"We're going to make a left up here," said Caleb as he sat in the passenger seat of Rafe's rental car while Andrew, Kate, and Eddie followed behind them.
"You know how to get here?"
"Once—when I was leading a different life."
"You know he killed Andrew's father—it happened after you--."
"Killed you?" said Caleb with a slight chuckle. "What's wrong, Slayer? We're usually not this edgy anymore—you have something on your mind?"
"Trying to figure out if we're doing something wrong here. We've sheltered our children, Caleb—sheltered them a heck of a lot more than we were ever sheltered in our youth. So is there a point you just finally give up on sheltering them and let them make their own mistakes?"
Caleb laughed as they pointed to the driveway to turn into, "Are you actually saying you are willing to let Edward and Katrina go into Marius' place by themselves and you sit out here in the car?"
"I'm not sure," said Rafe as he put the car in park and looked at the house. "How do you want to approach this?" he asked as he saw Kate go running past their car and into the house.
Caleb stood there as he watched Rafe run after her and said to himself, "I don't think you are ready to let go just yet, Rafe."
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"Is this it?" asked Lizzie as they came to the edge of the woods and looked up at the large Villa in front of them.
"I think so—I'm not sure."
"Well, let's go in and get them," said Lizzie as she started to move and Leslie pulled her back. "What?"
"There's a car here—how can we trust them?"
"It's probably the maid or a housekeeper."
"Vampires don't have housekeepers."
"Yes they do. Hello—What do you think Delia does?" she said with sarcasm running through her words.
"Fine, but I don't think he looks very friendly," said Leslie as they looked up to see Andrew walking around from the side of the house.
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"Katrina—stop," yelled Rafe as he went running through the halls and saw his daughter standing in the doorway of a room. He came up behind her and saw she was looking into a living room with white curtains blowing into the room through an open window. On a chaise lounge was Tara, dressed in all white, sleeping like an angel.
"He practically copied the Villa," said Caleb in Romanian into Rafe's ear.
"Tara," sighed Kate as she went over to her, kneeling down beside her friend. "Hey—we're here. I'm sorry I couldn't get here sooner," she said while tears filled her eyes and she looked at her friend.
Caleb moved past Rafe and over to Kate. "Hey Sunshine," he said quietly as he pushed her hair back off her neck and saw the marks. He looked up to Rafe and gave a quiet nod.
"Is she--?" asked Kate, unable to finish the sentence when Caleb gave her a soft nod. "No! Please no—I'm sorry Caleb, I'm so sorry. I wanted to protect her—I tried, I really did."
"We know," said Eddie as he ran over to his sister's side and hugged her—there was something being said between Caleb and his father and he couldn't stand to see his sister feeling so guilty while they seemed to almost ignore what she was going through.
Caleb gave a deep sigh before looking at Kate, "Katrina—can you tell me what happened?"
"No, Caleb—this is not the time nor the place to be asking those questions," spoke Rafe as he walked into the room finally.
"No, Dad—I need to tell him. I think I can do this," she said as she pushed out of Eddie's grasp and sat down on the floor like a small child. "We were doing really good—everyone we met thought our last names were Barrington and Locke. The conductor of the train though—he did call us by our last names, but I think Marius was already on to us," she said as she looked up to see Andrew standing still in the doorway. "Why were you in London that day? And did you follow us to Paris also?"
"I was in London because Marius had come there a few days before me. I don't know if he knew you two would be there, but it would explain a lot," he said as he looked at Caleb.
Kate glared at Andrew, knowing what he was thinking, "I'm sorry Caleb, I really am."
"It's ok, sweetheart," he said as he tried to give a smile to her.
"Dad, can we go home now?" asked Kate as she wiped her eyes.
"Of course," he said as he put his arm around her and without looking again at Caleb he left, with Eddie following behind them.
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"He went inside a few minutes ago, don't you think it's safe now?" whispered Lizzie.
"I guess so—let me see if I can see where Kate is before we go in," she said closing her eyes.
"She's safe," sighed Lizzie as she saw her walk out of the building.
"How do you know?" said Leslie with her eyes still closed and trying to focus.
"Because—open your eyes," she said as she slapped her friend and then looked up to see her brother and father coming out also. "Oh crap—we're busted."
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"I want to talk to Andrew for a moment," said Rafe as he helped Kate into the car and went off to thank Andrew for saving Kate.
"Did you notice anything odd between those two in there?" asked Eddie as his mind kept on thinking.
"Who? Andrew and Dad?" she asked as she stared out the window and into the woods.
"No, Dad and Caleb."
"No, I didn't--," she said as she stopped continuing her sentence.
"What is it?"
"I thought I saw someone in the woods just then."
"You think it's Marius?"
"No, it was too small—almost like it was a little girl. There it is again," she said as Eddie watched this time and jumped out of the car. "Eddie—where are you going?" she said getting out behind him.
"Wait a second," he called back, catching Rafe's attention to see his son running into the woods.
"Edward!" he shouted as he waited for him to come back.
"I don't think I'm the Kovich you should be yelling at," he said as he pushed Lizzie into the open and Leslie walked out behind him.
