King was in the kitchen eating lunch with Zoe when they heard a heart stopping scream. He jumped up from his seat and said, "Zoe, go in your room and stay there until I come get you." Zoe ran off to do as she was told and King headed to Lena's room. Throwing open the door, he quickly scanned the room for intruders. When he was sure that the room was clear he walked over to the bed and found Lena curled up in the fetal position shaking ferociously. "Hey, you're okay," he said sitting next to her and wrapping his arm around her trembling body. "Can you tell me what happened?"

Lena looked up at King, fear shining in her black eyes, and said, "He knows where we are. He's coming for us." Just as she finished her statement her body went rigid and her eyes became completely black. "I will find you, and I will destroy you for trying to keep her from me," she said in an ominous voice not her own, "She is mine, and I will have her. Do not stand in my way any longer."

King stared at Lena's form as it suddenly went limp in his arms and she passed out cold. Wow, he thought, this is one seriously fucked up family. The vamps want them all dead, and some creepy voice wants Blade's daughter. Looking down at the young woman in his arms King smiled softly. God, she looks so innocent. He stood up carefully with her in his arms so as not to wake her, then laid her gently on the bed. Straightening the silk white nightie that Abigail loaned her he covered her with a blanket and headed back out of the room.

"Please, don't leave," Lena said softly looking pleadingly at King, "I don't want to be alone."

"I have to go check on Zoe."

"Bring her in here too."

King nodded and said, "I'll go ask her." he left the room closing the door quietly behind him and headed for Zoe's room. Zoe's long brown pig tails were the first thing King saw when he walked into the room. She was sitting on her bed watching The Little Mermaid. "Zoe," he said placing his hand on her shoulder, "would you like to go talk to our new guest, or would you rather just stay in here and watch the movie?"

"I'll watch the movie. Can I visit her later?"

"Yeah Sweetie. You go back to your movie now. I'll be back in a little bit to see how you're doin, okay?"

"Okay." Zoe smiled up at King, her blue shining eyes and missing two front teeth tugging on his heartstrings.

"I love you Sweetheart. Enjoy your movie." King sighed as he walked to the room Lena was in and thought sadly back on Zoe's mother. "Hey," he said poking his head aroundthe corner, "Zoe's watchin a movie. Abby left some clothes for you in the closet. She said just wear what you want."

Lena nodded and said, "You can come in I promise I won't bite," with a soft smile on her full red lips. She got up and walked to the closet. Turning her back on King as she said, "I am so glad your sister left some clothes. I really need a shower." She reached into the closet grabbed a pair of jeans and a couple of shirts. Standing on her tiptoes, and giving King a nice view of her round buttocks as the nightie slid halfway up her rear, she pulled out a red kimono robe with a black dragon on the back. "Could you turn around for a moment?"

King turned around and stood staring at the door until Lena said it was okay. Turning back around he saw that Lena had put the robe on and that the nightie she had been wearing was on the floor. "Bathroom's this way. I'll get us some towels and then we can do this."

Lena laughed King's pass off and said, "Yeah, cause you wanna sleep with a pregnant woman."

"Not really, but I would be honored to make love to a pregnant woman. There's just something about the idea of touching a woman carrying another life inside her that just drives me crazy."

"Yeah, I believe that one. So, where's the bathroom, and could you please get me a towel?"

King stepped into the hallway and nodding his head to the right said, "Bathroom's the second door on the left. I'll get you a towel from the laundry room since there are none in the closet." They started down seperate directions of the hallway, but King turned around walked up behind Lena. He placed his arm around her waist and gently pulled her back against him, making her gasp at the feel of his arousal. "You do this to me," he gently whispered into her ear before niping at her earlobe. He turned her around so that they were standing toe to toe and ran his hand up her back and to her neck.

Lena moaned and pulled King's head down to hers groaning when their lips met.

"What the hell is going on here?"

The two jumped apart to find Abby angrily glaring at them with her hands on her hips. Lena frowned and turned to look at King. "Why is your sister so angry?"

"Abby's not my sister. She's my best friend. I don't know why she's upset though." King looked to Abby and asked, "Hey Abs, what crawled up your ass and died? What are you so upset about?"

"I'm not upset. I just know that what you were just doin is stupid."

"She's right. This can't happen again." Lena lookedbetween Abby and King and sighed before walking into the bathroom.

Abby frowned and punched King as hard as she could in the arm. "What were you thinking," she asked, "What if it hadn't been me to find you? What if it had been her brother standing in my place, or even worse Blade? She is here because she needs our protection King. Once the threat is gone she's probably gonna go straight into the arms of her babies' father. Did you ever stop to think about any of this?"

"Look, I'm sorry now drop it already. I'm gonna go see what I can find out about the vamps. Why don't you get our new guest a towel? I would, but I might be tempted to do something stupid."

"Give me a moment and I'll go with you."

"Whatever."

Blade pressed his booted foot harder into the throat of a man in his mid-thirties and asked menacingly, "Why are they after my children and how are they still alive?"

Lifting his foot just enough so that theman could talk he growled and pulled out his sword when the man remained tight-lipped. Whimpering the man nodded as much as he possibly could and said, "I can only tell you what I know. The man I was sent here to get is a hematologist. They want him to create a cure for the daystar virus. His vaccine has already been reversed to fight the virus off temporarily, but they want a permanent fix. I don't know what he wants the woman for."

"Who?" Nicky asked glaring at the man under Blade's foot.

"I don't know. All I know is that my master's master wants her brought in alive and unharmed."

Blade nodded and looked at Nicky who nodded back at him. Sheathing his sword and pulling out a handgun from the back of his waistline Blade stepped back and said, "Run, you have til I count to ten." The man jumped to his feet and started for the door to Nicky's apartment, which is where theydiscovered him waiting. Blade smirked cruelly and said under his breath, "One, two, three, ten." He raised the gun and released a single shot into the back of the man's skull.

"I want to know why they want my sister!"

"Then let's go. We've got work to do," Blade said tonelessly putting his gun back in his waistband.