Knock. Knock. Liz heard the light knock while she was heating up left over pizza before her late night shift started. She walked to the door not in any rush knowing that things had been pretty quiet around here since most of the vampires, including her daughter had left town. Thinking of her daughter made her sigh softly, she missed her dearly but she knew that it's what Caroline wanted. When she opened the door she was startled. It was her niece or at least that's who she thought was underneath all the bruises. "Leah?"

"Hey, Aunt Liz, do you think I could stay here for a little while? I've got nowhere else to go?" Liz watched as the girl broke down in tears. Liz immediately ushered her inside. She led her over to the couch as the girl tried desperately to rein in her sobs.

"Honey what happened?" Liz asked when she thought Leah had gotten hold of herself. "Who did this to you sweetie?"

Leah shook her head as a few more tears escaped. "I can't talk about it. Please don't make me talk about it."

"Shh… it's okay. You can stay as long as you like but eventually we'll have to talk about it, just not tonight. Okay?" Liz looked in her eyes and the girl just nodded.


Not ever chapter will be this short, it's just an introduction to the story!