuming. But nods firmly and sits in his chair. They backed off from each other but glared at each other.

"Gangrel filth." muttered Cameron.

"Brujah trash." growled Cash.

They both didn't answer Lillie's question until Frank came from the fireplace. "What is he doing here?" she asked, looking at Frank with distrust in her eyes.

"I have no idea, Lillie. But I fear it may be serious for the Kindred of this city. He just said a death happened and no more than that." replied Cash. "Did you see Daedalus coming, Lillie?"

"No. I trust he should be here soon." said Lillie, shaking her head.

Daedalus rushed up the stairs and quickly entered the Luna mansion. His dead heart was pumping hard as he entered the room to see most of the head of the Kindred Primogen standing or sitting around the conclave table but then he saw Frank. "Where's Luna?" Daedalus requested of Cash.

Sonny had just entered the police station when his beeper went off. He went rushing out of the department after he got the page and did a precursor call to the mansion to find Cash made the page. He could tell something wasn't right. He wished he hadn't taken the night off like Frank had told him to do. Now he didn't know what had happened during the night or the morning. His guts had screamed out that morning and now the page from the mansion from Cash when it usually was from Julian who would demand the meetings with the others. He knew something was now very wrong in this city.

Each clan walked in with a look of shock. Sonny was the last of the heads of his clan to enter the room, though he was not very happy with the fact that now Frank knew his own partner was a Kindred.

"Thank you for coming on short notice. I know about the Kindred and I know about each one of you. But have no fear. I shall not break the Masquerade to the kines outside these walls." he said, looking at each member of the Kindred.

"Well spoken. You sound like a Kindred, yourself Frank." spoke Sonny, looking at Frank gently. "Maybe Julian should embrace you. You are worthy of being a Ventrue."

"Why are you here, Frank?" asked Lillie, looking at Frank. Her eyes gazed at him searching for a sign of anything on him concerning Julian. "Where is Julian?"

"I think this might help explain things more." Frank pulled out an evidence bag that carried a badly burnt wallet and a wolf ring. "Julian did me a favor once. Now I need a favor from all of you. I need to know who's ring and wallet belongs to. Don't open it. Just sense who it is. I have the feeling it is a Kindred who once owned that wallet and wore that ring."

Lillie took the ring and wallet from Frank slowly, distrust still in her eyes as she watched the detective for some kind of a trick. Turning away from him, the Toreador primogen focused on the items, her mind forming an image of the last possessor of the items. After a moment, she gasped in shock. Lillie did not open her eyes as she passed the ring and wallet to Daedalus, but a single, blood tear escaped her left eye and rolled down her cheek.

Daedalus passed the wallet and the ring to Cameron, as he bowed his head. The Nosferatu Primogen's face was hidden but for a single blood tear appeared on his left cheek.

Cameron was next to hold the wallet and the ring. He saw what happened as he stiffly passed it on to Cash.

Cash took the ring and wallet and focused his mind on the wearer of the ring to see the image appear before his eyes and then turned to the wallet. He got the same image as he breathed in deep to pass the wallet and the ring to Sonny.

Sonny took the ring and wallet. He focused his mind on the previous user and saw who and what had happened to the wearer of those items. He screamed, "JULIAN!!!! NO!!!! OH SHIT!!! NO!!! NO!!! HE CAN'T BE!!!!"

"I'm sorry. But Julian Luna. The Prince of the City is dead. At 5:30 am this morning, his car struck an overturned gas truck. It exploded killing all inside the car and the truck itself. From the tire tracks, the driver was trying to brake but failed miserably. I was only twenty minutes behind the accident and I was the first detective on the case. I wanted this case as Julian was a friend, even if he was a Kindred." said Frank, as he looked at the Kindred in the room.

Daedalus stood up and looked at Frank. "We, thank you for bringing this sad news of the Final Death of our Prince Julian Luna." Lillie stood up and looked at Frank. "I, also, thank you for letting us know. Does anyone else know about his passing? Does Caitlin?"

"No one beyond those who are in this room. I'm heading to see Caitlin as soon as I am done here. But I know that Julian had a descendant Sasha, who is Kindred." spoke Frank. "I'm hoping to tell her before I see Caitlin."

"I'm her Primogen, Frank. I'll tell her the news of her granduncle's death." said Cameron, calmly.

"Thank you for delivering this sad news about Julian's death,” Lillie said. "It is a blow to us all."

"Yeah, I figured as much," Frank agreed, looking slightly uncomfortable with the situation. Frank stood up, gathering the wallet and the ring from the table. “Well, there’s not much more to say than that, and I’m sorry about Julian.”

“Thank you, Frank,” Sonny said. “I’ll show you out.”

Frank nodded, and walked back to the front door with his partner. The Conclave table fell silent as the gathered Primogen listened for the mortal’s departure. Finally, the front door could be heard closing, and Sonny returned to the room.

"I understand that this is a difficult time, but I feel that we will need a new prince as soon as possible,” Cameron said, breaking the silence.

“Oh, and I wonder who you would like to put forward as your candidate?” Lillie snapped, wiping one last tear from her eye. She stood up angerily.

"For all we know, you could be the one that killed him," Cash added, clearly angry at the Brujah primogen.

"Oh, and when would I have done that?” Cameron inquired of the Gangrel primogen. “Unlike some shiftless Gypsy trash I know, I work for a living.”

"If you think I’d even consider following you as Prince, you’re sorely mistaken, you piece of Brujah trash!” Cash growled, leaning forward on the table, his hand reaching for his gun. “I would rather burn this city to the ground than follow you.”

"Oh, really?" Cameron asked. “Who would you put in charge, Cash? Maybe you’d like to be Prince of the city.”

“Daedalus,” Cash said. To the Gangrel, the Nosferatu primogen was the best of a group of bad choices.

“A Prince has to be public,” Lillie pointed out. “Daedalus cannot be seen in public, because of the Nosferatu curse.”

“But you can?” Cameron guessed, crossing his arms infront of him.

“There have been many successful Toreador Princes,” Lillie pointed out.

Cameron laughed. “Do you think any of us would follow a conniving little slut like yourself?” the Brujah Primogen asked, thoroughly amused by the whole thing. “Weren’t you the one that sided with Eddie Fiori to kill Julian, your one time lover, one night, and then beheaded Fiori one night later? I see how you would certainly make a stable, successful Prince!”

Lillie just glared angerily towards him before they departed for their own clans, mumbling some cusses towards him. Sonny went to the phone in the mansion and called Weylin, the Venture Justicar to give him the news of Julian Luna's death and told him that the infighting will get so fierce and the city needs a new Prince soon.

Frank drove mindlessly around the city trying his very best to delay going towards Caitlin's home. But he couldn't as he drove to the house. Frank watched the house as the lights were on inside. He knew Cailtin was at home. He climbed out of his car and headed towards the door.

Caitlin was wearing a nice non-formal shirt and skirt, her blond hair was in a ponytail as she moved around in the kitchen when the doorbell rang. 'Julian.' she whispered to herself. She rushed to the door. "Julian, you had me........scared. Hi Frank."

"May I?" asked Frank, looking at her.

"Oh, of course. What can I get you? Soda is all I have in the house right now." said Caitlin, as she headed back to the kitchen. "I'm expecting company in a few minutes."

"Dinner with Julian, right?"

"Yes, he should be here in a few minutes. He didn't show up at work today. I think his business trip lasted into the day." Caitlin stirred the pasta in the pot. "So what case are you working on this time around?"

"I...really hate to tell you this, Caitlin. It deals with Julian." said Frank.

"Oh, why does it concern him?" Caitlin stopped stirring to look at him.

"I'm sorry, but Julian died this morning."

"WHAT!?!?!? NO!!!!!" cried out Caitlin. Tears started to appear in her eyes. "How did it happen?"

"I'm sorry, but the car he was riding in crashed into a gas truck and exploded. The driver tried to brake before they hit the truck from what I could tell from the tire tracks on the bridge. The resulting fireball killed the driver and everyone in Julian's car. They died quick and painless."

Caitlin was so stunned by this news she tried to speak but nothing came out. Frank knew this news shocked her deeply, as he wrapped his arms around her and allowed her to cry on his shoulder.

Sasha was in the workout room doing some hand to hand fighting with another Brujah member. She was starting to be really good at fighting. She was a worthy Brujah member and now with the news that she dumped the Gangrel Primogen was even better, Cameron thought to himself.

"Sasha, I want to speak with you now." spoke Cameron, as he looked at Sasha.

"Of course. I'll be right back." said Sasha, as she walked away from the Brujah member. "Yes?"

"We'll speak in my office. I want this private." Cameron said, as the two entered his office. "Sit, Sasha."

Sasha wondered if Julian told him to release her from being a Brujah member. "What's wrong? Did Julian tell you to release me from my ties to the Brujah? I won't leave the clan. I was embraced forcibly but I realize that Brujah is just as much part of me as they are to each other."

"I'm glad to hear you state that, Sasha. But that is not why I wanted to speak to you."

"What then?"

"Julian is dead."

"What? You're joking, Cameron! Julian is not dead!" snapped Sasha.

"I'm sorry, childe. He is. He met Final Death at 5:30 am this morning. He felt nothing and went quick." said Cameron, as he walked over to her and held her.

Sasha's blood tears crept down her cheeks as she cried over the loss of her family member. She pushed Cameron away from her as she rushed from the room, still crying. The other Brujah members saw her rushing down the hallway in tears wondered what had caused her to cry as they looked down the hallway to see Cameron standing in his door with the look of sorrow.

Cameron's voice was stern. "I want everyone here now!" he then, turned towards his office, closing the door without hearing their reply.

The word of Julian's death spread like wildfire through out the Kindreds' city. The clubs that was once occupied by the Kindred were empty as the city's Kindred mourned the loss of their Prince. But the Brujah were openly demanding that their Primogen assume the role of Prince of The City.

Cash looked at the members of his clan and told them the sorrowful news he carried. "Our Prince....is dead. Julian Luna has met Final Death at 5:30 this morning. His car, carrying him and his two Gangrel bodyguards Telan and Halley, hit an overturned gas truck and exploded. They died quickly and probably painlessly."

The Gangrels went silent as they realized that the city had no Prince to rule them. One of them asked, "Are we going to go into war with the other clans? Now that we have no Prince to rule us?"

"Be silent about that! There will be no wars with the other clans. We are now in a state of mourning. The Brujah Primogen has requested a month of mourning till we find out from the Justicar of the Ventrue of North America, who our new Prince is. Till then, we are in mourning." spoke Cash.

"How do you know?" asked another Gangrel.

"As soon as we found out about Julian, Sonny called the Justicar and informed him of Julian's death. He is sending someone to 'observe' us." spoke Cash.

"What?!" asked another Gangrel.

"Yes, to see who is more responsible Primogen and will chose the new Prince of the City." said Cash, as he looked at his fellow Gangrels.

"You could easily become Prince, Cash." said one of them.

"I know but I would refuse it. I wouldn't be a good Prince." Cash retorted, as he walked to the window and gazed over the city. "I must go. I need to be at the Luna mansion when the Ambassador arrives tonight."

A silent, black cloaked figure emerged from the plane. The form stood at the top of the stairs and gazed over the darkened airport. The figure within the cloak was not sure she could handle this mission before the form walked down the stairs and walked towards the car that was waiting to pick her up. She turned to look at the jet as it was rolled to the hanger. She didn't really want to take this mission but she had to accept it is. She was the 'observer' and was the best of her clan. The Justicar wouldn't have sent the best to this city if he knew another one would suit it better. She turned to the driver who stood there ready to help her enter the car.

The cloaked figure handed the driver a note and he nodded. "I'll take you to Luna Mansion, ambassador." the driver said, after the cloaked figured sat down in the car. The driver closed the door and walked to the driver's seat.

The figure pulled out a scroll and read it over again. A single drop of blood fell onto the scroll. The figure's hand gently wiped it off but the tear left it's mark on it. The scroll was rolled up again, put in a carry case and a gloved hand was placed on the case.

Cash stood at the top of the stairs leading into the mansion remembering the last time he saw Julian. Cash could hear his voice speaking to him telling him that he would be home by the time the sun rose from her bed. Now, he wished that Julian hadn't left San Franscisco for the meeting. A dark car approached the gate. He waved to the Gangrels who guarded the mansion to let the car in. He knew that the Ambassador from the Justicar was there and the time of being 'watched' would begin tonight. It was was no more than 5 hours after Sonny had called the Justicar.

Cash watched as the limousine pulled to a stop in front of the mansion, still unhappy with the appearance of an observer in what should have been an internal affair. The driver circled around the limousine and opened the passenger door, then stood back as a tall, thin figure, heavily concealed in an ankle length, ebon cloak, stepped out of the car. Cash watched for a moment as the cloaked observer said something to her driver, then started to the doors of the mansion.

“Wonderful,” Cash grumbled, walking away from the picture window. The long black cloak and the air of mystery were the signature of the Tremere, a clan of duplicitous wizards that had never been on the best of terms with the Gangrel. “A bloody Tremere observer.”

Cash made his way down the stairs to the first floor, finding the Justicar’s observer waiting in the foyer with her driver and Tommy, one of Cash’s fellow Gangrel bodyguards. The observer’s face remained concealed behind the heavy, shadowy hood of the cloak, but Cash looked down at the observer’s black high heels revealed that the newcomer as a woman.

“This is where the prince of your city, Julian Luna, lived?” the observer inquired.

“Yes,” Cash replied. He forced as much formality as he could into his next sentence, trying to make sure that he did not reveal his irritation with having a Tremere observer present. “On behalf of the Council of the Primogen of San Francisco, I welcome you to our city. Tommy, if you would take our guest’s baggage to her room?”

“Alright,” Tommy said, casting one last, suspicious glance at the newcomer. Finally, the other Gangrel started up the steps, leading the observer’s driver away. Cash watched the pair go for a moment, then turned back to his cloaked visitor.

“My name is Cash,” the Gangrel replied. “I am primogen of Clan Gangrel and Julian’s head of security.”

“I thank you for your welcome, Cash of Clan Gangrel,” the cloaked figure said. “And, for your information, I am not a Tremere.”

“What would make you say that?” Cash asked, keeping his cool despite his surprise.

“The look in your eyes,” the observer said. “I can see your distrust in your eyes. You have nothing to fear, however. My sire would not send a Tremere to a city with such a Gangrel presence.”

“That was very nice of him,” Cash stated, becoming more and more annoyed with his mysterious guest. “Who are you, then?”

The cloaked figure raised her gloved, delicate hands slowly, and pushed back the hood of her cloak. The Justicar’s observer was a beautiful young woman in her early twenties, with long black hair that disappeared down the back of her cloak. Though her faintly dusky skin spoke of a Southern Mediterranean heritage, the most striking aspect of the young woman was her clear blue eyes.

“My name is Kali,” the young woman replied, taking the moment of hesitation from the Gangrel primogen to introduce herself. “I have been sent here as an observer for the Justicar. That is all you need to know.”

"I'll take you to your chambers now, Kali." Cash walked up the steps to the door with her behind him, when she saw the wolf head in the glass window.

"Tell me where is the wolf ring that Julian wore?" Kali asked, in a firm voice.

"What wolf ring? He wore no such ring." said Cash.

Suddenly, he found himself raised up with her hand on his throat and she growling at him. The two other Gangrel who was in the room, pulled their guns. Kali swung Cash in the way of their guns if they fired they would kill their Primogen. Cash looked down at Kali, her eyes blazing a silvery glow.

"TELL ME WHERE IS THE WOLF RING JULIAN WORE!!" Kali growled softly at Cash.

"The kine cop has it!" Cash whispered, remembering the ring that he held at the conclave table. He found himself on the ground and she facing him with anger in her eyes.

"You bring me the ring or I shall give you Final Death." Kali said, looking at him. Her nose was only an inch away from his face.

"How can I get the kine cop to give me the ring? He'll know if it's missing." Cash said.

"You will find a way to get it from him. That ring was given to Julian by his childe." spoke Kali, as she walked up the stairs towards the guest room which Tommy had just came out of. Cash followed her to her room.

"Who is his childe, beyond Sonny?" Cash asked. He turned his head to the portrait.

"I am not allowed to state who his childe is. The Justicar demands Luna's childe is not revealed. Do you have the ring?" Kali turned to look at him eyes flashing their silver glow.

"Not yet. I'll make a call to the kine cop who has the ring. He will be here shortly. I had told him that I have a Kindred who can actaully see what happened at the time of Julian's Final Death."

"This kine is protected from being killed knowing the information he knows about our kind?" asked Kali, curious.

"Yes, if he speaks about it at the station house. He's not to be believed as they will say that he finally cracked under the pressure of his job. His wife had jumped out of a window and killed herself. His last girlfriend jumped off a bridge and did the same as his wife."

Kali smiled gently at what he said. "I may make him do what both did before I'm done here."

"I didn't mean to be rude but why would you do that for, Kali." said Cash, looking strongly at her. "Frank has his uses to us."

"True but he's a threat to us and must be dealt with." spoke Kali.

Cash turned, walked away from her. He returned to her room five minutes later. "He'll be here soon. I hate calling him."

"Be as it is. I want that ring!" snapped Kali.

"Why don't you go get the ring yourself?" growled Cash. He was fuming about being attacked by this 'Observer'.

Another Gangrel entered the hallway. "Frank Kohaneck is here."

"Tell him we'll be down in a moment." Cash said coldly. The gangrel nodded and walked down the stairs. The voice that they heard meant that Frank wasn't pleased with the delay.

Kali and Cash strode into the room where the man was at. Frank was almost the same height and build as Sonny the Ventrue Primogen since Julian was the Prince. His voice was rough as he spoke to Cash. He handed the ring over to Cash still in its bag. "Frank, I want you to meet Kali, she's a Ventrue 'observer'. She's the one who'll see what Julian was doing at the time of his death." said Cash, turning to Kali and then to Frank.

"Give me the ring, Cash." Kali stated coldly. She barely recognized Frank as anything. "I don't mean to be rude but I see you as food, Kine."

"Well, thanks, at least I know where I stand with you....like Eddie Fiori he was always upfront on what he would like to do to me......" said Frank, as he found himself lifted up by his throat.

"Don't ever say that name in front of me!" growled Kali, as her eyes blazed a silvery glow. "You may not survive the night in this city if you mention that name to me again."

Cash yanked her hand free from Frank's neck as he crumbled to the floor and snarled in a hissing tone. "Kali!"

Kali snorted as she removed the ring from the bag, which was being held by Cash. She went and sat down in a chair. "Julian was drifting into his slumber when he heard the squeals of the tires and then felt the impact. That's all I saw. He died quickly."

Frank looked to Cash to see him holding the bag open for the ring to be placed back within the bag. Kali placed the ring on the ring finger of her right hand and gave Cash a glare that meant that ring belongs to me.

"Sorry Frank, she wants the ring." said Cash.

"I can not give it up to someone like her, Cash. Its evidence." said Frank.

Sonny walked into the room. "Its okay, Frank. The captain knows you are delivering the ring and the wallet back to the deceased's family."

Frank turned to look at him and then looked at Kali. He breathed out, "Alright, she can have the ring." he turned and left the room.

"He needs to have a girlfriend." Kali whispered softly.

"Hey, you just threatened his life. Why do you care?" snapped Cash.

"If he has a girlfriend. He may get on with his life and perhaps even move out of this city, maybe even forget about the Kindred. But once he does, someone will erase his memory if the new Prince allows it to be done." Kali turned to look at him.

"I agree." said Sonny. "A mortal one, not a Kindred."

"I think I have the perfect person for him. Julian's mortal girlfriend what's her name. I've read the Ventrue reports about her and Julian's relationship." replied Kali, digging into her carrying case to pull out a scroll. "Ah, figured. Caitlin. Blond haired, very pretty. Perfect for him, don't you think?"

Cash and Sonny looked at each other in shock but then turned towards her. Cash asked, "How will you plan on getting them together?"

"Easy, at the funeral." smiled Kali. They didn't understand what she was talking about. "I'll explain. Walk with me outside."

Kali told them her plan as they walked around the huge water fountain in the courtyard behind the mansion. They both approved of the plan as it may give both Catlin and Frank someone new to love and maybe even marry. Kali sat on the edge of the water fountain and gazed into the rippling water to see the stars being reflecting in the water but then she saw Julian staring out at her. Kali leapt away from the fountain in shock.

"Kali, what's wrong?" asked Sonny. Cash was already looking at her.

"Look in the water and tell me what you see?"

Sonny looked into the water and turned to look at her. "I see nothing but my reflection. What did you see within the water, Cash?"

"Just the same as you, my reflection. Kali, what did you see that scared or shocked you?" asked Cash.

"I saw Julian staring out at me. He was smiling." Kali said, with a smile on her face.

"I wish I had told Julian to stay here and demanded it." said Cash, as he walked away with his head lowered.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" said Sonny, running to his side. "There was no way he would have obeyed you, Cash. He was going to go to the meeting anyways, like it or not. Julian would have gone to the meeting even if he had to fight every single one of your Gangrels to do it."

"Yes, but he could have sent a representive there and stayed here in his city!" snapped Cash, eyes glowing angerily.

"Yeah, I know. But you know Julian, he's too stubborn. Just like with his women that he falls for, he can't resist the mortal women's advances." said Sonny.

Kali watched as they spoke to each other. She marked them down as worthy to investigate more about getting the title of Prince of The City. She rubbed the ring on her right hand. She turned towards the mansion to see stars shining overhead. Then, she noticed a figure on the walkway. He was a brown haired man, taller than Kali was but lankier than she was but he was a kine nonetheless but the look in his eyes stated he was aware of who they were. She quickly approached him requesting in a nice but firm voice, "I'm sorry but you are tresspassing on private property. I must request that you leave."

"Kali, this is Julian's lawyer. He's here to read the will. We'll be right up. Meet us in the living room, alright Magnus." Sonny said gently, as he placed his hand on her right shoulder.

Magnus nodded as he left. When they got there he was sitting at the table pulling out the documents concerning Julian Luna's affairs. He saw that they had entered the room and proceeded to reveal what Julian had left for his friends and family. Amazingly, it turned out that Sonny and Kali got alot of the things that Julian had in his life. Sonny got all Julian's wines, a few vehicles and a few hundred thousand dollars. Kali got all the businesses that Julian owned, plus the mansion was hers too, which made it very strange as Julian wrote her as his childe, which made Cash, Sonny and Magnus look at Kali.

"I considered him to be a father figure since the one who crossed me over died soon after I was embraced. Julian taught me the ways of Kindred and left me with the Justicar." said Kali.

Sonny, Magnus and Cash nodded their heads and dropped the subject as Kali walked out of the room.

Magnus said, "That is all that Julian had put down in his will. I'll be going now." He left soon after.

Sonny and Cash went out of the room to find Kali sitting on the steps overlooking the water fountain. She seemed to be starring off at the fountain.

"You want to know who I am aren't you?" asked Kali, not even looking away from the fountain.

"Yes." Sonny said.

"Well, it might just be that you are Julian’s childe, but then again, maybe he was lying in his will. He might have considered you more than a neonate in need of trainging in our ways." said Cash seriously.

"I'll tell you all when Julian's funeral is over." replied Kali. "It's tonight."

The two Kindred Primogen nodded their heads slowly.

Later, that night in Manzanita, with the full moon high overhead. The Kindred were all there covering the small plot of land as Julian Luna was laid to rest in the plot where he was 'supposedly' buried in long time ago. Sasha was there crying as was Lille Langtree. The Gangrel' females were crying as Julian always respected them and gave them the support that they needed when they needed it. The Kindred all spoke about Julian's strength and his 'caring' nature when one of them had a problem that they couldn't tell their own sire about.

Sasha took a red rose from the vase that sat next to the coffin, kissed it gently to her lips, then placed it within the coffin. "Good-bye uncle. I'll miss our chats that we had along time ago. Rest in peace." she then turned, walked away to her motorbike, revved the engines and drove away.

Frank and Caitlin were there, just like Kali said they were both in each other's arms. Caitlin couldn't even place the rose in the coffin but kept the rose as they both left the funeral. Caitlin gave the story about Julian's death front page headlines. The Ventrue of the city knew that she had not remembered anything of what had happened on the weekend trip to Manzanita. The former lover of Julian had kept the Masquerade and they had even thought of 'embracing' her. But without a Prince and having the city's Kindred under the eye of an 'Observer' would make it hard to even do so. But they knew it would be soon when they have the chance to 'embrace' her, only if she so desired it. But they knew she wouldn't.

Kali's eyes watched as Frank and Caitlin left the funeral. She was happy that they were together and she listened in to their conversation as they walked past her.

Frank asked, as he held her. "Caitlin, can I escort you home?"

"Sure, why did Julian die?" Caitlin said, as she held the rose to her chest like it was a lifejacket.

"I don't know. I really don't know. I miss him. He was a good friend." Frank said, sadly.

"He sure was." whispered Caitlin, as she looked at Frank.

Cash wondered if Sasha would try to return his feelings to him and get back together with him but he knew her mind was made up as she walked away to her motorcycle and drove from the cemetary without a look to him. Cash walked towards the limo and the bikes of the other Gangrel members, who were all in different stages of grief.

"Cash, tell the other Primogen if they wish to know more about me. Come to Luna's mansion tonight at 3am and all will be revealed." spoke Kali, as she looked at him before she nodded to the driver to drive away.

Cash turned towards Lillie, Sonny and Daedalus. Daedalus spoke, "We heard. Who will tell him?" nodding to the Brujah Primogen.

Lillie replied, as she walked away. "I will." she went to Cameron, who raised his eyebrows as he nodded. He quickly walked away from her as she returned to the small group. "We best get there as 3am is not too far away."

They moved quickly as they got back to the mansion to see Kali sitting at the head of the conclave table. She smiled as they sat down in their places.

"My story is not what you would think nor is my past what you think it is." Kali said, with a glare of hatred towards the Brujah Primogen.
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