My new chapter is up! Thanks for all the reviews I got from the new people, and thanks for sticking through with me, all of you who have been here since I started! As always, R&R!

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As soon as Savannah flicked on the overhead and the words WELCOME TO HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR LIFEMATE 101 flashed on the screen, Gregori sprang forward and drew Savannah back into safety.

"It's possessed, the wall," he said, "words do not magically appear there. This is the work of a master vampire, don't go near it." Savannah rolled her eyes and was about to say something, but was interrupted by a loud crash of splintering wood as Mikhail punched the wall in an attempt to destroy the message. With a roar of rage, he tore down the wall, the words gone.

"Mikhail!" Raven cried in shock, "calm down, it's just the-!"

"Quiet Raven, and stay back," Mikhail cut her off as his eyes scanned the room, "the vampire's words may return..." As he stepped back, Rin accidentally pushed the "multi-project" button and words shined on every wall.

"Oh crap..." Rin muttered.

"I knew it..." Mikhail growled and proceeded to use his talons and tear down the wall, and next one, and the next until everyone stood in a heap of rubble.

"Those words were from the projector..." Raven sighed, but no one paid much attention to her.

"My prince!" Gregori called, "above you!" Mikhail looked up and saw the words on the ceiling.

"Mikhail!" the three (Savannah, Rin, and Iris) cried at the same time, "don't blow up-!" BOOM, "the house..." The pieces of ceiling rained down on them and as Mikhail looked down, he saw the words shone upon himself. Raven, Savannah, Iris, and Rin saw that the projector had shone on him and sighed in exasperation.

"No!" Gregori exclaimed, "Mikhail!"

Mikhail sighed, "Gregori, my second in command, please kill me. I do not want to endanger our people. The vampire has infected me with his pestilence. After me, I deem you the new prince. Save our people, Gregori, slay me."

Gregori turned his head to look down, "Mikhail..."

"Now, you have to..." Mikhail said, "do not hesitate."

Gregori sighed and drew back his arm, "if I must..." All of a sudden, Savannah clicked the off button on the overhead and the words disappeared.

"They're gone..." Aidan noted, relaxing, "the enemy is defeated..."

"Gregori," Mikhail gazed at him in awe, "simply your presence defeated the vampire. You truly are stronger and I am-ow!" Mikhail winced as Raven smacked him upside the head.

"Those words weren't from some vampire, they were projected from the overhead, you nincompoops!" she cried. All the Carpathian males turned to the now destroyed overhead, as if noticing it for the first time.

"Is it possessed?" Jacques asked, giving it a suspicious eye.

Lucian stepped forward and inspected it, "no...I believe we have finally defeated the enemy. We emerge victorious!" All the females slapped themselves on the forehead.

"Leave them to it..." Rin sighed as they walked away, "they're absolutely hopeless..."

The next evening Gregori awoke to a loud crash and the sound of Savannah's voice calling, "no! Gregori, bad boy! Come back here now!"

Lying in bed, Gregori was filled with confusion, "Savannah!" he called, "I'm right here!"

"Not you!" Savannah's voice replied, "I'm talking about Gregori-chan!" Another loud crash was heard along with Savannah shouting, "no! Gregori-chan!"

Ahhh... the real Gregori thought, her ferret... Finally the sound of the crashing stopped.

"Got you," Savannah said as she held up her beloved ferret, "you shouldn't have done that. Gregori, you're being very naughty." Iris and Rin appeared at that moment and exchanged disturbed glances as they caught the last sentence. But they shrugged it off, they were used to Savannah being strange.

"Evening Savannah," they said at the same time. Savannah turned from her scolding Gregori-chan and the ferret once again wrapped itself around her neck.

"Oh, hi," Savannah replied good-naturedly as Gregori (the Carpathian) walked into the room.

"Hey guess what?" Rin said, "Mikhail's making us go find out lifemates again. But this time he said that you could come along with us."

"Yes!" Savannah pumped her fist in the air as Gregori stared wide-eyed.

"That cannot be..." he muttered, "I must go and have a word with Mikhail." He stalked off as Savannah called, "don't discourage him!"

"I see Gregori-chan is being a handful," Iris stated as she took note of the broken furniture around the room.

"Very..." Savannah sighed, "who ever knew ferrets could be so energetic eh?"

"I wanted to ask..." Rin said, "how are we going to teach our Lifemate 101 class if all the Carpathians are convinced the overhead is possessed?"

"We'll probably have to talk them through it," Savannah replied, "we'll discuss that after we come back from our lifemate hunt." Suddenly Savannah's cell phone rang and as she looked at it, Mikhail had called.

"So he finally learned how to use it..." Iris said as Savannah answered.

"Oh hi Raven," she said, "Mikhail still thinks the phone is alive? Okay. Yeah, we'll be at the airport soon. Tell Gregori not to freak out TOO much. Yeah...yeah, don't worry." She shut off the phone.

"Well then," Rin said, "let's go! To Canada!"

Iris nodded, "yeah, we'll get to see the Niagara Falls!"

Savannah gasped, "I've always wanted to go there! Let's go!" With that, the three packed once again and set off for the airport.

Some miles away, Gregori paced in Mikhail's living room, "I cannot believe you are letting Savannah go," he said, "no offense but...are you out of your mind!?"

"Raven often tells me I am, but if we restrain Savannah, she'll probably try to stow away again," Mikhail replied.

"I'm going along with them then," Gregori announced, striding out the door, "I will not let Savannah put herself in unnecessary danger."

Mikhail grinned, "are you sure you'll be able to handle the three of them together? They are...quite a handful..."

"Don't worry," Gregori assured him, "they will be fine. I can handle them, they are only fledglings, how hard could it be?" He didn't know how wrong he was.

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The next chapter will be up as soon as possible! I may be able to write it this weekend, maybe not. I'll get it up ASAP! Thank you!