After a few days of trying to escape, Mark finally gave up. No matter where he went, either Agnus or Charles was watching him. There was no way he could leave. With some thought and some, not so kind, words from Agnus, Mark finally accepted that what he was trying to do would only end in Sarah's death. They had no way to fight the vampires. They were forbidden from killing.

Two weeks after Sarah had left, Mark was no closer to finding a solution. He began to hate himself for ...