Josef gently lifted her and carried her to his car, keeping her close in his lap even when they started driving towards the address she gave him. He made a phone call to the Cleaner covering up the mess and a phone call to Mick telling him that he couldn't make it. Mick did not ask why.

Eve stirred and gained conscious for a few minutes. She stared into the chocolate brown eyes of the man who probably saved her life.

"What's your name?" She whispered. He gave a small smile.

"Josef, Josef Kostan." She nodded and gave into the darkness again enveloping her like a blanket.

They had arrived at the address and since Josef did not have the opportunity to ask her what she had wanted when she was home, he decided that he would stay with her until she had woken up. He left instructions for his chauffeur that he must stand by at all times.

"Yes, sir. Do you want me to take this up to the house?" The chauffeur said holding up the purse. Josef was surprised and pleased by the man. That's why he had hired him. He had picked up her purse.

"Yes, open the door for me. Her keys must be in there." Josef said and his driver walked towards the building. He picked up the woman from the backseat and carried her inside her apartment.

He placed her on the soft couch with much caution and tugged her in a warm blanket.

Then he just had to wait, something a four hundred year old vampire was not accustomed to anymore.

One word and you're dead.

Eve woke up with a yelp of a wounded animal. Immediately she felt her mouth throbbing with pain and her body ached. She struggled with the blanket, disorientated by the slight moonlight peaking through the curtains. She felt more than saw something move beside her. She stifled a scream when the light was turned on. She found the chocolate brown eyes and things flooded back in her mind.

"You saved me." She breathed, trying hard not to lose her sanity.

"Yes, are you hurt?" He asked, concern showing his eyes. Later she couldn't put her finger on what triggered her but one moment she tried to be brave, the next she started crying uncontrollably and the urge to vomit was too overwhelming. Suddenly all soreness forgotten she sprinted to the bathroom. She felt dirty and pain surged through her body. She heard someone turn on the shower and when the nausea had subsided she felt two strong arms pick her up and placing her under the streaming water.

Josef smelled the scent of her attacker on her. The traces of saliva and sperm had to be washed off her but Josef knew that it would take a long time before he could forget that smell mingled with the scent of sadness and pain. Making sure she was ok for now, he wanted to leave her and he let her go.

When Eve felt his arms letting her go, she had the strong urge to be held. And before she realized what she was doing, she reached out to him.

"Please, could you hold me?" She asked with pleading eyes, afraid that he might reject. Josef knew this was against the rules but he couldn't ignore her touch. The way her skin felt on his own. As he already had shed his jacket, he only had to remove his shoes.

He stepped in the tub and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She relaxed into his embrace immediately. That was all Josef could feel and he heard her heartbeat slowing down. He had to fight back the images of the two of them under the shower in different circumstances.

They stood under the shower for a very long time. Josef knew that she was in an almost sleeping state. It was her way to sedate herself from the pain in her body. His arms moved slowly and she seemed to react.

"What's your name?" He asked when she looked up at him.

"Eve."

"Eve," As if he was testing the sound of her name, "You should undress and change into something dry." He said smiling at her. She nodded and waved at the pile of towels in the corner of the bathroom.

"Take some of those." She said looking at his soaking clothes.

He left with three towels.

When Eve felt her skin tingling painfully because all the rubbing and cleaning, she stepped out of the bathroom, hugged by a huge bathrobe. She saw that Josef had toweled himself as dry as possible. He looked up at her taking in her figure. He stood up and walked over to the freezer and grabbed a frozen gel bag out of it. She walked to him and he gently placed it at one side of her mouth, which already had swollen up.

"Thank you, Josef." She said searching his eyes. He was surprised to hear his name uttered by her. It made him feel ridiculously small.

"You're welcome." He managed after a minute.

"I think I owe you my life. I will forever be in your debt." She said turning away and walking to the living room.

"You are not in my debt. It's just….It was luck." He said finding no other words and following in her step. When he looked at her, there played a tiny smile around her mouth.

"Are you going to be ok?" He asked.

"I….I don't know...I need to go and see a doctor to know for sure." She said deliberately not thinking about the memories. He nodded then he looked out of the window, seeing the sun rise.

"Do you want anyone to come and stay here with you?" He asked and she quickly looked up at him.

"You're leaving." It wasn't a question. She just knew.

"Yes, you need to rest. I'll come back tonight, ok?" Eve just stared at him unable to read his feelings.

"Yeah, sure..." She said with the same indifference. And then he walked away, closing the door behind him.

Disclaimer: I do not own Moonlight.