Side note: The whole Quinn/Daria thing is just a coincidence. I did watch
the show when it was on but the name thing has nothing to do with it. If
you remember Daria's appearance in the second chapter, I was pressed for
names and when I started writing this chapter, I realized what I did. Just
letting you know. ENJOY!
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"Master, this just arrived for Lily." One of Deacon's familiars said to him and handed him a letter.
He looked at the letter and raised an eyebrow. The front of it read To Lily from Gunner. He unfolded the letter and started reading.
"Hey, boss. What's up?" Quinn asked, walking into the living room.
"Where's Lily?" Deacon asked without looking away from the letter.
"I don't know. I think she said something about taking a shower. Why?"
"Okay, we have to get rid of this before she sees it."
Quinn looked confused but when he saw the names, he understood. "What's he want?"
Deacon handed him the letter and he read it. "What are you gonna do?"
"Nothing. I'm going to destroy the letter and send some of my familiars and a couple other vampires to get her. If she finds out about this-"
"Find out about what, Deacon?" Lily said.
He looked past Quinn and saw her standing in the doorway. "Nothing, baby."
Quinn turned around and, at the sight of Lily, hid the letter behind his back. "Hi, Lily.what's up?"
"What's that you're hiding, Quinn?" She asked calmly.
"What? Oh, this? Oh, it's.um.nothing. It's nothing." He responded nervously, mostly afraid of what Deacon might do to him if she got a hold of the letter.
"Well, then you wouldn't mind if I read it." She started walking towards the two vampires.
Deacon snatched the letter from Quinn and put it behind his back. "No. You can't."
She walked up to him, getting so close to him, her lips were almost touching his.
"And why, might I ask, are you so determined to not let me read it? If it's nothing, then there shouldn't be any reason for you to hide it." She said in almost a whisper. She knew the letter was hers and was determined to find out what it said.
"It's just not important, that's all."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
She pressed her lips against his, diverting his attention from the letter. Then she reached around behind him and snatched the letter out of his hand. She quickly pulled away and turned her back to him as she started reading the letter out loud. "Lily, I have something you want. She's about five feet four inches tall, has brown hair, bites really hard, and puts up quite a fight for someone as small as her. If you ever want to see her alive again, you'll meet me in the alley behind your old office at midnight. We'll make a trade, you for her. If you don't show, I'll snap her like a twig. If you bring your boyfriend, she dies." She dropped heavily on the couch in shock. "Mother fucker." She let out an angry growl.
"So what are you gonna do? You can't go after her." Deacon said.
"The hell I can't. I'm going to get Daria back. I can't let him kill her.
"You read the letter. He wants you. He's gonna kill you if you go. I'll send some of my familiars and a couple vampires to get her."
"You read the letter, too. The only way to get her back is in exchange for me. And I've seen the work of your familiars and your vampires. I don't trust the life of my best friend in their hands. I've known her since seventh grade. I can't let her die without even trying to save her. She's always been there for me when I needed her and I've always been there for her and now's not gonna be any different. She's human. She can't protect herself from him."
"You're not going."
Without saying another word, she stood up and walked to the bedroom, slamming the door behind her.
"FUCK!" Deacon said and sat down on the couch. He lit a cigarette and tapped his fingers angrily on the arm of the couch. He loved Lily and the thought of her risking her life like this pissed him off. He didn't know what he would do without her. How would he go on if she was gone? After about an hour, he walked to the bedroom and peeked in. Lily was sitting in the chair in the corner, sleeping. He walked over to her and kissed her on her forehead. Then he walked over and laid down on the bed. They had both been denying sleep since he turned her and they were tired. He laid watching her until he, too, drifted off to sleep.
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Lily woke up with a jolt. She looked over at the clock on the night stand. "Shit." It was already eleven thirty. She jumped up out of the chair and quickly changed out of the sweat pants and t-shirt she was wearing into a pair of low-riding jeans, a black short-sleeve button-up shirt, and a black leather trench coat. She walked over beside the bed and leaned in close to her sleeping love. She kissed him on his forehead. "I love you." She whispered and gently ran her finger down his cheek. She left the room and head towards the elevator. She stopped by the living room and signaled for Quinn. "I want you to go with me to get Daria."
"What about Deac?" Quinn asked.
"He's asleep. He doesn't know I'm going. Are you gonna help me or not?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Come on."
They got in the elevator and left without saying a word to anybody.
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"I thought I told you to come alone." Gunner said when Lily and Quinn appeared at the end of the alley.
"You told me not bring Deacon. I brought Quinn to make sure Daria will be safe."
"Fine."
"Let her go, Gunner. I'm here. This is what you wanted."
"You come here first."
"Same time."
"Fine. But I've got men on the building. You try anything and you both die."
She started walking towards him as she pulled off her coat. He let go of his grip on Daria's hair and she walked toward Lily.
"Quinn's gonna take you somewhere safe." She said and handed Daria her coat.
When she reached Quinn, he grabbed her and took her back to the penthouse.
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When they got to the penthouse, Deacon was pacing the living room, smoking a cigarette. He looked past them and a look of deep sadness crossed his face when he didn't see his love. "Where is she?"
Quinn looked down at the floor and didn't say a word.
"Is she.dead?"
"No. I don't think.I hope.she wasn't when we left her."
"You knew she was with him and you left her?"
"She told me to. She said she wanted me to bring her back and make sure she was safe and not to worry about her."
"FUCK!" He barked angrily. "Find her! I want her back before dawn! I don't care what you do! I don't care who dies! Just find her!" He lit another cigarette and sat down on the couch.
As Quinn turned to leave, the elevator door opened and a familiar stepped out with Lily in his arms. He walked into the living room and put her down on the floor and Deacon was quickly by her side. "I found her outside, master."
"Lily. Lily, baby, open your eyes. Look at me." Deacon said softly. He lifted her up so her head was resting on his chest. He looked over her body in horror. She had a silver stake in her left shoulder that went all the way through and was protruding out of her back, she had tow exit wounds from bullets in her stomach, and several large cuts all over her body.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Deacon. The sight of his face made her smile weakly.
"Quinn, go to the fridge. Get some blood. Hurry." He said. "Lily, the stake in your shoulder, I have to pull it out, okay?"
She nodded and braced herself for the excruciating pain about to befall her. She screamed out in pain as Deacon pulled the stake from her and tossed it aside.
Quinn came back with a glass full of blood and handed it to Deacon.
"Lily, listen to me. You have to drink this." Deacon said. He held the glass up to her lips and she slowly drank.
Up until this point, Daria was confused about what was going on. "She like him, isn't she? She's like Gunner." Deacon and Quinn looked at her. "What did you do to her?" She started backing away and bumped into Mercury, who was entering the room.
"Who's this?" She looked Daria up and down, licking her lips, then she looked over to Deacon and Lily. "And what the fuck happened to her?" A faint sound of concern was in her voice as she spoke.
Deacon looked back down at Lily, who was now unconscious, without saying a word.
"This is not happening. This isn't real. It's just a dream. Yeah, that's it, it's just a dream. I'm just traumatized by Lily's disappearance. Come on, Daria, snap out of it. She's dead. It's been two and a half weeks already." Daria babbled on aimlessly.
Mercury rolled her eyes in annoyance and punched her hard, knocking her unconscious.
Deacon picked up Lily and headed to the bedroom. "Quinn, bring her."
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Deacon stood in the doorway, smoking a cigarette, watching the two women sleep peacefully in his bed. "Quinn."
Quinn came out into the hallway from the living room. "Yeah, Deac?"
"How long they been out?"
"About twelve hours."
Deacon walked into the room and sat on the bed beside his love. He was beginning to worry about both women because they had been out for so long but he was more concerned about Lily because of all the injuries she had sustained and the amount of blood loss. "What the hell did that bastard do to you, Lily?" He whispered, more to himself than to her.
She breathed deeply, stretched like a cat, flinching when pain shot down her left arm, and opened her eyes. When she saw Deacon sitting beside her, she smiled weakly and reached up and touched his face. "I love." She said softly as she gazed into his eyes.
He gently kissed her hand and smiled back at her. Then he pulled the collar on her shirt down and looked at the hole he pulled the stake out of. It had started to regenerate but it still looked really bad. "What happened?"
"He tried to kill me. He'd been planning to kill me the whole time. But I wouldn't let him. I ran. After Quinn left, he grabbed me and we started fighting. Then he pulled the stake out and ran it through my shoulder. I ran up the fire escape and his people started shooting at me. I got hit and fell off the building. I landed on a car then got up and ran before they could get to me."
Deacon looked at her in amazement. How could she go through all that and still manage to make it back to the penthouse without being caught? He leaned in and kissed her gently.
She smiled at him then looked over at Daria, who was still out from Mercury's hit. "What happened to her?"
"She was a little freaked out by the whole situation and Mercury calmed her down."
"What do you mean 'calmed her down'?"
"She hit her."
"She hit her?"
"Yeah. She needed the rest. She looked like she'd been through hell."
"How long has she been out?"
"About twelve hours now."
"Twelve hours? You're sure she's okay?"
"She's fine."
She gazed at Daria and raised an eyebrow. "Okay. I'm hungry."
"I'll go get you something." He started to get up but she grabbed his arm.
"No, no. I can get it." She slowly got out of bed and walked to the kitchen, followed closely by Deacon. She pulled a container of blood out of the refrigerator, poured it into a glass, and started drinking.
Deacon went into the living room, where Quinn and Mercury were feeding on a couple of girls. "Quinn, Merc, listen up."
They dropped the lifeless bodies and looked up at him.
"I want you to find Gunner and bring him to me. I'm gonna make sure he never bothers me and Lily again."
Daria came staggering into the living room, rubbing her face tiredly. She looked around the room and raised an eyebrow. "Where's Lily?" She asked Deacon.
"I'm right here." Lily said, walking up behind her.
"Lily." She hugged her tightly.
Lily flinched in pain but hugged her back. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. But.you disappeared two weeks ago. What happened?"
"I found Deacon. I found my home."
"Why didn't you call? I thought you were dead."
"I know. I'm sorry. I would have come to you but I had to make sure Gunner didn't come after you or use you as bait. Apparently that didn't work."
"And now you're like him."
"No. I'm not like him. He's scum. He's nothing. IJ let Deacon turn me so I could be with him and protect myself from Gunner."
They walked over and sat down on the couch. Deacon sat down beside Lily, put his arm around her shoulder, and kissed her on her cheek. Mercury stood watching Daria's every move.
"Is she gonna bite me or something?" Daria asked.
"Not unless you want me to, honey." Mercury responded.
"Maybe later."
Daria and Lily talked for hours about what happened over the past two weeks and about how Lily ended up being with Deacon and being turned.
It was just past sundown and the elevator door opened. Gunner stepped out and everyone jumped from their respective seats. He reached in his coat and pulled out two guns.
"DOWN!" Deacon yelled and grabbed Lily. He pulled her down out of the line of fire. As they were going down, he got hit three times. He laid on top of her, protecting her from the spray of bullets and the shattering glass. When the firing stopped, he got up and looked over at Quinn, Mercury, and Daria. Mercury and Quinn both had jumped to cover Daria and were now helping her up. Deacon reached down to help Lily up and pain shot down his back. He realized the pain was from the bullet wounds in his back but he fought the pain and pulled Lily to her feet.
As he was pulling her up, Gunner grabbed him and drove a silver stake down through his shoulder past his collar bone. He roared out in pain and Gunner put a gun to his head.
"Deacon." A look of fear crossed Lily's face but it quickly turned to anger. "Let him go Gunner."
"Come with me quietly and he'll live."
Quinn started to go after him but he cocked the gun and pressed it against the side of Deacon's head. "You don't wanna do that. This is silver. He'll turn to dust before his hits the floor."
"Fine. I'll go with you. Just let him go." Lily said.
"Lily, no. I can handle him." Deacon said.
"Deacon, he's gonna kill you."
"I don't care."
"I do."
"Shut up!" Gunner yelled. "Are you going or is lover boy here gonna die?"
"I'll go." She walked over to him slowly.
He pushed Deacon away and grabbed her, pressing the gun up against the side of her head. "You try to follow us, she dies." He started pulling her towards the door but stopped. He aimed the gun at Daria's chest and pulled the trigger.
"NOOOO!" Lily screamed as he pulled her out the door.
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"Master, this just arrived for Lily." One of Deacon's familiars said to him and handed him a letter.
He looked at the letter and raised an eyebrow. The front of it read To Lily from Gunner. He unfolded the letter and started reading.
"Hey, boss. What's up?" Quinn asked, walking into the living room.
"Where's Lily?" Deacon asked without looking away from the letter.
"I don't know. I think she said something about taking a shower. Why?"
"Okay, we have to get rid of this before she sees it."
Quinn looked confused but when he saw the names, he understood. "What's he want?"
Deacon handed him the letter and he read it. "What are you gonna do?"
"Nothing. I'm going to destroy the letter and send some of my familiars and a couple other vampires to get her. If she finds out about this-"
"Find out about what, Deacon?" Lily said.
He looked past Quinn and saw her standing in the doorway. "Nothing, baby."
Quinn turned around and, at the sight of Lily, hid the letter behind his back. "Hi, Lily.what's up?"
"What's that you're hiding, Quinn?" She asked calmly.
"What? Oh, this? Oh, it's.um.nothing. It's nothing." He responded nervously, mostly afraid of what Deacon might do to him if she got a hold of the letter.
"Well, then you wouldn't mind if I read it." She started walking towards the two vampires.
Deacon snatched the letter from Quinn and put it behind his back. "No. You can't."
She walked up to him, getting so close to him, her lips were almost touching his.
"And why, might I ask, are you so determined to not let me read it? If it's nothing, then there shouldn't be any reason for you to hide it." She said in almost a whisper. She knew the letter was hers and was determined to find out what it said.
"It's just not important, that's all."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
She pressed her lips against his, diverting his attention from the letter. Then she reached around behind him and snatched the letter out of his hand. She quickly pulled away and turned her back to him as she started reading the letter out loud. "Lily, I have something you want. She's about five feet four inches tall, has brown hair, bites really hard, and puts up quite a fight for someone as small as her. If you ever want to see her alive again, you'll meet me in the alley behind your old office at midnight. We'll make a trade, you for her. If you don't show, I'll snap her like a twig. If you bring your boyfriend, she dies." She dropped heavily on the couch in shock. "Mother fucker." She let out an angry growl.
"So what are you gonna do? You can't go after her." Deacon said.
"The hell I can't. I'm going to get Daria back. I can't let him kill her.
"You read the letter. He wants you. He's gonna kill you if you go. I'll send some of my familiars and a couple vampires to get her."
"You read the letter, too. The only way to get her back is in exchange for me. And I've seen the work of your familiars and your vampires. I don't trust the life of my best friend in their hands. I've known her since seventh grade. I can't let her die without even trying to save her. She's always been there for me when I needed her and I've always been there for her and now's not gonna be any different. She's human. She can't protect herself from him."
"You're not going."
Without saying another word, she stood up and walked to the bedroom, slamming the door behind her.
"FUCK!" Deacon said and sat down on the couch. He lit a cigarette and tapped his fingers angrily on the arm of the couch. He loved Lily and the thought of her risking her life like this pissed him off. He didn't know what he would do without her. How would he go on if she was gone? After about an hour, he walked to the bedroom and peeked in. Lily was sitting in the chair in the corner, sleeping. He walked over to her and kissed her on her forehead. Then he walked over and laid down on the bed. They had both been denying sleep since he turned her and they were tired. He laid watching her until he, too, drifted off to sleep.
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Lily woke up with a jolt. She looked over at the clock on the night stand. "Shit." It was already eleven thirty. She jumped up out of the chair and quickly changed out of the sweat pants and t-shirt she was wearing into a pair of low-riding jeans, a black short-sleeve button-up shirt, and a black leather trench coat. She walked over beside the bed and leaned in close to her sleeping love. She kissed him on his forehead. "I love you." She whispered and gently ran her finger down his cheek. She left the room and head towards the elevator. She stopped by the living room and signaled for Quinn. "I want you to go with me to get Daria."
"What about Deac?" Quinn asked.
"He's asleep. He doesn't know I'm going. Are you gonna help me or not?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Come on."
They got in the elevator and left without saying a word to anybody.
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"I thought I told you to come alone." Gunner said when Lily and Quinn appeared at the end of the alley.
"You told me not bring Deacon. I brought Quinn to make sure Daria will be safe."
"Fine."
"Let her go, Gunner. I'm here. This is what you wanted."
"You come here first."
"Same time."
"Fine. But I've got men on the building. You try anything and you both die."
She started walking towards him as she pulled off her coat. He let go of his grip on Daria's hair and she walked toward Lily.
"Quinn's gonna take you somewhere safe." She said and handed Daria her coat.
When she reached Quinn, he grabbed her and took her back to the penthouse.
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When they got to the penthouse, Deacon was pacing the living room, smoking a cigarette. He looked past them and a look of deep sadness crossed his face when he didn't see his love. "Where is she?"
Quinn looked down at the floor and didn't say a word.
"Is she.dead?"
"No. I don't think.I hope.she wasn't when we left her."
"You knew she was with him and you left her?"
"She told me to. She said she wanted me to bring her back and make sure she was safe and not to worry about her."
"FUCK!" He barked angrily. "Find her! I want her back before dawn! I don't care what you do! I don't care who dies! Just find her!" He lit another cigarette and sat down on the couch.
As Quinn turned to leave, the elevator door opened and a familiar stepped out with Lily in his arms. He walked into the living room and put her down on the floor and Deacon was quickly by her side. "I found her outside, master."
"Lily. Lily, baby, open your eyes. Look at me." Deacon said softly. He lifted her up so her head was resting on his chest. He looked over her body in horror. She had a silver stake in her left shoulder that went all the way through and was protruding out of her back, she had tow exit wounds from bullets in her stomach, and several large cuts all over her body.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Deacon. The sight of his face made her smile weakly.
"Quinn, go to the fridge. Get some blood. Hurry." He said. "Lily, the stake in your shoulder, I have to pull it out, okay?"
She nodded and braced herself for the excruciating pain about to befall her. She screamed out in pain as Deacon pulled the stake from her and tossed it aside.
Quinn came back with a glass full of blood and handed it to Deacon.
"Lily, listen to me. You have to drink this." Deacon said. He held the glass up to her lips and she slowly drank.
Up until this point, Daria was confused about what was going on. "She like him, isn't she? She's like Gunner." Deacon and Quinn looked at her. "What did you do to her?" She started backing away and bumped into Mercury, who was entering the room.
"Who's this?" She looked Daria up and down, licking her lips, then she looked over to Deacon and Lily. "And what the fuck happened to her?" A faint sound of concern was in her voice as she spoke.
Deacon looked back down at Lily, who was now unconscious, without saying a word.
"This is not happening. This isn't real. It's just a dream. Yeah, that's it, it's just a dream. I'm just traumatized by Lily's disappearance. Come on, Daria, snap out of it. She's dead. It's been two and a half weeks already." Daria babbled on aimlessly.
Mercury rolled her eyes in annoyance and punched her hard, knocking her unconscious.
Deacon picked up Lily and headed to the bedroom. "Quinn, bring her."
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Deacon stood in the doorway, smoking a cigarette, watching the two women sleep peacefully in his bed. "Quinn."
Quinn came out into the hallway from the living room. "Yeah, Deac?"
"How long they been out?"
"About twelve hours."
Deacon walked into the room and sat on the bed beside his love. He was beginning to worry about both women because they had been out for so long but he was more concerned about Lily because of all the injuries she had sustained and the amount of blood loss. "What the hell did that bastard do to you, Lily?" He whispered, more to himself than to her.
She breathed deeply, stretched like a cat, flinching when pain shot down her left arm, and opened her eyes. When she saw Deacon sitting beside her, she smiled weakly and reached up and touched his face. "I love." She said softly as she gazed into his eyes.
He gently kissed her hand and smiled back at her. Then he pulled the collar on her shirt down and looked at the hole he pulled the stake out of. It had started to regenerate but it still looked really bad. "What happened?"
"He tried to kill me. He'd been planning to kill me the whole time. But I wouldn't let him. I ran. After Quinn left, he grabbed me and we started fighting. Then he pulled the stake out and ran it through my shoulder. I ran up the fire escape and his people started shooting at me. I got hit and fell off the building. I landed on a car then got up and ran before they could get to me."
Deacon looked at her in amazement. How could she go through all that and still manage to make it back to the penthouse without being caught? He leaned in and kissed her gently.
She smiled at him then looked over at Daria, who was still out from Mercury's hit. "What happened to her?"
"She was a little freaked out by the whole situation and Mercury calmed her down."
"What do you mean 'calmed her down'?"
"She hit her."
"She hit her?"
"Yeah. She needed the rest. She looked like she'd been through hell."
"How long has she been out?"
"About twelve hours now."
"Twelve hours? You're sure she's okay?"
"She's fine."
She gazed at Daria and raised an eyebrow. "Okay. I'm hungry."
"I'll go get you something." He started to get up but she grabbed his arm.
"No, no. I can get it." She slowly got out of bed and walked to the kitchen, followed closely by Deacon. She pulled a container of blood out of the refrigerator, poured it into a glass, and started drinking.
Deacon went into the living room, where Quinn and Mercury were feeding on a couple of girls. "Quinn, Merc, listen up."
They dropped the lifeless bodies and looked up at him.
"I want you to find Gunner and bring him to me. I'm gonna make sure he never bothers me and Lily again."
Daria came staggering into the living room, rubbing her face tiredly. She looked around the room and raised an eyebrow. "Where's Lily?" She asked Deacon.
"I'm right here." Lily said, walking up behind her.
"Lily." She hugged her tightly.
Lily flinched in pain but hugged her back. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. But.you disappeared two weeks ago. What happened?"
"I found Deacon. I found my home."
"Why didn't you call? I thought you were dead."
"I know. I'm sorry. I would have come to you but I had to make sure Gunner didn't come after you or use you as bait. Apparently that didn't work."
"And now you're like him."
"No. I'm not like him. He's scum. He's nothing. IJ let Deacon turn me so I could be with him and protect myself from Gunner."
They walked over and sat down on the couch. Deacon sat down beside Lily, put his arm around her shoulder, and kissed her on her cheek. Mercury stood watching Daria's every move.
"Is she gonna bite me or something?" Daria asked.
"Not unless you want me to, honey." Mercury responded.
"Maybe later."
Daria and Lily talked for hours about what happened over the past two weeks and about how Lily ended up being with Deacon and being turned.
It was just past sundown and the elevator door opened. Gunner stepped out and everyone jumped from their respective seats. He reached in his coat and pulled out two guns.
"DOWN!" Deacon yelled and grabbed Lily. He pulled her down out of the line of fire. As they were going down, he got hit three times. He laid on top of her, protecting her from the spray of bullets and the shattering glass. When the firing stopped, he got up and looked over at Quinn, Mercury, and Daria. Mercury and Quinn both had jumped to cover Daria and were now helping her up. Deacon reached down to help Lily up and pain shot down his back. He realized the pain was from the bullet wounds in his back but he fought the pain and pulled Lily to her feet.
As he was pulling her up, Gunner grabbed him and drove a silver stake down through his shoulder past his collar bone. He roared out in pain and Gunner put a gun to his head.
"Deacon." A look of fear crossed Lily's face but it quickly turned to anger. "Let him go Gunner."
"Come with me quietly and he'll live."
Quinn started to go after him but he cocked the gun and pressed it against the side of Deacon's head. "You don't wanna do that. This is silver. He'll turn to dust before his hits the floor."
"Fine. I'll go with you. Just let him go." Lily said.
"Lily, no. I can handle him." Deacon said.
"Deacon, he's gonna kill you."
"I don't care."
"I do."
"Shut up!" Gunner yelled. "Are you going or is lover boy here gonna die?"
"I'll go." She walked over to him slowly.
He pushed Deacon away and grabbed her, pressing the gun up against the side of her head. "You try to follow us, she dies." He started pulling her towards the door but stopped. He aimed the gun at Daria's chest and pulled the trigger.
"NOOOO!" Lily screamed as he pulled her out the door.