Jewell had risen even earlier then usual, eager to get some work in before the children started to wake up. Getting dressed quickly in denims and a t-shirt she went into her study. No sooner then she had sat down that she heard someone making a ruckus at her front door. Her study was particularly situated at the front of the house and a discrete parting of curtains let her see what ingrate had decided to bother her household at such an inhumane hour.

She clenched her teeth when she saw Renna. This would not do. That woman was not at all welcome at her household. Her children lived in this house! Rigid with anger she left her study, but not before she grabbed a dagger from her desk! What a place to keep a weapon.

A little touch to the wall before opening the door reassured her that her wards were still in place. Elemental wards that would keep anyone she deemed a threat out. As a Fae, the elements were her friend and at her call if needed. Even the very ground would respond if she were desperate enough.

She gestured one of the few servants in the house away from the door. The poor girl looked like she had ran all the way from the other end of the house to reach the door before Jewell. "I got it," she mouthed to her. She would deal with this unwanted caller herself.

Bracing herself, dagger tucked into her back pocket and poking her every time she moved, she swung the right door of the double doors open.

"I will ask you to kindly refrain from using such language on my grounds," she deadpanned, tone sharp as she greeted Renna. Here, she was mistress.

Brian was woken with a jolt as he recieved the summons. Looking left and right, he saw nothing and didn't even recognize where he was. He looked to his right and saw his hand hold Charlotte's and then he remembered. He brought her home fromt he Inn, and tucked her into bed and then sat there on the floor next to the bed and just feel asleep as he held her hand. Shaking his head once more, Brian rose to his feet.

Uncle Brian.. Uncle Brian!!

"Amanda?! What's wrong, sweetheart?"

Some woman is here, she wants Dad or you. Rennall is her name or something, Mom is talking to her now.

"Renna??"

Yeah that's it! She is at the front door. Mom feels really upset.

"How the hell did she find out where you lived?!"

I dunno, did you tell her?

"Like hell I did, look I am on the way. I'm gonna portkey to the pond. Keep an eye on yer mom."

'Kay!


Brian made his way to the weapons room and grabbed his tac harness and sword, and strapped up. After that, he grabbed the portkey which was still enclosed in its pouch and made his way to Charlotte's room. he gently kissed the top of her head and looked to Jean-Luc as he lay next to her. "Keep the house clean Jean, no visitors." The large cat looked to him as if to say something rather sarcastic and then closed his eyes once more.

Brian left the room and went to the living room and called out for his other Moor Cat. "Sorreah. Come on." The large female Moor Cat padded from the kitchen and sat at Brian's side as he knelt, and set his hand upon her and with his other hand he reached into the pouch and activated the port key. Within a flash he was gone.


He appeared at the pond and he and Sorreah made their to the front yard of the house and he could hear his sister and Renna speaking.

"Or could you direct me to them and I will leave with all haste, since I am not your favourite visitor to date, one would assume."

"You betcher ass on that one sweet cheeks." as he approached them. The large cat padding up next to Brian literally from the shadows. "What the hell are you doing here, no one said to come here for anything. I explained to you what was going on, now I have people asking me if I am assembling some damned force for what is coming? I spoke to you out of concern and to just ready you for what may or may not come and you run at the mouth and now everyone is running amok and worried even more so than they were before. Great effing job... Come with me, we are leaving to talk once more and maybe this time you'll understand as I will gladly say it in multiple languages." Brian then looked to his sister.

"Jewell, I am sorry. I never asked her to come here by ANY means. She and I will talk elsewhere and I will talk to you in the morn. Please get some rest."

She was eerily silent, not even speaking as Brian called Renna way from her door. Her only movement was to lean left against the door frame, effectively blocking entrance into her home. Or, perhaps, to block that little figure she knew to be standing on top the staircase from running down and greeting her uncle.

No one entered her house against her wishes.

Jewell's social life was one thing. People could threaten her with bodily harm until their faces turned blue, they could even make good on such promises. She didn't care. The second they stepped onto the avenue that led to her house it was personal- more than personal.

Grey eyes were absolutely frigid as they regarded Renna was she walked away. "Don't come back here again, Renna. If you have something to say to me, find my elsewhere. Stay away from the rest of my family, otherwise." Her tone, when she finally had spoken, left little room for argument. She didn't shout, not even raise her voice above a deadly calm. It was the tone she learned to take on as royalty. It was dangerous, a promising threat inflected if one went against it.

She would think Renna a fool if she dared to come to the house again- onto her home territory.

Renna smirked, "I am sorry for causing some ruckus but at least my plan worked..." Turning to him, "I knew you'd come running to me if I simply uttered your name here, to your Sister's face, at her house. For now, Brian, I will need you to come to these directions... Three days from now." She held out a piece of ripped paper, on them, was directioned to her Fort, "You may not need these, but here, just incase..."
Renna turned and walked away from him, she heard Jewel, but she ignored her entirely. Renna did what she want, and when she wanted... IF that meant coming back here, she'd do it alright.

A finger ran under his nose as he slipped up the road that lead the to establishment. Before him, did he see two people - both of which earned a well-worth groan of displeasure. It didn't take much, either. Brian taking off, and Renna left alone, he slinked on over. Eyes trailed her up and down only for a moment, as his brows lifted, "So - decided to stalk the family only days after telling me how much you disliked them?" His moments worth of musing would quickly trail off, "Yet you didn't even stab him in the face. Tsktsk.. guess you can't always take the briefest opening."

His arms cross over his chest as his head canted slightly to the left, then. "So? What are you doing here? Not.. that I don't like company. It's just the one place I would least likely expect you to be."

Brian overheard Jewell rip into Amanda and felt bad. He knew why Amanda had summoned him, after all Amanda was as smart as any of them and no doubt knew what her mother and Brian had been through the last two weeks and also the fact Alex was not home and it was in the dead of night. Brian was the next choice to call. He didnt mind by any means, after all he was glad he was summoned. Renna under any circumstances was not someone to take lightly. Setting his sword against the wall on the porch he looked to his sister with an apologetic look. "I'm sorry Jewell.. I didn't know Renna knew where you were. This is my fault. Also, please don't be so hard on manda.. She meant well. I know she over stepped herself, but please look at her concern."


Sorreah canted her head and looked back and Brian noted Alex a moment and heard his comments to Renna. Shaking his head slowly as he moved from the door way as his sister passed him.

"Alexander Ravenlock..if you want to talk to that witch you will not do it within sight of this house."

Brian watched on and truth be told felt annoyed as well. He knew Alex had his own agenda, and he knew Alex was meeting with Renna. It was no secret and Jewell knew it as well. Then again Alex was Alex and that wasn't going to change. After Brian caught he tone of Jewell's voice, Brian went into the house and headed towards Amanda's room to talk to her before he left and give Jewell some time with Lex.

Renna watched... Family scabbles and pointless banter. She watched Alex walk in, with a more than cheery mood, but she would have the last laugh soon enough in this damned encounter.
Instead of staying she walked off. Perhaps she'd send a messanger to Alex instead sometime soon.