Deacon sat down on the bed beside her and gently touched her cheek, examining the cut below her eye. She flinched and sighed heavily and he pulled his hand back. When she stopped moving, he continued examining the cuts and bruises on her face.

All of a sudden, she pushed his arm away and threw a random punch, connecting with his jaw. When she realized who she hit, her jaw dropped. "Deacon?" She said, confused. "Where am I?"

"You're in my penthouse. I found you in an alley. Some guy was attacking you. My friend, Quinn, and I scared him off and brought you back here."

"No. I have to go. I can't be here." She said. She sat up and quickly laid back down, holding her forehead.

"You should rest for awhile. You've been through a lot."

"No, Deacon. You don't understand. You're in danger as long as I stay here. He's very dangerous. He's going to find me and kill you if he finds you with me."

"He doesn't know where we are and if he does find you, I've got tons of security guards spread out all over this building."

"You don't get it. You don't know what he's capable of."

"I'm sure it's nothing my security can't handle."

"Okay, you're gonna think I'm absolutely out of my mind when I tell you this, but, he's a vampire."

"A vampire?"

"See, I knew you were gonna think I'm crazy. Forget I even said it."

"No, no, I don't think you're crazy. Tell me."

"He's what normal vampires call a daywalker. He's one of only two existing daywalkers in the world. He's not like the other daywalker, though. He let his vampire side take over. He kills people. He drinks their blood. I hate the way he attacks people. He doesn't just kill them, he makes them suffer first. I found out about a serum the other daywalker uses to suppress his vampire side, so one day I found some of this.vampire serum in an herbalist shop and I poured it in Gunner's coffee every morning because I just couldn't put up with him constantly hitting me and I figured if I gave it to him, it would stop. I only had enough to last for a week and when it wore off, his thirst became stronger and he became more violent, especially toward me. He told me that if I would ever try to leave him, he would bite me. And if the bite didn't kill me, I would turn and he would force me to be with him forever."

"Interesting." Deacon said in deep thought. "Very interesting." He snapped out of his thought and looked at Lily. "You must be hungry. You've been asleep since last night. You want something to eat?"

"Yeah." She said.

"Okay, I'll be right back." He smiled and walked out of the room.

"What's up, man?" Quinn asked. "You kill her yet?"

"No, you fucking idiot." Deacon said as he walked to the kitchen. "I'm not going to kill her."

"What are you gonna do with her then?"

"I'm gonna turn her."

"Did she say anything about that guy? Did you find out what he is?"

"He's a daywalker."

"What do you mean he's a daywalker? I thought Blade was the only daywalker."

"So did I." He started making a sandwich. "I should have known. I sensed it but I didn't pay attention to it." He walked back to the bedroom, stopping by the living room to talk to Mercury on the way. "Merc, go get her some clothes. Something.nice. She's not much bigger than you."

"Yeah, except for in this area." Quinn said, holding his hands out in front of his chest, implying that Mercury had small breasts.

She stood up and walked over to Deacon and Quinn. She narrowed her eyes at Quinn and swung her hand at his face, leaving four huge scratches across his cheek. "I'll see what I can do, Deac."

"Bitch." Quinn said, wiping the blood off his face and looking towards the elevator then to Deacon.

Deacon shrugged and flashed an amused smile before entering the bedroom and closing the door behind him. "Sorry I took so long." He said as he handed Lily the sandwich then sat down in the chair in the corner.

"Don't worry about it. I'm used to waiting." She said and started eating.