To say Henry was surprised would be an understatement. When his friend told him about Uncle Josef he was picturing a man in his late fifties, early sixties, with graying hair and a hump back not a good looking man that looked to be in his late twenties. "This is Josef?" He squeaked.

Josef turned cool eyes to the young man standing with his nephew. It only took him a moment to size him up. "A lycan William?" He looked back to Will. "Had I known you were this good at making powerful friends I would have released you into the world sooner."

Will rolled his eyes. "Again I ask what are you doing here?" He leaned back slightly and craned his neck around the corner to make sure they were alone and that Magnus nor Kate had snuck up on them.

"I was told you had an unfortunate accident. I just wanted to check and make sure you were alright." Josef took in the younger mans haggard appearance. "Apparently I missed all the fun?"

"Wait, hang on a minute. How'd you know that I'm a….you know?" Henry shifted self-consciously.

Josef swung his gaze back to Henry. "Because our peoples have been allies against the humans for many years. If I am not mistaken, and I never am, your pack was one such ally." He tugged on his sleeves. "Now perhaps you can tell me what happened to young William since he isn't inclined to tell me himself?"

Henry wanted to ask more questions but he pushed them aside for now. He looked to his friend for permission only to find him staring at the floor like a chastised child. "It was suppose to be a routine bag and tag but someone ambushed us. Will was injured in the process but he's okay now." He hurried to assure the vampire elder.

"Vincent told me silver bullets were involved; is that correct?" Josef addressed Will this time.

"I'm fine." Will told Josef. "You do realize that Magnus probably knows you're here and is on her way this very instant?" He changed the subject.

Josef raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Oh I'm counting on it." He paused. "Are you going to invite me in or leave me standing out here? What would dear Helen think of your manners Will?" He inquired.

"She'd be more interested in who you are and what you're doing here." Helen said as rounded the bend.

Will pinched the bridge of his nose. "Josef please don't make a scene." He implored. "I have to work here." He added.

"Yes, well, that is still up for debate." Josef grinned and stepped in and around the younger men. "Helen Magnus it has been too long." He offered his hand.

Helen paused as the familiar tone of the young mans voice. Clearly he knew who she was but she didn't have the foggiest recollection of him. And it was clear by Will's body language that he knew the man rather well. A quick glance also told her that Henry wasn't in the dark either about the mans identity. "Who are you and what are you doing in my home? Better yet how did you get passed the gate and all the security?" Again her eyes strayed to Henry before returning to her guest.

Josef lowered his hand well aware that her refusal to shake it wasn't meant to be an insult but a power play. "Don't blame the boy, I can assure you he had nothing to do with my arrival. I am the richest man in the world. It only goes without saying that I'd employ some of the best technicians money could afford. And when it comes to young William I spare no expense."

"And how do you know Will?" Helen asked not without reason. It seemed that Will knew the man rather well and even deferred to him as a child would a parent. It wasn't lost on her that she had yet to receive a name; other than Will's hastily spoken Josef.

"He's family." Josef told her as he looked down at his nails becoming bored with her questions. "I take care of my family." Which was true. He just didn't mention that his family was rather large and extended. "Shall we dispense with the niceties and get down to business then?"

Helen inclined her head. "Yes, please do." She glared over to the quietly watching Will and Henry and noted that Will had a resigned look on his face like he knew exactly what was going to happen. Henry on the other hand was watching the proceedings with nothing with question in his eyes. What questions she had no idea. "My office is this way." She motioned with her hand and headed towards her office. She knew Will and Henry would follow and assumed that since the man was here about Will then he'd follow as well. Once they were all inside she closed the door and headed over to her ever present tea service. "Can I offer any of you gentlemen a cup?" She poured herself one and took a sip then poured another and offered it to the visitor.

"I'm good." Will sat down on the couch and placed his head in his hands. Josef had that look on his face. The look that he had come to know very well. He was going to go for the throat, so to speak, right off.

"None for me either." Henry sat down beside his friend but never took his eyes off Josef. This man actually knew his family and he intended to find out everything he could before he left the Sanctuary.

Josef gave her a polite smile as he took the cup she offered him. "Your mother always had an affinity for a good cup of tea. She'd offer it to even the most unruliest of guests. Lovely woman. It pained me when I heard of her passing so early in her life. Your father wouldn't allow me to attend the funeral and I abided by his wishes; those were different times." He continued as if what he was saying was nothing more than idle chit-chat about the weather. "Times have sure changed haven't they?"

"You knew my mother?" Helen scoffed. "I highly doubt it. She died long before you were even born." She sat down her tea cup. "Now would you care to tell me why you're here?"

"Well I thought I was drinking a cup tea but it must be my mistake." Josef sat the cup down on a nearby table. "And I actually knew your father long before he met your mother. I introduced them at a party if you're one for details." He gave her his most charming smile. "You of all people shouldn't believe everything you see. Looks can be, after all, deceiving."

Helen for the first time in her life felt her head reeling. There was no possible way that what this man was saying was true and yet…. She found her eyes on Will once again. He wasn't disputing the story something she had thought he would have done had it been a lie. "Your name is Josef? Josef what?" She demanded to know.

Josef sighed dramatically. "And you think my name has remained the same as it was all those years ago? Immigrating to the United States alone butchered it's spelling and pronunciation. Plus when one is around as long as me it becomes a necessity to change it from time to time. But since you insist on knowing its Josef Kostan. When I knew your father I had already changed it a number of times. It's been so long I don't think I can recall what it was originally." He offered Helen a charming smile. "You don't believe me." He stated as he sat down completely relaxed and at ease.

"No, I don't." Helen told him bluntly. Something about this man rubbed her the wrong way. "I believe you're nothing more than a liar and a conman. I don't know how Will got tangled up with you but I can assure you it stops now." She told him forcefully.

Will winced at the threatening tone Magnus used. Josef didn't react well to threats. "I didn't get tangled up with him, Magnus." He felt like he needed to defend his former caregiver. "I was sent to live with him after my father bailed."

"You're threatening me?" Josef's charming smile turned into something a little more dangerous and his eyes flashed in barely contained anger. "Will is the last of my family and I dislike people putting him in needless danger." He didn't raise his voice because he didn't need to. "I suggest you tread carefully Helen Magnus because I am one of the few people in this world that knows your secret." His smile was now completely dangerous. "And I am not afraid to tell the good normal people of this city of your little freak show being hidden within these walls." Lazily he waved his hand around to make his point.

Helen felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end and goosebumps raced up and down her exposed arms. "Threats Mister Kostan?" She believed that he was dangerous but she doubted he knew anything about her or the Sanctuary network. "I don't take kindly to threats." She pushed a button and didn't even blink when Kate entered the room with a gun trained on Josef. "And you are in no position to make them." It was barely audible but she could have sworn that both Henry and Will groaned.

Josef hissed and was on his feet in full vampire mode before the newly armed arrival fully entered the room. "Wrong move!"

Having no choice but to back up Josef, Will found himself on his feet with ice blue eyes trained on Magnus. "You just had to irritate him didn't you!" He hissed out in annoyance as his secret was finally brought kicking and screaming into the light. "And Mick was right about you!" He jabbed a finger towards Josef. "You don't play well with others!"

Henry jumped to his feet as the situation deteriorated. His wolf was practically howling for release as it sensed the power in the room. For some reason it, the wolf, was deferring to Josef as Alpha instead of Magnus which was usually the case. This just added to his already growing list of questions for the four-hundred plus year old vampire. "Whoa everybody just needs to calm down!" He tried to reason as he fought to control his own transformation.

Kate watched the proceedings with wide eyes as her gun swung between the unknown man and Will. "What's goin on?" She questioned. "Dude what's wrong with your eyes?" It was a question directed towards Will.

"What are you?" Helen took an unconscious step back away from the pair. Her eyes locked with those of her protégés. "What are you?" She would have known if Will was an abnormal. He never showed any signs other than his ability to see things others didn't or missed.

"I'd have thought you of all people would know." Josef moved slightly to draw the attention away from Will and back to himself. "You did bastardize yourself in the name of science to learn more about us." He bared his fangs ever so slightly just enough to prove his point. "Still don't know? I'll give you a him it starts with v and ends with ampire."

Helen's brain finally caught up with what he was saying. "Impossible the vampire raced died out ages ago."

Josef grinned a full fanged grin. "And yet two stand here before you alive and well. Well maybe not alive but you get the point." He looked to the younger vampire. "I think I broke her." He swung his head back around to look at the staring Helen.

"You're a….vampire." Helen whispered as she looked between Josef and Will. "You're both vampires?" She was quiet for a moment. "Bloody hell."