Pulling up in front of her father's house in the little town of Forks, Washington Emily leaned back in her seat and sighed. She wondered exactly how she had convinced herself that coming here was a good idea. Over the years she had grown to despise this town and the necessity of hiding her true identity from the people who lived here. You see Emily wasn't your average human, she was a witch with a twin brother named Harry. The two had been adopted by their father Charlie shortly after the death of their parents and brought from England to be raised in America far away from those wishing the infants harm.

Their childhood wasn't terrible in the small town but they always had to be careful to avoid too much contact with the townspeople, which was hard when your father is the local Police Chief. At the age of eleven Charlie had made the decision to allow the twins to return to their home country and begin their formal magical training at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For the first time in her life Emily didn't have to pretend to be anything but herself, though the witch quickly learned that her new found 'freedom' came at a cost, especially when it came to her relationship with her twin.

It had been just over six years since being fully introduced to the magical world and it had been anything but easy, what with a mad man out to kill her brother and take her as his wife, it seemed like true peace always alluded her. Maybe that was why she was sitting here staring at the steering wheel of her new car in a town full of muggles. For all the downsides of having to hide her magic, Forks had always been a quiet little place snuggled into the heart of the Olympic Peninsula, a place despite everything she crazily claimed as home.

Looking towards the house Emily noticed her father standing on the porch watching her, smiling and giving a small wave she quickly gathered herself and climbed out of the car. She righted her dress hoping her father hadn't been standing there too long, she didn't want him to feel offended by her hesitation. His mustache twitched with his slanted smile as she made her way into her father's arms. He was slightly thinner than the last time she saw him and she had noticed his hair was peppered with a bit more grey than before, had it really been almost two years since she had seen this man?

Emily held tightly onto her father and relished the safety she felt in his arms. After a few moments she felt her Dad kiss her forehead before pulling back to get a good look at her, he seemed to take her all in with a worried expression, cautious of what he might find before him. Once certain she was truly there and safely in one piece he smiled and Emily knew her glamours were holding strong as he leaned forward and pressed another kiss to her temple, "Missed you Kiddo!"

"I missed you too Dad."

"Do you need help with your bags?" Charlie asked looking back towards the car.

Emily shook her head and pointed to her coat pocket, "Only have the one trunk so I shrunk it and put a feather light charm on it."

"You didn't go through security with it there, did you?"

"I avoided planes this time," the witch answered smirking at her father's face, he clearly was recalling when she had flown home for the summer holidays after her first year attending Hogwarts. "I came through MACUSA then took a portkey to Seattle where I picked up the car."

The Chief nodded in approval before turning to the house and opening the screen door, "Well, why don't we get you settled into your old room. I promise Bella hasn't been in it, she's bunking in Harry's room."

Emily had forgotten about her 'sister'. Apparently she had decided to move in with their Dad after her mom, Renee had remarried some minor league baseball player. Looking back over her shoulder at the driveway she noticed a beat up old truck, "Is she here?"

"No she's at school, her boyfriend picked her up this morning."

Nodding Emily noticed her father didn't look too pleased which made the witch wonder what the muggle was doing to drive their father nuts this time.

"Why don't you head up and I'm just going to check a few emails from work?"

Emily couldn't help the smile that crossed her face at the man's words, her Dad was never one to make a big fuss about things and his simple comment was his way of letting her know he wasn't going to push her, or at least not yet. For now it was like every other time she had returned from school. Emily leaned in to give her Dad one last hug before climbing the stairs to get to her old room.

It didn't take the witch long to get settled. Everything was how she had left it back before her fifth year, the walls were still a dark grey with white trim and the black bookshelves were filled to the brim with her many magical tomes and muggle novels. She had however needed to reinforce the magic on her private bathroom but that had only taken her a few minutes until it was restored to its white marbled perfection. Growing up she had tired of sharing a bathroom with two boys so her Uncle Remus had made the magical addition to her room on one of his many trips to visit the Potter twins, something she was extremely grateful for the older she became.

Tracing her hand over the white duvet she smiled before throwing herself on the bed. Laughing at her own antics she looked up at the ceiling and the small black chandelier her father had hung for her years ago. The room was nearly perfect, it was missing just one thing… Propping herself up with her left arm she pointed her wand at the wall in front of the bed, slowly a large stone fireplace began to appear. Smiling at her work Emily allowed her body to fall back onto the bed as she closed her eyes.

Emily sat up hearing a knock at her door, rubbing her eyes she realized she must have fallen asleep. Despite having used magical methods of travel she was still on Britain time and it was far later there than in the states. "Come in!"

Charlie slowly pushed the door open and took in the sight of his yawning daughter and smiled, "I wanted to see how things were coming along." Looking around the room he whistled, "Fancy fireplace you got there Kiddo."

"It finishes the room," Emily said pushing herself off the bed.

Charlie simply shrugged, he had never been good at decorating so he would trust his daughter on this subject. "If you say so."

Emily's stomach chose that moment to rumble and the pair looked down at it and laughed, "I'm starving."

"I can hear that," Charlie teased. "When was the last time you ate?"

"Nothing since breakfast really," Emily answered thinking over the crazy day she had back in London. "Although Mipsy did give me a blueberry muffin to eat before I went to the Ministry."

"Did you actually eat it?"

Emily gave her father a scandalized look, "Of course I did, that elf is the best chef I know!"

"Well that's something, why don't you go pick up Bella while I run to the diner and grab our usual so no one has to cook tonight," Charlie called exiting his daughter's room. "It's not house elf quality but it's good."

Emily quickly followed the man, "Wait a second old man! Why don't you go get her and I pick up the dinner?"

Charlie was already halfway down the stairs and looked up at the witch rather sheepishly, "We got into a small fight this morning, I'm probably not the first person she wants to see right now."

"And I am?" Emily looked at her father as if he had lost his mind. The two girls had a very strained relationship, Bella saw Emily as her replacement in Charlie's life and envied the witch for her magic. Emily on the other hand disliked the muggle for her treatment of their father and the pain she had caused him in refusing to see him more than a few weeks each summer.

"It was a big fight," he shrugged.

"Uh-huh," crossing her arms Emily leaned against the wall at the top of the stairs. "About what?"

"She wants to go see Renee down in Florida this weekend."

"And…" Emily prompted.

"Apparently her boyfriend has a ticket too."

"So you told her no," Emily said guessing correctly by the look on her father's face.

"And she may have threatened to move out…"

Her father didn't need to finish his thought Emily knew how much her dad had wanted to have Bella living with them as one big happy family for years, the muggle threatening to leave would get the poor man to agree to anything she desired.

Charlie scoffed looking away from his daughter's knowing face, "It's this Edward kid she's dating…"

Smirking Emily made her way down to the step her father was on and put her arm around him, "I'm sure he can't be that bad, even if he is dating Bella."

"You haven't been here," Charlie said choosing to ignore Emily's jab at her sister.

Emily felt a pang of guilt run through her, "I know, I'm sorry." The words weren't enough but it was all she really could offer him right now.

"It's not your fault," Charlie pulled his daughter tighter into his side. "I'm glad you're back."

For now, Emily added silently in her head while out loud she smiled and kissed her father's greying head, "Me too Dad. You sure you don't want to pick her up?"

"Oh but then you'd miss out on the surprise!" Pulling away the man finished making his way down the stairs before turning to smirk at his less than amused daughter.

Realizing he wasn't going to back down she rolled her eyes, "Fine, show me."

They locked eyes and Emily pushed herself into her father's mind. Seeing the exact route she needed to take Emily was tempted to press for more, she could feel him hiding something. It wouldn't be hard but she decided there was no need for it, if her father thought she needed to know he would tell her.

"You good?" her Dad asked as he grabbed his coat and keys by the door.

"I'll be fine, happier if I could apparate."

"Eh, I'll take the cruiser any day."

"Of course you would," Emily said joining her father as she summoned her coat and shoes. "Anything I should know before heading to, what I'm guessing, is her boyfriend's house?"

"Nope."

Shaking her head Emily looked around for the time as she slipped on her heels, "How long was I asleep?"

"A couple hours, I figured you needed it." Nodding Emily followed her Dad outside to their cars. "I'll see you soon Kiddo!"

Emily watched as Charlie pulled out of the driveway laughing. What on earth was so funny?

Following the route Charlie had shown her Emily made her way to the outskirts of the small town. She enjoyed the scenery as she passed the little stores and the beautiful greenery that lined the roads. Turning down a long driveway the witch found herself pulling up to a large white house. It had to be one of the older homes in the area although far larger than most she had seen in the small town.

Climbing out of her car Emily made her way to the front door. Why on earth she had to be the one to pick up Bella she had no idea. Her Dad was probably getting a kick out of the idea of her being forced to mingle with muggles even if it was only for a few minutes. Knocking, Emily only had to wait mere seconds before the door swung open to reveal a pixie like girl bouncing a tad nervously. The girl wore blue jeans and a purple blouse, most likely designer and her hair was short and spikey. "Can I help you?"

Within seconds Emily knew the true reason for her father's humor earlier, he hadn't sent her to a family of muggles but instead to a coven of vampires. By the amber color of the girl's eyes, the witch assumed they were 'veggie vamps'. Internally Emily sneered at the thought, she hated when people denied their true nature. Vampires drank human blood, why would one choose to live in a weakened state off animals instead of embracing their true abilities.

"I'm here to pick up Bella," the witch started hiding her disgust at the being before her. "My father, Charlie sent me." The girl's eyes seemed to instantly glaze over at her words and instead of letting Emily in she seemed focused on point somewhere behind the witch. It wasn't but mere moments before a very familiar face came up behind the small vampire and moved her slightly aside.

The man had shoulder length blonde hair and the telltale pale skin, but unlike most of his kind he was rather scarred something Emily could clearly see from underneath the rolled up cuffs of his flannel shirt. What truly surprised Emily though was the man's eyes, they had been a different color the last time they met. Clearly reading her emotions the vampire ducked his head and waved the witch into the house. "I'm sorry Alice isn't feeling well. Bella is in the living room, we were about to sit down for dinner."

So he wasn't going to acknowledge her, two could play that game. Stepping past the vampire who was now rocking the pixie as her hands grabbed her head Emily took in her surroundings. The house for being inhabited by vampires was rather open especially as she noticed the back of the home seemed to be more glass than anything else.

"What are you doing here?"

Bella's voice was as grating on the witch's nerves as ever, to most it was a soft voice of innocence but Emily knew better. She could hear the slight hint of annoyance underneath that the muggle always seemed to have when speaking to her.

"Hello to you too, Dad sent me to pick you up for dinner," Emily answered watching the man behind her sister frown as he looked between the two girls, she assumed that he must be Edward. Feeling a slight push against her mind Emily smirked at the copper headed vampire, so Bella was dating a gifted vampire. Unfortunately for him Emily's occlumency barriers were stronger than most, he would learn nothing from her unless she allowed it.

"But Esme already finished cooking," Bella said motioning to the table behind her where indeed there was quite the spread laid out.

"You're welcome to join us," a soft voice called out. A new vampire joined the growing group from the kitchen, wiping her hands on the apron she was wearing, the kind looking woman extended her arm to the witch, "It's nice to meet you I'm Esme Cullen, Edward's mother."

"It's lovely to meet you as well Mrs. Cullen." Emily politely took the woman's hand playing along with the charade. "But I couldn't possibly intrude upon you. My father is likely already waiting for us and as I have just arrived today I'm sure you can understand my want to return to his side. I've missed him being away at school."

Nodding Esme touched her hand to her chest. "Of course, we understand," the woman looked pointedly at Edward who seemed as if he was about to protest. "I'm sure you must be tired, Charlie mentioned you and your brother attend school in London."

"We fly into London but our school is actually in Scotland," Emily corrected the woman.

"Well he must be so happy you're home! We had hoped to meet you last summer but Charlie said you were accepted into a special academic program."

Nodding Emily smiled but inwardly rolled her eyes, if only she had been allowed to spend her time studying. She was willing to bet she had seen more this past year than what all the vampires had witnessed over their many years combined, well all except for one… "Yes sadly I was unable to come home but it was unavoidable."

"I'm sure, at least we get to meet now."

"True and while the food looks lovely I'm afraid we will have to pass tonight. I'm sure your family will enjoy it though!" Turning Emily looked to the blonde who cautiously watched her, "You have a few boys here and this one looks especially hungry, you'll have to give him an extra piece of chicken."

Emily smirked at the low growl that came from the man's chest. The other vampires looked nervously over at Jasper then back to Emily clearly worried she had heard his slip. A booming laughter cut the tension as a large muscular vampire came quickly down the stairs. "Jazz man, I told you not to wait till dinner! Don't worry it's just his stomach, he's been complaining all day that he was hungry. I think he's going to need more than just Esme's chicken to fill him up tonight!"

The burly vampire grabbed Jasper around the shoulders and pulled him into his side, "Right bro?" The blonde nodded shooting his coven member a warning glance. "I bet Esme would let you eat something small before Carlisle gets home!"

Jasper looked pleadingly at Esme, "I don't have to, I can wait. I don't want to spoil your beautiful meal."

Esme seemed torn for a second before nodding her head, "I know but if you're so hungry we can hear it perhaps you should sneak a little bite before your father joins us."

Jasper looked around as if waiting for someone to stop him but it never came. Surprisingly it was Bella who reached out to the vampire as he passed her walking towards the table, "You don't have…"

"Bella why don't you go get your things? Dad is waiting for us," Emily cut off the girl who threw her a glare in reply before walking off towards the staircase followed closely by her boyfriend. As the two vanished upstairs Emily gleefully watched as Jasper picked up a piece of garlic bread and sniffed it. He looked back at her and Emily merely raised an eyebrow in challenge. As he took a bite the witch could see him fighting his instinct to cringe and spit the food out, it took everything in her not to laugh at the sight.

As Jasper was forced to eat the piece of bread Emily turned and smiled at the burly vampire. "I'm Emily, Bella's sister."

"Emmett," the man smiled in return. Emily could see he was getting a kick out of his coven member's misfortune his body kept shaking with mirth every time he looked in the blonde's direction.

It didn't take long for Bella and Edward to reappear. The former glaring at Emily as the witch simply smiled and joined her by the door. "Ready?"

The human nodded slightly before moving to kiss her boyfriend goodbye. Turning to the rest of the room Emily gave a small wave, "It was nice to meet all of you, enjoy your dinner."

"The Jazz man is already enjoying it aren't you?!" Emmett boomed bumping Jasper roughly with his arm.

"Boys!" Esme called out as Jasper shoved Emmett in return. She moved towards the door giving Bella a hug and offering Emily a smile, "You two have a good night with your father and tell him hello for me."

"We will," Bella beamed at the woman. "I'm sorry you went to all that trouble."

"Don't worry dear, you just go spend some time with Charlie."

Nodding the girl followed Emily out of the house towards the car, the witch could tell she was itching to say something to her but held up a fingering halting the little outburst for a few more seconds. Once safely in the car Emily drew a few runes with her finger into the ceiling pushing her magic into it. Satisfied with her work she started the car and headed off back down the long driveway.

Without even having to look at the girl Emily knew Bella was about to blow. "Can I talk now?" she snapped.

Nodding Emily turned onto the main road back into town, "Now that it's safe."

"Safe?"

Emily simply pointed up, "Silencing wards, just in case one of your little friends wants to follow us."

"They aren't going to follow us!" Bella said glaring at her sister. "And what were you doing back there? You know what they are!"

"Of course I do."

"Then why did you make Jasper eat that food? He already hates me as it is!"

"You mean someone isn't rooting for team Bella? By the goddess we can't have that!" Emily attempted to look properly worried about the idea.

Bella crossed her arms and leaned back in her seat with a huff, "You don't understand."

Emily shrugged perhaps she didn't. Being the Potter twin sorted into Slytherin she was used to people hating her and second guessing her every move, she learned early on not to let it bother her, the idiots weren't worth her time.

After a few minutes of silence Bella decided to break the quiet atmosphere, "Why didn't Charlie send Harry to get me?"

"Dad, sent me because Harry isn't here."

"Is he coming?"

Emily sighed of course Bella would want to know, those two were surprisingly close, "Hasn't he written you?"

"He said he was coming soon, I just figured since you're here…"

Emily shook her head, it would have been a good conclusion before the two had attended Hogwarts. When the twins were young they had been inseparable, where one went so did the other. Then they had started school, separated into rival Houses the two had many difficulties over the years, they were starting to work on it but with the major damage done she doubted they would ever be truly that close again.

"I don't know if this has to be said," Emily spoke as they finally turned down their street. "But I expect you to keep my secret when it comes to your little vampires."

"Fine."

Pulling back up in front of their home Bella practically jumped from the car and made her way towards the house before Emily could even turn off the engine. She followed the human at a normal pace, entering the house she watched Bella stomp up the stairs towards her room.

A chuckling sound alerted Emily to her father's presence, he was sitting in his favorite chair with a muggle game of some kind playing on the TV, "What did you do now?"

Shrugging Emily propped a leg on the arm of the sofa, "She's mad because I played stupid about knowing they were vampires."

"Sounds about right, she still thinks I haven't worked it out."

Emily gave her father a skeptical look but he only shook his head in response obviously he didn't get it either.

"How did she discover what they are then?"

"I think it has something to do with the tribe's legends, she's never talked about it with me."

"Maybe she just assumes you already know and that you'd bring it up if you were worried?"

"I am worried, this can't end well for her." Drinking the last dregs of beer from his can Charlie stood up and walked towards the stairs. "BELLA, COME DOWN FOR DINNER!"

Emily followed her father into the kitchen. The pair plated their meals and sat down, it wasn't long before they were joined by an annoyed Bella who seemed unwilling to look at or talk to either of them. The only thing that held her attention throughout dinner was the clock.

"In a rush Bells?" Charlie finally asked.

The girl looked sheepishly at her father before dropping her head to watch her fork push food around the plate. "No, I just have a big paper I need to work on tonight."

"Then it's a good thing you came home," Charlie took a bite of his steak.

"I can get my work done at Edward's," she challenged.

"Sure," Charlie said backing down quickly though Emily could tell he didn't agree with his human daughter's assessment. After a few more minutes of awkward silence it was clear Charlie was weighing whether or not he wanted to say something. "You know Bells, this isn't really a conversation I wanted to have but with what we discussed this morning…"

Bella looked up sharply from her food, her face held a bit of worry as she watched her father intently.

"I know that you and Edward are adults, and that things can get physical…"

"Oh god! Charlie, don't!" Bella's face was rapidly turning bright red much to Emily's amusement.

"I don't have much choice. If you want to go places with him, I need to know you're being safe. You know, taking precautions so that…"

Bella was practically curling in on herself trying to hide from what her father was saying, "Please, you really don't have to talk to me about this Edward isn't like that he's… old fashioned."

"Wonderful," Charlie looked to Emily who simply shrugged not really knowing what the girl meant.

"You're going to make me say it aren't you?" Bella looked mortified as she dropped her head briefly into her hands and took a deep breath, "I'm a virgin."

"Oh… well good," Charlie said seeming rather surprised by the announcement.

Standing Bella motioned for the door, "Can I go now?"

Nodding Charlie motioned at the door, Bella didn't need any further prompting as she started to dash out of the room.

"Did you want to have a talk with me too?" Emily smirked as her father rolled his eyes at her antics.

"Do I need to?"

"It certainly would be a waste of your time but your call," Emily said getting up from her place at the table. Waving her hand the dishes and silverware began to clean themselves.

"Awesome," Charlie sighed rubbing his face with both hands. "You all are going to drive me crazy one of these days."

"I'll have a bed booked for you at St. Mungo's when that day comes."

"Gee, thanks."

"I'm always looking out for you Dad," Emily said kissing the side of the man's head. "Come on let's go in the living room, you can fill me in on everything between Bella and the vampires."

As Charlie took his favorite spot in the arm chair Emily walked to the wall and ran her fingers over a few old carvings in it. Remus had carved them when the twins were younger. The intent was to create a silencing ward in the room while still allowing sound to come in from beyond it as to not lose track of the small children running around the house.

Once satisfied that the runes still worked Emily kicked off her heels and curled up on the sofa wrapping herself up in the blanket that was always folded on its back.

"So what have I missed?"

Charlie laughed as he leaned back in his chair, "A lot but I'm sure it goes both ways."

Emily simply acknowledged her father's comment with a tilt of her head, to be honest she hadn't yet decided how much she wanted to tell her father about her past year. He seemed to have expected her silence and leaned forward as he looked towards the stairs Bella had vanished up just a few minutes prior.

"I don't really know how all this started, maybe it's my own fault but she started asking about the Cullens after her first day in school. I told her the main points, Carlisle was the best doctor we have ever had in this town and that his kids seemed nice enough, never made any kind of trouble. It didn't take long for her to start focusing in on Edward, he's the only unmated one I think.

She introduced me to him and while I was hesitant I figured she wasn't aware of what he was and that he'd eventually tire of being with a human."

"Shouldn't you have been more worried about him using her as a possible meal?"

"It's crossed my mind a few times but I know Carlisle and I might have borrowed a book or two from your room when they moved here. From what I know this coven strives to be more human like and they shy away from killing people."

Emily shook her head, it was unnatural to disregard your true nature and she knew well and good that while they tried their best accidents could and probably did happen. Vampires were not meant to live tamely among humans, the need for blood, for sex, for movement drove them. Despite their stoic posture the stillness was counter to the wildness the vampire truly desired.

"You've obviously changed your mind on the situation."

"To be honest I don't know what to think anymore. At the end of last year Bella came home one night after being with the Cullen's screaming at me about how much she hated it here and how she didn't want to get tied down in this small town."

Emily raised an eyebrow at her father, that really wasn't all that uncharacteristic of her sister.

"Yeah, yeah I know what you're thinking but something was just off about it. She wouldn't let me call her mom and insisted she had to drive herself down to Phoenix that night."

"Didn't Renee move, wasn't that part of the point to her 'exile' in little old Forks?"

"She still has the house down there though, so I just chalked it up to Bella being home sick and that I'd get Renee to go meet up with her. Instead I'm getting a phone call from Carlisle that Bella is in the hospital in Phoenix and guess who's with her."

"Edward."

Charlie nodded as he ran a hand through his hair, "They say she fell down the stairs at the hotel she was staying in and somehow went through a glass window. Bells has always been clumsy but something just doesn't sit right with me…"

"Do you think he snapped and tried to drain her? Though for a vampire, a muggle vampire no less, to stop while feeding…"

"Yeah, I checked for bites while she was in the hospital. She has one on her wrist, I'm pretty sure she thinks she's hidden it from me. She's been more attached to him since they returned and I wondered if it wasn't a weird ritual that they tried to use to tie her to him."

Emily quickly shook her head in the negative, vampires lacked the magical strength to perform most rituals. Edward is a creature so he'd have a small core but if he was a muggle before being turned there was no possibility of him pulling off a ritual. "Unlikely, unless he has wizards for friends. And his bite wouldn't be enough to tie her to him, to be under a vampire's thrall you have to have eye contact with them."

"Not even a small connection of some kind?"

"No the only way for a vampire to tie someone to them is to turn them, the sire-childe bond isn't even very strong but as long as it isn't abused the childe will feel loyalty to his or her sire nothing more. But that's a non-issue as Bella is clearly still human. What I want to know is why, if you noticed a bite, didn't you say something to her?"

Charlie sighed leaning back in his chair, "I wanted to but even though she seemed so attached, I kept getting the feeling that he was starting to pull away. I was certain he was leaving."

"And yet he's still here…"

"He left for a while, well they all did, just after her birthday. It was bad, Em. I thought I was going to have to send her to Mungo's for a check. She was like a zombie when he was gone, months passed and it was like everything in her had given up. I tried to get a letter to you two but your letter was returned and all Harry wrote back was 'not safe, contact you when things change.'"

Emily wasn't sure how to respond to that, she had no doubt her silence for most of the past year had hurt the man but ultimately it was for both their safeties to stop all communication. One thing she did know was Bella's reaction didn't surprise her as much as it did her father. "Dad, Bella has always wanted to be part of my world and as far back as I can remember she always loved books with dramatic love stories. For the first time I bet she felt like she was in her very own fairytale, maybe she even thought he would change her."

"I get that, I do and I know I'm partially to blame for that because I decided to let her in on all this but her reaction is still a bit more drastic than I would expect…"

"Well what I don't get is why he came back."

"I don't know, she just took off one night and then three days later he shows up at my door with her asleep in his arms. I checked on her passport, she flew to Italy."

Emily gave Charlie a curious look, she wondered if her Dad knew who resided in Italy. It could be a complete coincidence but for Edward to suddenly return…

"Do you think he loves her?" Charlie looked as if it pained him to even ask the question.

Shaking her head Emily gave her father the answer that he probably both wanted yet resented, "He can't. It could be infatuation but vampires can't find a true mate in a human."

"If he turned her?"

"Whatever is drawing him to her would likely be gone."

Emily watched the defeated look on her father's face, he knew that his daughter was being set up for another fall and she could tell it pained him to know there might not be anything he could do to stop it.

"I could be wrong," Emily offered trying to give her father a little bit of positivity. "These vampires disregard their nature to live as if they were human. Who knows how long they've been doing this, what's a few decades to a man who can live thousands?"

"You and I both know how this ends…"

"Maybe," Emily shrugged. "If you are so worried maybe it's time you put a stop to it."

"Believe me I'm trying."

Laughing Emily stood and moved over to her father kissing him on the top of his head, "Well I'll leave you to do some plotting then, I need to sleep."

Emily waved her hand at the now crumpled blanket on the sofa and watched as it folded itself and settled in its usual spot. She headed towards the stairs, running her fingers over the runes on the wall dispelling the ward as she passed.

"Sleep well, Kiddo."

"You too, Dad."