"No, they weren't invited. Only Beth can come in here. Sera..."
"You okay?" Sera jerked around as Mike appeared in the doorway.
She leapt instantly to her feet. "Where is he?" she demanded.
"In the kitchen, but..." Mike blocked her before she could go through the doorway. She glared angrily at him as she tilted her chin defiantly. "You need to stay here."
"I..."
"No Sera, not now." His stance was so rigid that she knew arguing with him was useless.
"Is he all right?"
"He's fine, he's just a little, ah... he's a little crazed right now. Jack and Doug are with him."
"Are you sure?" she asked anxiously.
"Yes, why don't you sit down and relax."
"What about you guys, are you all right?"
She scanned him quickly, but he seemed fine. "Yeah, we're all fine. They took off when we went outside. I think they just wanted to let us know that they're here. That they're watching us."
Sera's gaze flickered toward the kitchen. She wanted to go to him; she needed to go to him. "I can calm him down," she whispered.
"Not now you can't," David said. "Now, you will only push him over the edge."
"But he needs me!" she cried as she whirled to face him.
"Yes, he does, but not like you are. Not with what is going on. He will finish what he started earlier Sera; don't doubt that for an instant."
For a second she didn't care, but it was only for a second as she recalled the way that he had been earlier. He would never listen to reason now. He would only attack her again. He wouldn't even give her the chance to offer herself to him. As much as she wanted to be with him, she knew that she couldn't let it happen like that. He would harm her, no matter how unintentional, he would. And he would hate himself for it.
She bowed her head as she turned and walked back to the couch. Her heart was breaking as tears rolled down her face. She slid limply onto the couch and hung her head in her hands. "Do you understand now that what I told you all yesterday was true?" David asked.
She lifted her head to look at him through blurry eyes. "I understood that earlier."
David frowned as he glanced over at Mike. "You want to be changed?"
"I won't lose him. I can't. It... It hurts to even think about it, to say it. You can't imagine how much it hurts."
"No, we can't."
"Why hasn't he done it already?" Mike asked his voice filled with confusion.
She turned her eyes to him. "He said that I would need blood, and Kathleen and Danielle... I can't. I just can't."
"Crap," Mike muttered. "I never realized... I forgot."
David dropped his head into his hands. "We need to get out of here."
"Maybe the roads will be open tomorrow," Mike said hopefully.
"I doubt it. We're miles from the highway, on a bunch of back roads. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't get here for another week."
"He doesn't have a week, and neither does she."
"I know that!" David retorted.
