After meeting the challenge that was Cole Turner, the vampiress went on to prowl the streets of San Francisco, looking for evil intent, Lillith thought if she fed from evil creatures or evil humans it would be not upset the balance, but mostly she lived off of donated blood, she had a stock pile in her fridge. But there was nothing better then a fresh hunt; she didn't kill her victims like most of her kind. She just took enough blood and left them with a feeling of a hangover, but if her prey was a demon, she would vanquish him.

She was stalking a demon now, slinking from shadow to shadow like a panther, she breathed in the demonic scent, and found her prey about kill an innocent. She struck like lighting, her mouth clamping the demon's jugular letting his life blood flow into her mouth renewing her strength. She backed off as she felt the heat that came from the demon as he burst into flames.

Her blue eyes blazed as she looked at the innocent she just saved, "Leave." she ordered.

The man ran for it.

Lillith took a napkin from her pocket and wiped her mouth off and strolled out of the alley, content with a full stomach of blood; when she fed off of a demon. She could survive for least three weeks the power of a demon no matter level it was coursed though her veins like a fire,

She wondered back to her apartment complex when she felt the unmistakable energy of an Elder. Her lips curled over teeth, she snarled under her breathe. 'Why is an elder doing here now?'

She walked into the building paying no heed to the attendant at the door. Who stared at her for the unearthly beauty, she possesses. She walked up to her apartment and opened the door to find Cecil there waiting for her.

"Come to make my eternal life harder then it already is?" Lillith asks,

"Lily," Cecil replies, "I didn't, I just come to see how you are fairing, you look radiant tonight."

"Spare me your flattery, what do you want this time. I'm already doing what your kind has asked of me, i have met Cole Turner." Lillith replies, as she glides over to her push couch and sits down crossing her ankles and folding her hands in her lap like a lady of proper breeding like she was centuries ago. "Don't let my physical age deceive you, but I am older then i look, i will not be manipulated like your disciples."

"But you do not want to be vanquished by the Charmed Ones." Cecil replies,

Lillith raised a perfect eyebrow, "Is that a threat?"

"Hardly, my dear." Cecil replies, "So do you think you can save him?"

"If by saving him, you mean seducing him until he wants me more then the witch. No. I gave him a taste of my charms, but I will not seduce him." Lillith replies, "and I will not turn him either unless that is his wish."

The Elder regarded the vampiress then nods, "I understand."

"Anything else, you need. I must sleep soon?" Lillith asks,

"Nothing, but we still wonder about your origins," answers Cecil

Lillith stood up, "That my dear Elder is none of your business. My creator is long since gone and I have no allegiance to the so called Queen of vampires. Vanquish her and I will still live on."

"I take it you and her don't get along?" Cecil asks

"No, and I wish you would let the witches deal with her." Lillith replies her once warm blue eyes now cold as ice. "Otherwise I will rip her heart out and enjoy every agony filled scream, she has."

Cecil orbed out on that note.

"Elders, who needs them." Lillith mutters as she made sure all curtains were closed tight, she went into her bedroom, where a mahogany coffin lay open and inviting. Some vampires stuck to the traditional ways of sleeping in crypts by day, but not Lillith, she enjoyed living in her apartment. Everything in the apartment had a human theme to it, except for the thick velvet curtains to block out the sun, during the day. At night she let in the night breeze.

The vampiress changed into a silk nightgown, and climbed into her coffin and closed the lid and settled in for the day.

~~~~Penthouse~~~~

Cole sat in a chair, staring at nothing, the piece of paper Lillith had given him on the side table.

"She's not the one for you, Cole. Sometimes, the one for you isn't someone you would except to find in the oddest of places." the vampiress' voice kept repeating his mind, he didn't know what she meant unless she was willing to save him from himself. No that couldn't be it.

The feel of her touch kept coming back to him, and he found himself wanting more, she made him feel things he never did with Phoebe. She was a mystery, one that he would want to solve.

He stood up and walked over to the picture of him and Phoebe. "Maybe Phoebe was right, that we weren't meant to be."

"I'm immortal but I do know what love is. I have loved before, I was turned because of my so called love." another statement made the demonically challenged man wonder, what did she mean, was she as heartbroken as he is now? Was she willing to put up with him just to save herself heartache or was she really being honest about wanting to help him?

Why was he thinking about her now?

Maybe you want to move on and be with someone who won't break your heart. A small voice inside him whispered.

"I need sleep, I'm not thinking clearly." Cole muttered.

He walks into his bedroom and falls into bed without even changing his clothes.

~~~Apartment~~~~

Blue eyes fluttered open at twilight, a delicate pale hand slips from the coffin as the vampiress awakens. Lillith climbs out of her coffin and fluffs the pillow back and closes the lid, she looks around her bedroom and found a fold up card on her nightstand.

"Are you kidding me, they really are trying to set me up." Lillith states, she walked over and picked up the card.

'Here's a little information about your charge/prey?

Cole likes walks in the park, jazz, fine wine. He's ticklish (toes and waist especially) He's an excellent salsa dancer, pretends otherwise. He likes steak, medium rare, and artichokes. He's great in bed. Good stamina.

From the Elders.'

Lillith's eyes widen in horror as she read the last line over again. She looked up at the ceiling "One of you, get your robed ass down here! Now!"

Blue and white orbs appeared, a female Elder appears.

Lillith glared at her.

"What is the meaning of this?" Snarled the vampiress.

The Elder takes a step backward. "We just thought you could use information about Cole."

"Information! You call this information. I feel like I'm on a human dating game show!" Lillith states.

"We just wanted to help, all of the magical community does." the Elder reasons,

"There stop butting in on my private affairs. I will save him and I will not abide by your rules!" exclaims Lillith.

"Then you're not going to be happy about this. A Cupid has been assigned to him to make him see you could love him." the Elder replies calmly.

"Love him? You and the other Elders have been up there too long. Your heads are in the clouds." Lillith states. "I guess I have some shopping to do,"

"Remember the saying a way to a man's heart is though his stomach." the Elder teases and orbs out.

Lillith sighs and goes to her closet, picks out a pair of jeans and purple t-shirt, after changing she picks up her purse and heads to the market.

DarkPriestess66 says, The Elders borrowed the information about Cole from the Book of Shadows.