Sometime later Shinoa was lying on the bed staring blankly at a wall. She felt at a complete lost as to what her next move should be. She froze when she heard the door open. Acting quickly she closed her eyes and pretend she was asleep. Shinoa listened intently as heard footsteps approach the foot of the bed and stop. She was curious as to who it was but didn't want to give away that she was awake just yet.

"Oi I know you're awake, so you can stop pretending" the now familiar voice of Crowley spoke. Shinoa gave no response and continued to act as if she was sleeping. After a minute or two he sighed and walked around to the side of the bed she was on and poked her repeatedly. Until she gave up her charade, sat up and yelled.

"WILL YOU STOP THAT"

"Oh, good you've stopped pretending to be asleep" he replied in offhanded tone.

"No I haven't" she defiantly declared and laid back down again.

"You're a defiant one I'll give that…. Shinoa was it?" he asked and continued when he didn't get a response.

"Come on. I even made the effort to remember your name." Shinoa opened her eyes again.

"Oh and I'm just supposed to forget all those times you bit me and that short truce. Which ended oh so well" she replied and closed her eyes once more.

Unhappy with her response the noble lent down and spoke into her ear.

"You do relies that you're leaving yourself completely valuable to me." Shinoa's eyes snapped open as she realized her mistake. She tried move away from him but found that he had moved his arms to rest either side of her. Effectively trapping her where she was. Crowley lifted his head and looked into her eyes before continuing.

"Not the smartest move, tell me have you slipped through the cracks or is the demon army just getting desperate."

"Neither" she responded defensively.

"Your age says otherwise. Just how old are you"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" she asked teasingly

"Your reluctance to tell me only proves my point." Crowley answered with smirk. After a moment his expression turned serious.

"To rise to such a rank at your age… just who are you?" he pounded. Shinoa's heart rate speed up, what would he do knowing he had a member of the Hīragi family at his mercy. Death would be the least of her worries.

"Age is but a number is it not vampire?" her tone was meant to be teasing but only showed how nervous she was. This didn't go unnoticed by the Noble.

"There's something more going on here. Is your family high up in the Army perhaps…" Crowley continued. Shinoa didn't say anything. He moved so that he was sitting on the bed beside her and pined her by her wrists.

"Your reaction says it all. Tell me honesty what is your last name?" he asked softly with a look in his eyes, which put Shinoa on edge. She toke a deep breath in attempt to calm her nerves before she replied.

"Hīragi". His eyes widened in shock and his grip tightened a fraction. Shinoa did her best not to react to the pain this caused her. What would he do to her? He couldn't use her a hostage. It was a well-known fact that she and her squad had defected from the demon army.

"A shame you left the army. Though you may yet be of use" he spoke as he stood up. For a moment he paused and simply looked down at her clearly in thought. Then as fast as Shinoa could blink he was gone. Shinoa leapt to her feet as soon as he was out of sight.

She searched the room with her eyes reassuring herself that he had indeed left. Seeing that he was in fact gone she let out a shaky breath she hadn't known she was holding. At any rate the noble hadn't drank her blood or even tried. Though this bothered Shinoa even more as she was left asking herself. At what price.