~Zoey~

"Why is she never here taking care of Isis?" I asked Erik who was getting ready for rehearsal. Our plan was to have Roxanne do he musical magic thing, and have Neferet out herself in front of the whole school, a plan that won't work if the key person never was around when she was supposed to be.

"Everything is going to be fine Zo, she wasn't all of this to be over more than any of us," Erik said forever taking Roxanne's said. I knew Erik loved her, but she didn't deserve him. All she did was lie to him, about everything. Erik deserved more than that. He deserved more than her.

"It's just not fair. What you guys are going through. The possibility of losing your daughter after you just found out about her. It's all just so unfair," I said looking into his eyes.

"Life's not fair," he half smiled at me. I took his hand and smiled back at him.

"I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that she's safe."

"I know you will, and I believe you can."

"At least one of us does," I sighed. Lately I've been wondering about my abilities and if I could really handle this. I'm no Harry Potter this all is way too much for me. But I'm not going to give up on Isis. She deserved to live.

"We should get going before we're late," Erik said grabbing Isis, and I grabbed her diaper bag.

~Neferet~

"Mr. Heffer," Neferet said from behind the pastor's desk. "I wasn't expecting you back so soon."

"You don't belong here," he yelled.

"I'm sure if your congregation knew what I did about our affair they'd say the same thing about you," she smiled laying the pictures of him with the secretary out in front of him.

"What do you want?" he said as he closed the door. Neferet knew he was a smart businessman even if he lacked intelligence in any other aspect of life.

"I have information that could tip the scale in our churches favor"-

"Why would you want to do that?"

"Because what they're doing is an abomination, the vampires have found a way to breed humans and vampires."-

"They've done what?"

"Yes this poor girl, just a teenager at the time. They had a teen boy she had a crush on take advantage of her after her sister's death. It's a tragedy."

John knew in his heart that he should be caution, but this could help him in so many ways. He knew this plus Linda's death could get the church fired up against the vampires, the kind of fire that cause legislative change. This could lead to a political office for him. Hell Obama started as a community organizer. "How do I know this is true?"

"They girl was born with the mark of Nyx," she said handing John a picture of Isis a few weeks after she was born, when her mark first appeared.

"Is the baby a vampire?"

"So far she just displays the mark, but who knows what will happen next. Do you really want her in the sandbox with your kids?"

"If I take this on I have to have the kid. How do you expect me to get to her if she's being protected by vampires?"

"I'll give her to you."

"I don't trust you, and the fact that you blackmailed me into listening to you is a bit suspicious. I think I'm going to pass on this one."

"Then you're dumber than I thought. This child is only the beginning. Her mother was just marked and she's nineteen. Soon there won't be a human left."

"I don't believe you. No one over the age of eighteen has ever been marked. It's impossible. Get out of my office," John said hoping she was buying his act.

"By all means try and distract everyone from your affair with your dead wife. I'm sorry that will last forever." Neferet got up from his desk. "I'll have more information for you next week and I want you to have a press conference the next day."

"I'll see what I can do."

"You'll more than see, I'm sure of it," she smiled on her way out.