Hannibal followed Abby and Zoe up to the small picturesque cabin. He knew this was a horrible idea and that Abby was dead wrong. There was no way in hell that Shaughn was going to open the door and just let them in. The girl had wanted nothing to do with them and fighting vampires. He leaned against the railing of the stairs going up to the porch standing on the second step. Zoe sat on the step in front of him as Abby walked to the blue door and knocked.

"She isn't going to be mad, is she?" Zoe asked.

"Shaughn mad? Nah, she'll be delighted to see us," Hannibal said looking up at Abby.

Abby rolled her eyes and looked at the door. It opened and there stood her little sister. Although, Shaughn was no longer a child. Her sister's hair fell in brown waves past her shoulders and her blue eyes widened in surprise. Abbey could see the changes in her sister now. She wasn't a girl anymore; she was a young woman and the last time Abby had seen her had been when she had walked out on her and their father saying that she was not going to fight vampires anymore and get killed. That had been two years ago and she had been twenty then. Shaughn looked at her and immediately got pissed.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" she demanded.

"I need your help," Abby said.

"What? Dad not answering his phone?"

"Dad's dead, Shaughn."

Shaughn Whistler stood there shocked. She had known that one day she would hear those words but she hadn't thought they would come so soon. She looked and saw a little girl sitting on her steps and then Hannibal King leaning on the railing of her steps. She turned back to Abby and wanted to punch her sister for bringing Hannibal there. He was the last person she had wanted to see again.

"Okay, so Dad's dead what do you want me to do about it?" she demanded determined not to let her older sister win.

Abby sighed and looked into Shaughn's blue eyes, "I need you to take Zoe and Hannibal in for a while. I need to regroup everyone and get a new base together. Hannibal is hurt and Zoe... She lost her mom and needs some stability for a while."

"I'll take the kid but King can fend for himself."

"See, told you Abby. Can we please go now?" Hannibal asked walking up the stairs and to the front door.

"Shaughn, please. It would just be for a few days."

"I am not letting his ass stay here. For all I know that lovely vampire whore is after him."

"She's dead but thank you for caring."

Zoe tugged on his shirt, "You're bleeding again."

Shaughn told herself not to care about the red patch growing on Hannibal's chest. Too bad she was lying to herself and knew that she was going to care about him even when he was being an ass. She cursed and grabbed his arm yanking him into her house. She pulled him into the kitchen and heard Abby close the door and follow her. She shoved him down in a chair and ripped his white tank top.

"Oh, Shaughn, I didn't know you liked it rough," he said wincing as she ripped off the bandage.

"King, I can make this worse," she said looking into his eyes. She hated how his brown eyes still had the ability to pull her in even after two years.

"You promise?"

"So, I guess they can stay then?" Abby asked.

"Three days, Abigail. If you aren't back by then you'll be missing one of them."

"That isn't very nice to threaten an innocent child," Hannibal said.

"Be good, Zoe. I'll be back later," Abby said hugging the little girl.

"Okay. I'll protect Hannibal from Shaughn."

"Good girl. King, try to be a good boy."

Shaughn snorted and turned and started to gather up her medical supplies. She heard Abby leave the kitchen but didn't move to say goodbye to her sister. She knew that Abby didn't expect her to. Plus neither of the Whistler girls had ever really been good at goodbyes. She turned and dumped everything on the table then looked at Hannibal. He looked like shit. She pulled on the gloves and sighed.

"How bad?" she asked pulling up another chair and sitting in front of him.

"It was a cluster fuck," he answered before glancing at Zoe, "And you are not allowed to say that word."

"You can tell me more after I patch your ass up."

"My ass actually made it through this fight without being harmed. If you want to see it though, that's fine."

Shaughn shook her head and grabbed the needle and thread. She could still feel that pull to him like she always had and had to remind herself that letting him into her heart would only cause pain.