For those teams paired with an Uratha, listen to the wolves in all matters regarding the actual hunt. They will defer to us in matters of the city, an... maintaining the Masquerade.” And the look on MacDonald’s angry face said it all: so help me god they will or I will kill them myself.An elder Gangrel versus a werewolf. That would be an interesting battle. Would a werewolf bow to his mastery of Animalism? A scary thought, and a scary memory; Viktor had done similar.“Dismissed.”The Kindred walked. You have a strong mind so she must have been very persuasive.”Sally shook her head, “Oh lets say she knows how to push my buttons, I am putty in her hands. She knows how to make me say yes, and before you even think about it don’t ask me how. I will let Jan and Mike know about tomorrow evening.”I could see Sally didn’t want to talk about it anymore so we had a quiet night. She phoned Jan and let her know. It was a brief conversation, and I managed to make out that Jan and Mike would be coming. ”“Wow! Really?”“Kind of how I feel.”“Going to class?”“No,” I said. “I’m supposed to meet with Doctor Seavers with the College of Engineering and talk my way out of some courses. Math, mostly...”“How do you do that?”“I did it a few weeks ago at Auburn...”“Alabama Auburn?”“Yeah, them. And I interviewed with them about a bunch of coursework. They said I didn’t need any further math work. But that’s Auburn. These people think I might be faking it.”“I can imagine,” Stacey said. “I’ve heard of really. Since it’s a Tuesday, George will be at his evening class, so I’m free.’ ‘OK Candice. I’m doing a casserole so you could eat with Harold and me, if that’s convenient. Thomas will eat when he gets back.’ ‘Yes, please, Lisa. What time?’ ‘If you get here about 7pm we could chat a bit before the meal and then get serious afterwards. That suit you?’ ‘Yes thank you, Lisa. See you at seven. Bye.’ I rang off. I shivered. I had committed myself at least to discuss my problem. That had been a major step.