Salem sipped slowly at the elven brew as he let his mated soul catch up with the empress while they waited for the vampires to arrive. Another cup of the hot brew later the coffee pot had been depleted when there was a knock on the huge castle doors. 

"I'll get it." Salem offered as he left the room to answer the knock. 

A few minutes later he returned accompanied by two vampires. One looked so much like Salem you could tell they shared a blood-line. The other one looked diffrent. He appeared to be around thirty, but had to be much older than that, he was muscular and tall with amethyst eyes and dark brown hair almost a mud color. 

"Father, Spencer this is the empress of Sorcery, Ralvania."  Salem introduced her.

"Hello. It's good to meet you both." She greeted them.

"Hello. Thank you so much for agreeing to meet us here." Spencer replied.

"Not a problem. Why don't you tell me what's troubling you?" The empress asked in a soothing manner.

      "My mate, Narsisca has been taken from me. I don't know where she is or rather how to find her. I'd like you to use your powers to try and locate her." Spencer replied in a desperate tone.

"Is she a vampire too?" Ralvania asked as the others listened.

"Yes, why?" Spencer asked.

She looked down then up again before responding.

"I can read creatures, but with vampires my abilities tend to be foggy, sometimes I won't get much." 

      "Even so will you still help? Even something of great importance may show in a vision." Magellan asked.

Ralvania thought it over for a few seconds, then looked at Spencer. 

"I'll do what I can but I may not be as helpful as you would like me to be." She warned him.

"Anything that may lead to her safe return home, even a small clue is better than nothing. Thank you for trying to help me." 

"I try to help all who deserve it." The empress told him.