Riley stood on the side of one of the many abandoned buildings the cold Seattle night. His throat was burning, but he was determined to find street trash that no one really cared about. Suddenly a scream broke threw the darkness. He jumped off the building and ran to where the scream came from.

Inside a dark ally, he saw a girl pressed up against a wall with a man holding her throat. From what he saw, the girl was beautiful.

"I told you to shut up!" the man said, slamming her head into the brick wall.

Riley pulled him off her and wasted no time. He bit the man's neck and he screamed out in pain. When the man's blood had run out, he looked at the girl, who was lying limp on a pile of trash bags.

"P-please don't hurt me…" she scooted back as far as she could against the wall and curled up in a ball.

Their was something about her that Riley couldn't hurt. Maybe it was her energy or her beauty. He slowly walked near her and bent down. She had a bad wound in the back of her head and probably a concussion.

"I won't." he said softly.

She looked at him. He was breathtakingly beautiful; with messy brown hair, pale white skin, and piercing red eyes. Her breathing slowed. She believed him.

The wind picked up and the smell of her blood filled the air, but since he had feed off the man and a few drug addicts before her, so it didn't burn as much. She started shivering and that's when he realized she didn't have a coat. Slowly, if not to scare her, he peeled off his and wrapped it around her shoulders. "I'm Riley." He said quietly, almost a whisper.

"I'm… Kaylee." She replied.

"Well, Kaylee, do you have a place to stay?"

She shook her head slowly.

He thought for a moment. He couldn't leave her out on the street, but he couldn't take her back to a houseful of vampires, especially since half of them were only a few months old. Then again, they had to listen to him. He was the king, ruler of the newborns. Before she went anywhere near that house, he had to get the blood stopped.

"You could stay with me…" he said taking the shirt off of the man and pressing it gently to the back of her head. "I promise you'll be safe."

"Th-" all of the sudden she went unconscious. He couldn't hear her heart anymore. He knew he had to save her. Slowly, he pulled her into his arms and bit her on the neck. She moved a little in his arms but he held her close.

After the burning stopped, Kaylee opened her eyes. Her throat was on fire. "M-my throat!" she threw her hands to her throat.

"It's okay, it's okay…." Riley comforted and got up, her still in his arms. "We'll fix that."

They walked out of the ally and down the dark street. The few streetlights that lined the streets were burned out or broken. A little further, they saw, what they assumed to be, a drug dealer and another man.

"Come on." Riley whispered to Kaylee as he walked toward them. Reluctantly she followed. She smelled something delicious but couldn't distinguish what it was.

The two followed the druggies into another ally and Riley attacked the dealer, holding the other guy by the throat to keep him quiet.

"What… are you?" Kaylee asked him when he was finished.

"Vampire." He said coolly, as if she had asked him what he had for dinner. "You're one two. Now, attack him." He gestured to the man he had in his hand.

Kaylee thought about it. Her throat was burning, but he was a person just like her. Then again, she wasn't a person anymore. She ran over and did the same she saw Riley do.

"Perfect." He smiled. "I think we should get you home now."

She nodded and whipped her mouth.

Riley grabbed her free hand and they walked to the house that Riley shared with about fifty vampires, most of them he created. "You are my mate." He said suddenly.

"What?" Kaylee asked.

"We are mates." Riley demanded.

"Okay…" she said. Not only was she grateful for him saving her, but because she new already that she loved him.

He grabbed her hand and walked into the house. Everyone was back from hunting.

"Yo, Riley. Who's that?" Raul said walking up to them.

"Raul, back up." Riley held up his hand to stop him from getting near Kaylee anymore then he had already. "She's mine."

"Riley always gets the hot ones." He mumbled and walked off.

"I'll show you to our room." Riley said as they walked up the stairs. Everyone's eyes were on her, especially the boys.

"Ignore them always." Riley said as they walked into a huge room, complete with an extra-large king-size bed, two closets, a plasma TV, and a few sofas.

"Wow…" Kaylee said looking around.

Riley leaned down and kissed her, and for the first time in her life she felt love.