A/N: I'm still alive! I know it's been over a year since the last time I updated, and I am very sorry about that! I promise you that I have not abandoned this story! Things have been very, very, VERY hectic in my life lately. Especially with it being my senior year of high school and looking and preparing for colleges. I hope you can forgive me!

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Kisses!

"So you're saying that Luna Maxwell is after Raven and the baby's life?" Scarlet asked incredulously.

Alexander rest his hands on my shoulders and squeezed them comfortingly. "Yes, Luna was the one that put the baby in her locker and Sebastian found the charm from her boot at Raven's house, so she has to be behind the Black Iris as well. It seems she also has an accomplice with her," Alexander confirmed.

The looks of horror on my friends' faces were unforgettable. Yet somehow I found comfort in this because it showed how much they really did care about me and my baby.

After a pause to let the girls process this information, Alexander continence. "this is why I called you two here. While the three of us are out searching for Luna, I want you two to take care of Raven. This way if Luna comes here while we are out, there's someone here to protect her."

I grit my teeth, refraining from yelling at my boyfriend for treating me like a child that needed a babysitter. I knew he was doing this to protect me and our baby, but that didn't mean I had to like it. Suddenly, part of his statement occurred strange to me.

I turned around to look at my boyfriend. "What do you mean 'the three of us'? I thought it was just you and Sebastian."

I noticed Alexander's eyes flash and instantly became suspicious. He was just about to answer my question when the front door suddenly opened. The four of us turned to see our visitor.

Sebastian walked in casually. "Hey, we're here." Again, there was that indication of another person. I opened my mouth to ask again when another guy walked in.

It was a teenage boy our age. He was dressed in the all-black Goth garb that was frequent among vampires. His pale skin was impossibly white like the rest of us. His hair was equally white with blood-red tips. I noticed a small skeleton earring gleam in the candlelight.

"Jagger?!" I turned around to see Onyx and Scarlet with their mouths gaping. Once they recovered themselves, they instantly surrounded me.

I glared at the newcomer. "What are you doing here?"

Jagger ignored me and looked at Alexander who squeezed my shoulders again.

"I invited him here," he said.

Pulling away from him, I stared at my boyfriend incredulously. It seemed tonight was full of surprises for everyone.

"What?! That psycho's his sister!"

Alexander looked at me like a training trying to tame a wild animal. "Raven," he said softly, holding his hands up in defense. "He's here to help us find Luna and put an end to all of this."

His tone was starting to piss me off. "And when were you going to tell me?! His sister is trying to kill me and our baby and you fail to inform me he's coming here to 'help'?!"

"Raven, I didn't want to stress you, I just-"

"Oh really? There is a psychotic teenage vampire girl trying to murder me and our baby, and you decide to just call up her brother for help? The same guy who tried to keep us apart? And then you tell me nothing? How is that not supposed to stress me out?!"

I could see the hurt in his eyes as I staid this, but somehow I couldn't find it in myself to care. Without another word, I stormed upstairs and went into what was soon going to be the nursery.

The nursery was one of the many spare bedrooms in the mansion. It was close to the master bedroom which we would be moving into soon. The attic room was becoming too crowded and I wanted to be close to the baby. I knew Alexander found peace in the small attic room, so I suggested we turn it into his own studio.

There was still a large king-sized bed in the room so I made my way and slowly seated myself. It was becoming increasingly more difficult to sit down and stand up as the baby grew inside of me.

Once I was settled I wrapped my arms around myself and cried.


Alexander's POV

"Onyx, Scarlet, please watch over Raven while we're gone," I asked solemnly.

Scarlet gazed at my worriedly. "She looked really upset, Alexander. Shouldn't you go talk to her?" Onyx nodded in agreement next to her.

Sighing, I checked my watch. Raven always made fun of me for wearing it, saying only old people wore wristwatches now and everyone just uses their phones to tell the time.

"I don't have time to. She needs to cool down, anyway. We need to go." Without another word, I turned around and exited the mansion through the front door. Sebastian and Jagger followed behind silently.

I walked swiftly down the sidewalks, not having any particular place in mind. Jagger and Sebastian followed behind me. It was a while before any of us said anything.

Finally, Sebastian spoke up. "Alexander… are you okay? We can go back to the mansion if you want."

I didn't look back and continued walking. "I'm fine. Onyx and Scarlet will take care of Raven back at the mansion. We have to find Luna."

Again we were walking in silence. It was as if there was a giant gray cloud looming over us, everyone was thinking the same thing, yet no one would say it.

We checked every place we could think of- the cemetery, the Sinclair Mill, Evans Park, even that tree house Jagger and Luna stayed in before- to no avail. The last place we looked was an old abandoned station by the railroad tracks. Just as we were about to give up and go home, I spotted none other than Trevor Mitchell walking along the tracks. His head was down and his hands were shoved deep into the pockets of what I had no doubt were designer jeans. Occasionally his eyes would shift from side to side, as if making sure he was alone. He clearly hadn't seen us because he just kept on walking.

With a nod to Jagger and Sebastian, we followed him carefully. Fortunately, vampires have a way of walking without making any sound. It's almost as if we are simply walking on air. In Raven often yelled at me for it because I always startled her when I "appeared out of nowhere", but in times like these it was a blessing.

After five minutes of uneventfully trailing Trevor, it was evident where we were heading. It was the older part of the tracks where abandoned train cars littered the sides.

The three of us hid behind different rusty train cars and watched as Trevor made his way through them until stopping at one. Once again, he swept his surrounding of anyone following him. He clearly wasn't as bright as he liked to think he was because he nodded his head, confirming that no one was around him and then knocked on the door of the rusty car. The door slid open and he climbed in, slamming it behind him.

Sebastian, Jagger, and I went to the abandoned train car. It was one of those really old delivery cars that had no windows so we could easily approach it without being detected.

We stood behind it and waited until we heard anything from them. It was quiet for a while until Trevor finally spoke up.

"So what do we do now?" he asked quietly.

Again there was silence. I glanced at Sebastian and Jagger who were at either side of me listening just as intently. Really, we could have heard them from much farther away, but it seemed natural to need to be this close.

"Well," a more feminine voice responded. Luna, quite obviously. "The Black Iris clearly didn't work and now they're on to us. Nothing else has worked so it seems we'll have to do this the old fashioned way."

I glanced over at Jagger who gave the same curious expression I'm sure my own face displayed.

"'Old fashioned way'?" another male voice questioned. It must have been her accomplice.

"Yes. We're going to kidnap her."

I nearly scoffed at this. How could she possibly think she'd be able to pull that off? Raven is only ever in the mansion.

Apparently I wasn't the only one who realized this fact because Trevor said, "There's no way we could do that. She's always in the mansion. She doesn't even come to school anymore."

"It's just the same," Luna replied. "Alexander can't always be with each other, even in the mansion. In fact, I'm sure they really don't spend that much time together much. There's no doubt my schemes have caused conflict between them."

My eyes widened slightly at this. She was right. Raven and I had been arguing often.

"So, we'll catch her when Alexander isn't with her. I'm sure he'll be up in that attic room of his blaring his music and painting like he always does. He won't even notice. And we could take that old servant out in a second."

I smirked. They clearly had no clue about the skills my butler possessed.

Looking over at Jagger and Sebastian, it seemed we had all had enough listening to their schemes. It was time to end this.