They followed him through seemingly countless corridors. Neither of them spoke, and neither did their guard, but they clung to one another's hands – both feeling a little foolish, but they were both pessimists (neither had been given the opportunity to be anything but) and it was too much to hope that they'd be invited into Circle Daybreak with open arms. Too much to hope that they could be together or have a life...together.

The mansion was beautiful, but neither of them noticed. They simply walked on until their guide came to a stop in front of an office door, marked with 'Thierry's Office'. He knocked once and a low voice from inside called "come in."

Their guide opened the door and stood beside it, gesturing for Rashel and Quinn to walk in, "Sir. The new soulmate couple has arrived."

Neither Rashel nor Quinn asked how he knew they were soulmates, or how he knew they were coming. Most likely Fayth had announced that they were coming and that's why they didn't have to explain themselves. Quinn hoped so, because otherwise this seemed awfully suspicious.

Once inside the office, Quinn surveyed it, looking for possible routes of escape. Only finding one behind the tousled blonde head of the man he knew to be Thierry. However, this only captivated his attention for a few seconds; Thierry had visitors, who all had their backs to Quinn and Rashel, and one of whom was talking excitedly.

"So we brought her back here. Goddess, another Harman, but we sent her and her soulmate upstairs to rest because –"

Quinn wasn't interested in her. There was a guy lounged in a chair with aristocratic suave, a hand running vainly through the thick ash-blonde hair on his head. Quinn knew this pose, this character, from eighteen years of having to run around after the guy sat in front of him. He also knew that he'd killed his own aunt and a werewolf without hesitation, played human girls for fun, and would rather cut his face off with a blunt piece of oak than join Circle Daybreak.

"What the hell is he doing here?" he demanded angrily, "I knew this had to be a trap! Let's go Rashel," he started to back towards the door, grabbing at his belt for his stake.

"What's wrong with you? What's going on?" she asked, but reaching for her stake also.

"He is what's wrong with me," Quinn said, pointing at the blonde, "he's as bad as I used to be Rashel. No way would Ash Redfern have joined Circle Daybreak. It has to be a trap."

Ash rolled his eyes disdainfully while the others in the room were obviously still struggling to comprehend what was going on. He stood up carefully, smiling at Quinn the whole time "Why, John, I never expected to see you here either." He nodded in Rashel's direction "your soulmate?"

Quinn nodded slowly, not seeing the harm in that. Ash must know already, they all must know.

"She's pretty." Ash said, nodding his approval, "seems a bit too feisty, and I'm not too sure about that stake she's holding, but yeah, pretty. Reminds me a bit of my Mary-Lynette."

Rashel and Quinn stared at him in shock, then both talked at the same time.

"A bit too what?"

"Your what?"

"His soulmate" a small girl with hair like flame put in.

"Hello Quinn," another voice said from the corner, and Quinn rose his eyes to look at James "don't worry, I had almost the same reaction. But it's true, Ash has a human soulmate."

Ash looked indignant, "how's it so easy to believe that he has a human soulmate but not me? You're all against me. I don't know what I did."

"You kidnapped Poppy?" James put in helpfully.

"You kidnapped me," Poppy confirmed.

"Hey! I didn't kidnap you. You came willingly!"

"After you manipulated her!" James yelled.

"Manipulating isn't the same as kidnapping!"

"From what Thea's told me, you manipulated thousands of girls for fun," a boy with sandy blonde hair whom Quinn had never seen before added.

"You almost crashed Eric's car."

The blonde boy turned to his soulmate in surprise, "He did what?" he turned back to Ash "You're the one who almost crashed my jeep!"

Rashel and Quinn looked at one another helplessly. This was just too weird to be a trap. Thierry was on his way out, probably assuming that his Daybreakers would never finish their meeting now. On the way out he gave a small smile in their direction "Welcome to Circle Daybreak."

"It was an accident, Eric, no need to get mad. After all, no damage done right?" Ash said carefully.

"You nearly crashed my car!" the blonde boy was bordering on angry now, but still spoke seriously, "I like that car! And I could have been killed!"

"And the world could be happier" Ash muttered under his breathe, too low for a human to pick up.

"Welcome to the Circus more like" Rashel muttered under her breathe, "remind me again why we're joining these people?"

"We want to be together."

"Oh yeah, nearly forgot."