{"id":6355,"date":"2016-12-30T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2016-12-20T16:11:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T00:11:37","slug":"sylum-advent-2016-december-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-advent-2016-december-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Advent 2016: December 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2016.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5960\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-advent-2016-last-check-in\/bar-banner_advent2016\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2016.jpg?fit=500%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bar-banner_advent2016\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2016.jpg?fit=500%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5960\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2016.jpg?resize=500%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2016.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, 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irritated and pissed off.\u00a0 When word had reached Integridad about Don Jon&#8217;s latest criminal act, Robin knew Pedro would take it personal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You keep looking at my ass that way, Azeem is going to do damage.&#8221;\u00a0 Pedro threw a grin over his shoulder at the Clan&#8217;s Co-Leader. &#8220;Though I can understand, I do have a nice ass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robin chuckled as he stepped inside.\u00a0 &#8220;Considering Azeem was reaming\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He held up a hand.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m stopping you right there.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t want details, hell I don&#8217;t want vague innuendos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How&#8217;s he doing?&#8221;\u00a0 Robin petted the Chestnut Andalusian, one from Maximus&#8217; stock.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Better.&#8221;\u00a0 He ran a hand down his flank, easing over the small wound.\u00a0 &#8220;Few more days of rest, should be good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Want to talk about it?&#8221;\u00a0 Robin glanced over to the older Vampire.\u00a0 Pedro had been friends with Azeem way before he showed up in Spain.\u00a0 He had taken Robin under his wing, helped him settled into a country that on most occasions hated him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I should&#8217;ve Dusted the bastard centuries ago, but a part of me always hoped he would find his way home.&#8221; Pedro sighed, moving out of the stall and locking it behind him.\u00a0 &#8220;He&#8217;s got the soul of my brother, and he&#8217;s abused that fact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are not responsible for what Jon does.&#8221;\u00a0 Robin pointed out as they made their way back up to the house.\u00a0 &#8220;He&#8217;s his own Vampire, and knows full well what he&#8217;s doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And this is the first time in all these years, that he&#8217;s Turned someone Without Consent.&#8221;\u00a0 Pedro turned towards the Englishman.\u00a0 &#8220;Never in all this time, and it&#8217;s the Chief of Staff to the President of the United 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conducting a Hunt!&#8221;\u00a0 He snarled at Robin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then why don&#8217;t you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you encouraging me to Hunt the son of a bitch down?&#8221;\u00a0 Pedro stood and stared down at him in shock.\u00a0 &#8220;Hunt my own brother?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes.&#8221;\u00a0 Robin held his gaze easily.\u00a0 &#8220;If anything you should go talk to this Leo, and find out if Jon said anything that would give us any indication of why after all these years, he was suddenly having Children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pedro took a calming breath, and nodded.\u00a0 &#8220;I might just do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>He couldn&#8217;t say the meeting with Leo went well, but at least he learned a few things about Jon&#8217;s motivation.\u00a0 Mainly, that there wasn&#8217;t one.\u00a0 Frankenstein needed President Bartlet distracted, and he created one.<\/p>\n<p>After a few weeks, Leo warmed up to Pedro.\u00a0 By the time he left Washington, the two actually could 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