I think this is a nice treat for you guys- two chapters in one sitting for ya! Well, here's my way of apology and, anyways, I couldn't leave Silver dangling over the shoulder of some Lycan.

Is Dan really bad?

Should Silver trust this Lycan who forced thoughts into her head eight chapters or so back?

All these questions, and more, will be answered…

Or will they?

And please review this chapter too. This one's important, and it's very…different, and I want to know what you guys think.

When Silver woke back up, she knew she had been dreaming.

She was back in the cave, with Dan right by her side. Letting out a sigh of relief, she turned over and leaned her cheek lazily on his neck.

But Dan's neck was fleshy and hot.

Confused, knowing that Dan's neck was usually cold and hard, she got up and, in a flash, was across the room. She narrowed her eyes at the sleeping figure that was breathing evenly in and out. "Lycan," she hissed, and suddenly adrenaline raced through her body, her natural instincts to kill Lycans coming out. She saw, in a puddle of water on the floor of the cave, her eyes were now ice blue.

"Get up!" she screamed at the Lycan. She knew she would not be able to go out there, in the sun, alone. And she had no idea where she was; she wasn't going to be able to get to Dan. With a jerk and a chuckle, the Lycan arose and cocked an eyebrow at her.

It was Dan.

The Lycan was Dan.

Silver jerked awake, hitting her head hard on something she couldn't see.

"Along with injecting thoughts into your brain, I can inject dreams there too," came a voice from her right.

Carefully, she moved her head to look at the thing that was speaking to her. "My name's Longfellow, by the way. You can call me Long, though. All my friends do."

"I'm not your friend," Silver growled, the venom clear in her voice. "Why did you take me here?"

She was too weak to say more, too weak to get up.

"Oh sugar," the Lycan said, smiling sweetly at her. "I'm in love with you, that's all. Way more than that filthy vampire is. I could make you happy, you know. I'm so much better than Daniel Midnight. You know that, somewhere deep down inside. And you love me too."

As he said it, the words echoed in her mind. You love me too…. Could it be?

No.

Yes.

NO.

YES!!

"No," Silver said, her voice wavering and weak. "No…not…true."

But I am in love with you, Silver. That's not a lie. I have been from the first time I was in your mind, in your heart. You're so…innocent. I was sad that you had to be thrown into this wild thing. But I'm just like you, you know. One day I woke up and I was a Lycan. That was two months after I turned seventeen, just like you sugar. We have a lot more in common than you will ever know. Now, get some sleep. You can wake up when the moon does.

Silver's head thudded back on the pillow, her mouth open and breath coming in and out.

Longfellow gently bent down and kissed her soft lips. He wished that she could see the truth.

He wished that he could kill Dan.

Just as Silver awoke from her nightmare, Dan awoke from his.

He was about to turn and nuzzle his head into her hair for comfort, or at least rest his hand on hers, but then he noticed something about the cave now. Something that was missing.

He gasped and turned to where Silver was laying only hours ago.

She was gone.

Faster than Superman could claim he was (And by the way, did you know Superman was a vampire? Oh yes he was. The strength, the speed, the invincibility? It all points to one thing. He was the first breed, before the sun cursed them and before the blood was needed to keep them alive. All the benefits and none of the curses. Lucky bastard.) Dan got up and looked around the cave. "Silver, if you're playing a joke on me, this isn't funny at all."

No answer came back.

"Silver Moon Stone!" he shouted.

Nothing. Just the chirp of birds.

He moaned. How could he let this happen? Selene was going to kill him.

And then he wondered: Who took her? A Lycan? Michael, playing a joke on him? Or did she find something out, something he tried to keep away from his thoughts even, that he didn't want her to know?

He packed up the blood sacks and bit his lip. There was sun out there. Judging on where it was, it was only about two o'clock. Wincing against the pain Silver must have endured when being taken/leaving, he sat back down. He was helpless. He couldn't go out there yet.

Wimp. I would have done it.

Longfellow frowned at Dan. How could he just sit around?

"He doesn't really love her," he answered his own question out loud. He would have done it, he truly would have. Saving Silver would have been something that didn't need a second thought; he wouldn't even need to think about once. He'd be out there and calling her name, sniffing through trees.

It'd just make it easier for me to do my job, he told himself. But he wasn't sure he wanted to see Silver crushed like that. He also wanted to fight Dan really bad. Fighting Dan would be something that he'd tell to all his Lycan buddies. Fighting Dan and killing him also meant that Silver might love him too.

Silver stirred in her sleep. She must not be fully vampire yet, he thought. Vampires sleep like stones. They don't wake up for anything. But here Silver was…talking. "Get Dan," she moaned, her eyes fluttering. "He's going to go out in the sun…going to get hurt…might die…"

Longfellow smiled to himself. "Good," he said, to no one in particular.

Something pulled Dan outside. His love for Silver, Longfellow's urging; whatever it was, it made him go outside even though the sun was scolding him. But he had to save her, had to make sure she was alright.

Also, he really had to get her back to Selene's.

He stopped dead, feeling a voice come through his mind. He tried to block it out. He knew who it was.

Danny boy!

Do you have Silver? Longfellow and Dan went way back; they were friends once upon a time. But right now, if he had Silver, Dan couldn't hate him more.

Maybe, maybe not my best friend. You were always stealing the girls I loved, weren't you?

You don't love her the way I do, Dan stated matter-of-factly, while trying to trudge through the heat of the sun. It hurt; oh God did it hurt.

How can you be so sure? Long's voice asked in his head. I've been tracking her for months now. You're lucky her vampire side's more dominant, love. Otherwise she'd love me more.

Her…vampire side? Meaning what, Long?

The Great Selene didn't tell you, did she? You mean to tell me that the vampire you love the most is keeping secrets from you? Oh my, imagine! Your love, your one and only love, keeping a secret that might change your whole world! I bet Silver knows nothing about that, does she?

Shut up and tell me what you mean, Long.

I mean that you love Selene, that's what I mean.

Dan said nothing back, he just kept walking. He was too weak to run.

I see. I mean that Silver Stone is a vampire and a Lycan. One of the first test subjects Selene has. She's barbaric, Dan. I don't see why you love her, really. I thought you went for the sweet, innocent ones. Or is that just an act?

Shut up, Long! Goodbye now. Since you won't tell me anything I-

Oh don't get your panties twisted in a bunch, Danny boy. Meet me at midnight at the Rocks. We'll have a fight; I win, I get Silver and you leave forever and go back to your puppy crush on Selene. You win, you get Silver.

And you die, Dan said in his head, liking that bargain.

Longfellow's voice chuckled in his head. Sure, Danny boy. And if I win, then, you die. Deal?

Dan didn't have to think twice about this. Neither of the creatures of the night were thinking about Silver, their love for her, or the fact that they were once best friends. Nothing of that mattered now.

Deal.