Annie's Point of View

I wake up the next morning, or at least I think it's morning, in a dark room.

I get up and make my way to the door. As I go for the doorknob, the door opens and light floods into the room.

"Good morning Angel. How do you feel?" The vampire from last night asks me.

"Who is he? And why does he keep calling me Angel?" I ask myself.

"Annie? Are you ok? Are you hurt?" He asks, concerned.

"Who are you? Why do you keep calling me 'Angel'? How do you know my name?" I fire questions at him.

"Don't you remember me?" He asks, sounding confused.

"No. I have no clue who you are." I respond, a little mad that he expects me to know who he is when I've never even met him in my life.

"This is going to be very confusing. You probably won't believe me, but..." His voice fades out of my mind as I feel him wrap his arm around my waist.

"What does he think he's doing?" I think as he pulls me closer to him.

"Annie? Did you hear me?" He asks.

"No." I say honestly, knowing he probably wouldn't believe me if I said I did.

"I'll never hurt you. You don't need to be scared of me. I just want to protect you. If I was gonna kill you, trust me, you'd already be dead. You're only here because I am trying my hardest to protect you. You may not remember me right now, but you will eventually. That part of the woods I found you in, it belongs to another coven. They aren't like me. They would see you as nothing more than a quick snack. I just wanna help you. Don't be afraid of me. Please." He explains.

"I don't even know your name though." I say, completely forgetting that he was talking.

"Gerard"

"Hi. Umm,Gerard?" I ask with a shy smile. I couldn't help it, it was almost impossible to not smile. It was almost like I knew him. He seems to know me pretty well.

"Yeah Angel?" He says innocently.

"What are you doing?" I ask, gesturing to the way he had his arm wrapped around my waist still.

"Oh, um... right. Sorry." He says and lets go of me.

"It's okay."

"So umm... Crap! They're back!" He growled under his breath.

"W-who's back?" I ask, scared. For some reason I believed him about wanting to protect me. I wasn't so sure about other vampires.

"Don't worry, they won't hurt you. They wouldn't mess with me. I am the 'leader of the pack' if you know what I mean." He says with a smile of reassurance.

I laugh nervously. It's not like I don't believe him. For some unknown reason, I do believe him. I feel an odd sense of security when I'm with him. I just don't wanna know what will happen if the others aren't as... protective of me as Gerard.

"O-okay then." I say and move so I'm standing as close to Devon as physically possible. Without it being awkward, I mean.

He wraps his arm around my shoulder and looks down at me, as if to ask me if I am okay with this. I give him a small smile of approval before he suddenly picks me up and takes me into a large room, the living room, I'm guessing. He sets me down on one of the couches and gives me the remote.

"Wait here, I'll be back." He says, and leaves the room.

Suddenly, the feeling of security and reassurance vanish, replaced by fear.