Claire threw off her thick hospital blankets and jumped off her bed, feeling slightly dizzy from standing up so fast. She stormed out to the waiting room, catching Shane walking in her direction in the corridor. He acknowledged the panicked look on her face and quickly stopped beside her. "Hey Claire, what are you doing up? Where's Taylor?" He asked her, looking into her eyes.

"She's gone, I just woke up and she wasn't in her cot next to my bed. Shane, I'm worried." She replied.

"Don't worry about it; the doctors probably just put her in the baby room along with all the other babies. Let's go find her." He said, putting his arm around her and leading her to the baby room. It was then that she realized she must look a mess, in her pyjamas with her hair un-brushed. Oh well, she decided, I've just had a baby and I'm allowed to look a mess.

They arrived at the baby room and of course, Taylor wasn't there. This was just her luck. She couldn't just have a baby and everything would be happy, something always had to go wrong. Quickly blinking away tears, she turned towards Shane and leaned into him.

"Come on." He said leading her back to her hospital room. "You need to rest; you had a baby only yesterday. This is way too much stress. You sleep, I'll find Taylor. How far could she have gone? She's a one day old baby." His attempt at a joke made her feel a little bit better. She smiled at him.

"Okay. But keep me updated. And bring her back to me as soon as you locate where she is." She said as she headed to her room. She pushed the door open and sat on her bed, to find a figure come out from behind the curtain. Oliver.

"Hello, Claire."

"Oliver! You gave me a fright. What are you doing here?" She said with false enthusiasm. His presence made her slightly nervous.

"You might have noticed your baby's missing. I have information that might be valuable."

"She's not in danger is she?"

"It depends what you would call danger." He said with a mischievous look on his face.

"Look Oliver, I'm tired and I don't have time for games. Tell me where she is, right now."

"Very well, don't get your panties in a twist. Amelie's got her."

Amelie has her? What would Amelie want with my baby? Claire thought. The thought of Taylor surrounded by vampires made her feel uneasy however.

"Okay thanks for telling me, Oliver. You can go now." She told him. With that, he was gone. Claire let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding.

All she had to do was find Shane and get out of here. Getting out would be the tricky part. Claire shoved on some clothes from the bag Shane had brought. Ugh, he'd picked the worst clothes out of her closet. That doesn't matter right now, she thought. As she strolled through the corridors of the hospital searching for Shane, she grew anxious of what Amelie would want with Taylor. Shane was nowhere to be found and so Claire walked outside with her head turned away from the receptionist so that she wasn't noticed and managed to make it outside successfully.

The autumn weather was cool and the sky looked like it was threatening to rain. She looked around for Shane but he didn't seem likely to be around so she decided she'd have to walk herself. She was extremely tired and wasn't sure if she was going to be able to hold herself up for much longer but this was extremely important to her. Taylor was the most important person in her life at the moment and no one was going to get in the way of that.

Claire had already decided why Amelie wanted Taylor. She thought back to when Claire was just three months pregnant and had gone to tell Amelie about the pregnancy.

Claire walked into one of Amelie's many offices and was greeted by a guard. After her identity was confirmed the guard moved to reveal Amelie. She was sitting composed and cool.

"What is it that you wanted to tell me? I cannot just drop everything for you like I have been." She told her.

"I just thought you should know that I'm pregnant. I won't be able to do as much as I have been and I don't want to be around all the chemicals in Myrnin's lab."

"I'm very… displeased with this news." Claire thought she seemed more disgusted. "I'll never understand humans need for a family but I guess I saw this coming, you have been with Shane for a number of years now. I was a bride by the time I was 16. But don't think I'm going to let you get behind on your studies. You will do what you can, where you can. Even if this means reading books from home." Claire found it puzzling that Amelie wasn't mad with this news.

""Okay, that's fine with me." Claire replied.

"I do not care whether it is fine with you. Just be prepared. This baby will be very valuable to us. We can train her from a young age to do what we've been teaching you."

This news made Claire uneasy but she knew she would be able to stop it when the time came.

"You may leave now, Claire."

Claire came back from her daydreaming and walked out.

It seemed so long ago now but it was only about 5 months. Amelie had stayed true to her word and had taken Taylor. She was almost at Founders Square now. Any other human walking into Founders Square wouldn't be allowed but she was known in the vampire community now, as was all of the Glass House members. She quickly remembered she wasn't wearing her founders pin.

She arrived at Amelie's office and knocked on the door. A guard opened it and she peered around to see 5 vampires crowded around a pink bassinet.