ZOEY'S P.O.V

"Faith-" But is the only thing she lets me say. She runs towards me with precision stake raise no doubt to plunge it to my heart. I can watch her until she reaches me, at the same time I see Nathan grabbing Marcus by the neck with one hand, with the other one he covers his mouth.

Faith doesn't notice as all her rage is towards me, right now she sees me as the monster that killed her mom. She is fast, faster than I ever was, faster than her dad which is saying something. She reaches me in seconds.

But I am ready for her, I block her first attack with only one hand, with my free one, I take the stake out of her hands and break it against my leg, throwing the pieces away from us. Faith yells enraged and comes at me.

I never got angry whenever I fought vampires because you become sloppy. I grab her by the arm and flip her over my body slamming her to the floor hard. She grunts in pain and I know I have hurt her, but she should be better than me. It should only be a scratch to my little thing. I get on top of her without putting any weight and held her hands behind her back with only one of mine, with my free one, I hold onto her neck as a warning.

"Now listen to me. Marcus has been lying to you-"

She scoff. "And I'm just supposed to believe you?" I smile. Staring down at this girl was like staring down at myself.

"I could have easily kill you. I didn't."  She laughs and tries to wiggle out of my grasp. If she was a normal 17-year-old girl I wouldn't have noticed.... She was giving me a run for my strength.

"You can try." This felt like Dejavu. It was as if I was seeing my self at this age.

"I don't need to try. I would have succeeded. I just want to speak with you."

"NO." I take a deep breath. Marcus hasn't properly trained my daughter, he thought that I would go weak as soon as I see her, but I have been training harder than I ever did as a human. I took any classes available I hire the best of the best-

"Why are you smiling bloodsucker." I haven't realized I was. I got off her fast and brought her up on her feet restraining her arms so she doesn't try anything.

"Don't  worry your little self about that just yet." She glares at me but was smart enough to know she was no match for me.

"If you don't want me as your dinner what the hell do you want?" I laugh. I can't describe the happiness I feel right now. She is exactly how I was when I was her age, she even looks like me and her dad combined.

"I told you. To talk."

"NO." She says thru gritted teeth.

"I believe Marcus has told you to kill us without talking to us..." There's a glare in her face. I look around with purpose. "Where is Marcus by the way?" She looks around as well, then turns to glare at me and I can see it in her eyes, she's about to attack.

"Where. Is. He?" I smirk.

"He's going to be very dead if you don't come with me."

"How do I know he's not already dead?" Because I know you... I pick up my cell phone and dialed putting it on speaker.

"Love?" A soft smile appears on my face. Nathan's sound so worried. I roll my eyes at him. Always the overprotective fool.

"Nathan Love."

"Yes?" He is still worried.

"Put our friend Marcus on the phone."

"Of course love." We heard movement then Marcus grunts.

"Faith..." He says weakly. She runs closer to me but I kept the phone away from her. The hate in her eyes intensified hurting me further. I hated Marcus. He had some nerves in stealing my daughter's love after raping me.

"Yes! Marcus, I'm here." I stare at her warily.

"Kill. Her." He groans. Then the line goes dead.

"Marcus! Marcus!" Faith turns about to kick me in the stomach. I grab the leg that tries to hit me and flip throwing her ass on the floor once again. Her chin cuts and I wince, I use more power than necessary, but she heals it isn't fast as a vampire, but slowly and steadily her chin heals.

"I'm not going to say it again. I have been waiting 16 years to kill Marcus. Don't' make me do it now and still take you with me." She turns her head and glares at me.

"I'll listen." I put a hand on her arm and get her on her feet.

I take her to one of the most luxurious hotels that Nathan owns, I already have a key so I just walk her to the suite and push her inside letting her go, then I do walk all the way to the bed and sitting down, making sure to show her I am not afraid of her.

Faith just stands by the door on alert watching the room and glaring at me at the same time. Smart girl.

I decided to just go blunt and tell her. "Whatever Marcus has been telling you is a lie. Your mother is not dead, because I am your mother." She burst out laughing at me and I smile. I was transported back to when John told me he was my dad. I reacted somewhat similar. It's annoying how my story and now my daughter is a circle that has repeated itself.

"You look like a vampire to me."

"I was human when I gave birth to you-"

"Marcus told me, my mother hated vampires just as much as we do." I glare and purse my lips for a second.

"Everything changed when I met your father... My hate for the vampires at least. Marcus took you from me in a violent and cowardly way... He was the one that made me turn into a vampire-"

"You are lying."

"No, I am not." I gulp down the vile that rise thru my throat as I am forced to relieve that horrible night.

"I told Marcus to leave and forget about me... If he would have listened I would still be human. I can promise you that." She stares at me and her pose relaxes. Her mask falls and I can see she believes me.  "Right after Marcus took you from me..." A tear fell down my eyes and I clean it fast. "I ask Nathan to turn me after... Marcus destroyed my life..."

"What could Marcus possibly do to you that you decided to become a monster?" The disgust in her tone hurts.

I look away for a second. "I can't talk about one of the things right now... But the second thing is that it was easy for him to snatch you from my hands. If I was a vampire when he came in front of me... He would have perished." She stares at me with a frown and walks towards me sitting on the bed but keeping her distance.

"If you want me to trust you. You should trust me first." I stare at her wishing I can embrace her.  

"Touche," I say only. "Come with me, and let's get to know each other..." Faith looks nervous for a long moment as she debates my offer.

"I might... go with you." I nod. " Can you answer me something first?"

"Of course."

"Why would you fall in love with a vampire?" I find myself smiling like a fool. That is one story I can tell.

"It wasn't loved at first sight... It took a lot before I fell in love with my vampire. It was slow and sort of painful." Faith laughs at me.

"Love painful?"

"I know. Nathan made it a pain in my butt. I was free, happy with my lifestyle..."

"Why did you surrender your love to a vampire?" She wasn't asking in disgust more out of pure curiosity.

"Well, I didn't surrender to him willingly... In fact, I ran away from him." That had been years ago and it still hurt that I did that to Nathan...

"You did?"

"Oh. I did. In fact... I try to have a relationship with Marcus." Faith was smiling until I mention any type of romance and she glares at me. I could see hate and jealousy... My little thing is in love with the monster that rapes me...

She plays with her hands nervously. "Did you and Marcus had sex?" I purse my lips.  It wasn't by choice...   "Marcus always talks about you... How much he loved you." Her face turns scarily dark again. "He said you two fucked." I wince at her tone of voice.

"Yes," I say only. I can't find myself telling her it was raped. Not yet. She stands up and starts to pace around the room full of jealousy and anger. I just took a few steps back with my own daughter.

"Why leave Marcus for a bloodsucker?" She sounded as if Marcus was the price. When he was anything but...

"It's a long and painful story. I can't tell you everything here. I can whoever tell you little by little if you come with me willingly."

"Fine." Her told is ice cold. "But not because your my mother and I want a life with you." Her tone is venomous. 

"Then?"

"I want Marcus safe and return to me-"

"That's no-"

"If you hurt him. I'll kill you." I roll my eyes at her.

"I can promise you this. I won't kill him yet." I smile at her. That doesn't mean Marcus is not going to wish for death.

"Let's go then bloodsucker." Faith gives such a cruel smile that I have to look away. Then at her.

Then I took her to our house. There was a room that I kept for her, changing it as the years passed.