Celeste heard flattering downstairs, immediately alarmed. She ran downstairs to see the commotion. She gasped, going over and scooping up her babies out of the room quickly before disappearing to the cellar. She was much too pregnant to fight and she had to protect her babies.

The scuffle took only a few minutes, and soon enough he'd killed all the men and women who had come into the house. But...there was no blood. The only blood in the room was his own, dripping from a cut on his bicep and dripping down his arm as he walked out to find Celeste, brows pinched together in worry.

Celeste and the kids were crouched in the very far corner of the cellar, huddled together, Celeste using her body as a shield. Lizzie was quietly crying, terribly frightened and the babies had been crying, but Celeste moved to nurse Xavier and June to soothe their crying, and rocked Att back to sleep.

Sage moved to slip into the cellar, crouching in the doorway. "They're gone," he noted softly. Then he met Celeste's eyes. "Celeste....they were all vampires," he noted quietly. That worried him. They weren't just random thieves in the night breaking into a rich home....they were assassins. Dangerous. And more would come.

Celeste glanced over at him, nothing but fear in her eyes. They'd tried to hurt her babies, but she was far too pregnant to fight right now, even though she really wanted to. Lizzie ran to Celeste and Celeste comforted the little girl, covering her ears. "We need to leave, now," she breathed.

Sage nodded with a sigh. "Where will we go," he asked softly. This was their home....they had to fight for it. But, they couldn't....not with Celeste and the babies so vulnerable

"I have friends, we'll hafta figure it out on the road. We have to leave, now," She said, tears in her eyes. She was so vulnerable, being this pregnant, and she had 3 babies and a little girl to protect.

Sage bit his lower lip, nodding. Would these friends accept a werewolf? Evidently vampires and werewolves didn't get along. "I could smell her on them," he noted, the thought scaring him. "The empress wants Att." Why, he couldn't imagine. But she'd wanted him dead too....why? Was it just because they were werewolves? It seemed like more than that.

Celeste got up with her kids, clutching Att close to her chest. Lizzie held onto Celestes pant leg as they walked over to Sage. "Take the kids, get them in the car, I'll pack," she said, they didn't have time to talk about this now.

Sage nodded, taking the kids from her and settling them in. With her super speed, she had all their things within minutes, and they drove off soon. "So, where are we going," he asked, knuckles white on the steering wheel