His heart was beating in his ears and his leg muscles felt like they were on fire, but still the vampire was able to stay ahead of him, taunting him even. The vampire was actually laughing as it turned down another hall, and burst into one of the many apartments that lined the walls. Silvyr followed and tripped over something, sending him to the floor, this gave the vampire enough time to jump through one of the windows and then he was gone.

The brunet slammed his fist into the floor, “Damnit!”

                The Lycan looked around, curling up his nose as he smelt the dead bodies of the humans around him. He stood up slowly, still breathing heavily as he continued looking around, how could a vampire do something so quickly? He must have been here before, or some other vampire… And then he heard something, it started off small but then got louder the longer it was ignored.

“What the--?”

                Silvyr was silent as he listened for a minute longer before moving slowly down the hall, opening a door that had been painted a soft pink color, the room was done up in pink and white lace, teddy bears piled up in one corners and pictures of the people laying dead in the living room hung on the wall. Pushed up against one wall was a white crib, Silvyr felt his heart sink as he realized what he was hearing.

“Oh no…”

                He moved to the side of the crib, staring down at the crying baby girl, her hair was a fiery red color and it looked quite messy, her legs and arms kicked and moved around in her little white dress. Without really thinking Silvyr reached down and scooped the baby up into his arms, cradling it and whispering soft words, all evidence of his recent animal behavior gone.

“It’s okay… You’re okay. Silvyr’s here now.”

                The baby quieted down as Silvyr began speaking, her bright blue eyes staring up at him, as her squirming stopped. Silvyr actually smiled down at her, then looked up and around the room, wooden letters had been nailed to the wall behind the crib.

“So your name’s Azalea huh? It suits you.”

                Azalea actually giggled and cooed at the sound of her name, reaching a hand up and grasping at him. Silvyr froze when he heard footsteps coming down the hall, had the vampire comeback to finish off what was left of the family? But he calmed slightly as the face of Viviana appeared in the doorway.

“Silvyr.. What…? Who..?...” She was just to confused as she stared at the now sleeping baby in his arms.