Seth had been driving for four hours and they knew they had a long way to go, they stopped for gas and something to eat but made sure the stop was brief.

'shall I drive for a bit? We should take it in turns' He looked at her uncertain whether she should be driving at her age but then decided he was exhausted and he would let her drive.

'Sure' he threw the keys to her and they set off on the road to Acapulco. 'have you drove before?'

'yeah I drove the motorhome a few times if Dad got really tired.'

He nodded 'we will be passing through Mexico City in a few hours I should probably drive then as it will be chaos also we will need to stop for the night once we have put some road between us and Carlos we should be fine.'

Kate looked at him with a worried expression and he knew she believed it to be a bad idea but she did not argue. Once they had passed through Mexico City which took about two hours due to chaotic traffic and driven about an hour and half longer they came to a hotel they could stop for the night. Seth went in and got them a room.

'they don't seem to do two single beds in these bloody hotels'

'Doesn't matter really, it wasn't a problem sharing the bed was it?'

he shrugged his shoulders 'I guess not.'

As they walked in to the room both of them noticed the bed was a considerably smaller double bed and not only that there was not couch for either of them to sleep on instead.

'Well looks like I will be sleeping on the floor' Seth said pissed off

Kate looked at him 'why?'

he looked at her back puzzled 'well it's a much smaller bed!'

she looked at him and laughed 'I am sure we can still share it, there are two blankets again.'

He smiled and was relived that she still didn't mind sharing with him as he really did not want to sleep on the floor. It was about three thirty in the afternoon and both of them were exhausted.

'Seth do you want to have a shower first? Or should I?'

'well depends if you are going to be in there for an hour!'

she smiled at this 'No I promise I will be twenty minutes' tops.' Seth nodded and she headed for the bathroom.

Seth lay down on the bed and thought about everything they had gone through, he never believed there would be another person in this world he cared about as much as his brother. He realised he probably would have been dead by now if it weren't for Kate, she realised it was vampires in the SUV's and alerted him to Carlos also being one. She woke them both up and somehow knew they were there at the hotel, where would he be without her?

He closed his eyes and slowly dozed off. Kate couldn't understand why she wanted to stay with Seth but for some reason over the course of the last few days she had began to have feelings for him. She did not feel hate towards him she just knew she cared for him deeply. She knew that even if she wanted to she could not leave him now, what if she had not been around surely he could have been dead by now. The thought brought a tear to her eye, she told herself to stop being stupid she can't cry for a man she should hate. As Kate came back in to the room she saw Seth was fast asleep on the bed, she smiled at how peaceful he looked and made sure she didn't make too much noise to wake him up. She got her clothes and went to get dressed in the bathroom. Suddenly Kate heard a shout from the other room she ran in to see Seth rolling about and shouting in his sleep.

'Seth! Wake up!' he woke up in a jolt

'are you OK Seth? You were shouting in your sleep.' He nodded and sat up

'right I am going to have a shower.' He got up and walked in to the bathroom.

Seth was worried but he did not voice it to Kate he too had just had a very similar dream of Carlos finding them at the hotel but he brushed it off. He knew that he feared one thing more than anything and that was loosing Kate or not being able to protect her. He was annoyed that he felt this way he knew he was a hard son of a bitch who never gave a damn about anyone but himself and his brother. So why did he feel so protective of Kate he truly cared for her, it felt different to the care he felt for his brother. It was maybe an even deeper instinctive care, he knew he would do anything to keep her safe and he knew that if she were to leave him it would hurt deeply. As he pondered over these thoughts his mind began to go back to when they had first met, when she had been standing there in a bikini. She was beautiful, her long brown hair rested on her slender pale shoulders, her hazel eyes gleaming at him, the way her slim body moved so innocently. She did not know how beautiful and sexy she was and this was something Seth loved about her. He knew he should not think about her that way she was only 18 and he was 36-years old. He still could not get the image of her out of his head. He began to touch himself as the water ran down his body he was imagining Kate touching him and he began to breath more heavily. Feeling his manhood harden as he thought about the woman in the room next door his hand wandered to his throbbing fully hard erection. He began to stroke himself slowly at first. his eyes were now shut picturing Kate naked in front of him, he thought about having sex with her and he began to pick up the rhythm. He quietly uttered Kate's name as he bought himself to the edge and he could not help but let out a moan as he released.

Kate sat on the bed waiting for Seth to finish in the bathroom, deep down she knew she wanted to see him again in just his boxers and she felt ashamed at this. He came out and same as before he was just wearing boxers, this time he did not pull on a top or pants he just sat down on the bed right next to her. Kate felt a strange feeling deep inside of her like an aching for him, she made sure she did not look at him and continued to read her book knowing that if she looked at him she would not be able to hide how turned on she was. Her heart was racing and she was as stiff as a board not knowing what to do, after what felt like a long silence Seth said

'Kate, what is the plan for me and you?'

'what do you mean Seth?' she asked facing him and looking in to his eyes.

'I mean where do we go from here, we just going to live together now a 36-year old criminal and a teenage girl living together in back and beyond of Mexico?' he could tell his question was puzzling Kate because of the look on her face 'until you get a job and get a boyfriend and the leave me alone.' He added.

'I don't know what is going to happen in the future, but I don't see how I would ever get a job here I don't speak Spanish.' He did not get the answer he wanted. 'let's be honest here I am sure you won't be alone you will have many girlfriends' she said laughing. Kate looked in his eyes as she said it and was surprised to see sadness in them and he did not smile at what she said 'won't you Seth?' she asked hesitantly.

He shrugged his shoulders as he thought to himself I don't want lots of girlfriends I just want you.

Kate was confused with the strange questions Seth had asked earlier and she could not stop replaying the conversation they had. Why was he so upset when she joked about him having many girlfriends? He seemed like the kind of guy that would pride himself on having many girlfriends and he was such an attractive man he would not have trouble picking up women. She wondered whether he had been expecting a different answer to his question. What exactly she was not sure. Seth had not said a word to her since.

'Seth shouldn't we go get some food?' Kate asked fed up of the silence.

He looked over to her and abruptly said 'can do' with an icy expression on his face.

'Seth are you mad with me?' her words snapped him out of the depressed daze he had fallen in to and he walked over towards her where she was sat on the bed

'Sorry Kate, I am just feeling a bit down.' His eyes seemed to well up slightly but no tears fell.

Kate nodded and said 'is it because of Richie? You haven't mentioned him since it happened.'

He nodded tears still filling his eyes. She stood up and wrapped her arms around his naked torso, he wrapped his around her waist in return. She had only been this close to Seth twice once briefly at the Titty Twister and again in the bathroom of the restaurant and he had not been shirtless. This time she noticed how strong and muscular his body felt as her arms were wrapped around him. She noticed how soft and warm his skin was under her and she noticed his masculine scent which was driving her wild. She was aroused by the man she was holding on to and she did not want to let go. He had been driving her crazy walking around in just his boxers. She slid her hand up his back so they rested on his neck pulling back to look in to his eyes. What he did next took her by surprise, he leant down and gently pressed his lips against hers, her whole body quivered in his arms as he gently parted her lips with his tongue and kissed her deeply and passionately. She was kissing him back and her hands slowly moved from his neck down his chest and stomach. They were both lost in a deep and passionate embrace neither of them wanting to stop and only pausing for air. She wanted Seth with all her being, she was aching for him. Suddenly there was a knock on their hotel door. Both of them jumped, who could that be?

'have they found us?!'

Kate shrugged her shoulders as she walked slowly towards the door as to not make a sound. She looked through the eye hole of the door no one was there. She slowly moved back towards Seth and whispered

'there is no one there, I have a bad feeling again.' her voice becoming shaky.

'so do I but how could they have followed us here!' he said trying to understand. suddenly a very similar sound that they had heard before in the Titty Twister was loud and clear outside the hotel

'Shit! Right lets get together all our weapons. Pack our shit up we will try to escape, but I don't think we will get away without a fight this time.' He said this whilst pulling on a top and pants. They packed all their belongings and got their weapons ready. Seth looked at Kate her eyes were full of fear and he immediately felt the need to hold her, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her in to his chest. 'we're going to be OK I promise.' He said holding her around the waist and looking in to her eyes she nodded as she held on to him tightly it did not seem like she wanted to let go.

'Right, let's do this.' He said but she still did not let him go

'Seth?'

'what is it?' slightly worried about whether she was in a fit state to fight.

'please don't leave me.' her voice shaky.

'what do you mean leave you? Why would I leave you Kate?' he said questioning her

'Don't leave me like my dad and my brother, I would rather die than loose you too.'

This hit him hard she really cared about him for some reason and she was scared of him dying. He grabbed Kate's face in his hands and looked deep in to her eyes

'I am not going anywhere, I promise.' He saw her face slightly relax at his words 'now I need you ready for a potential fight, if we work together we will get through this.'

She nodded and said in a determined voice 'I am ready.' He smiled at the way her attitude changed so quickly just from his words he loved that about her.

The bat sound they had heard earlier had stopped, it was too quiet for their liking.

'I will go first, check if the coast is clear.' Seth said decidedly.

'Wait, don't you think we should try go out the fire exit. They may not be expecting that?'

he looked at her thinking for a moment. 'your right let's try that.'

He opened the window at the back of the hotel room and looked up and down the long metal balcony

'looks clear, lets go.' Seth whispered,

he climbed out on to the first escape and then turned around to help Kate out the window. They began the long climb down the stairs as they had been on the twelfth floor, both trying to be as quiet as possible. They were only two flights now from the bottom when they heard footsteps coming around the corner of the hotel. Both of them instinctively leaned towards the building to try and blend in hoping they would not be seen.

Then a familiar voice said 'right we ain't letting them get away this time! You stay guarding the fire exit while we break in to the room. I want that money' Carlos instructed the four other men stood with him. Kate and Seth still remained still as Carlos headed back round the corner, they looked at each other and knew what they needed to do. They carried on quietly down the steps, luckily the four beasts below them were talking amongst themselves and were not very alert so they remained undetected. Once they got to the last flight Seth paused, right we can take four of them on easy he thought to himself.

'follow me' he whispered to Kate he ran down the last flight with a stake in his hand the vampire directly at the bottom barely had time to think before Seth had staked him in the heart. Kate followed also with a stake in her hand as a vampire ran at her she went to stake him in the heart but he shoved her out the way to the floor before she had a chance he was above her now about to bite her she rolled out the way pushed herself up from the floor and staked him from behind. That was too close she thought to herself, she looked over at Seth he had already dealt with the other two vampires and she felt a strange feeling wash over her and warm fuzzy feeling she should not have been having during such a high octane moment.

'Come on quickly, lets try and get to the car.' He said sure that more of them would soon enough be swarming the area. Suddenly at that moment they heard a loud thud which was obviously Carlos bashing their hotel door down. They ran as quick as they could around the corner and towards the car park. They could not see anyone lurking but they moved carefully just incase. They were now only about twenty meters from the car, still running they made their way to the car. However once they reached it two more vampires saw them and let out a piercing sound which they could only assume was calling to the others. Like lighting Seth and Kate got in to the car and started the engine. 'Right I am going to ram these son's of bitches back to hell.' He revved the car and put his foot down heading straight in to the two vampires standing in front of them but they jumped out the way just before as he sped out of the car park and on to the main road.

'Fucking Bastards! I am getting fed up of this.' Seth shouted anger consuming him. 'how the hell are we supposed to loose them?!' He had not looked at Kate and he was not really asking her.

'I think we need to go back to America.' Kate said in a very uncertain voice. He looked at her with piercing eyes

'I can't go back! Remember I am a wanted man!' he said again snapping at Kate. He didn't want to snap at her but he was just so angry not only had they found them for the third time they had interrupted a intimate moment between the two of them. How could they ever have a normal life like this.

'Look Seth, I have got an idea.' He looked at her suddenly feeling calmer at her voice sounding so assured.

'let's hear it then.'

'Right, we keep driving taking turns all the way back to the Titty Twister. We collect my Dad's RV hopefully it will still be in one piece. You hide your ass in the bathroom and I drive us back in to America.'

He looked at her for a moment with that smile on his face she loved 'you are fucking great you know that!'

she smiled and continued 'once we get over the border then we head for Canada, my hope is that those hellish creatures can't follow us in to America and that you will be safe in Canada. We will get you a new identity somehow and then we will live in Canada.' She said very confidently. He loved Kate's idea and the plan which involved them heading home out of this hell hole of a country.

'It is a great plan, the only thing I am worried about is whether they will let you through at the border just one young 18 year old girl driving an RV they will certainly search it.' She looked down with a brooding face clearly thinking of what they could do.

'You won't hide in the bathroom then. There is a secret compartment under the bed you will be very squished in there but they won't find you I am sure of it.'

'OK well let's head back to America!'