<div style="text-align: center"><div class="bbImageWrapper lazyload js-lbImage" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-single-image="1" data-src="/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffontmeme.com%2Fpermalink%2F191113%2Fba11bdb933d002c74cc33fdc18aa1883.png&amp;hash=c8e758e03911d720152ca4f8665c0964" title="ba11bdb933d002c74cc33fdc18aa1883.png">
<img alt="ba11bdb933d002c74cc33fdc18aa1883.png" class="bbImage lazyload" data-src="/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffontmeme.com%2Fpermalink%2F191113%2Fba11bdb933d002c74cc33fdc18aa1883.png&amp;hash=c8e758e03911d720152ca4f8665c0964" data-url="https://fontmeme.com/permalink/191113/ba11bdb933d002c74cc33fdc18aa1883.png" data-zoom-target="1" height="" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" style="" title="" width=""/>
<noscript><img alt="ba11bdb933d002c74cc33fdc18aa1883.png" class="bbImage" data-url="https://fontmeme.com/permalink/191113/ba11bdb933d002c74cc33fdc18aa1883.png" data-zoom-target="1" height="" src="/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffontmeme.com%2Fpermalink%2F191113%2Fba11bdb933d002c74cc33fdc18aa1883.png&amp;hash=c8e758e03911d720152ca4f8665c0964" style="" title="" width=""/></noscript>
</div></div><br/><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">Luca sighed, but returned the embrace anyway. He stroked the others back gently, ignoring the hunters within the headquarters whose eyes he could feel boring into them. "I'm fine," he answered firmly. "If not for you, I'd definitely be dead. So thank you, Aries. And no, I'm not hurting," that was a lie, but he wasn't about to admit it to the vampire who was already hanging by a thread. <i>He's always hanging by a thread... I wish I could make it better...</i> Luca's soft sigh was more toward himself that time. <br/>
<br/>
Luca shook his head as he continued, "No, I don't need help to bed, but you look like you're about to fall over. Lean on me, I'll help you." Luca shifted, moving so that Aries was against his side as he turned to enter the hunter's home again. He moved slowly toward the stairs leading up to the rooms. Though no one said anything the looks were far different than they'd been the day before. Luca frowned, glaring at any who's gaze lingered too long for Luca's liking. <i>Can't wait to be out of here,</i> he thought. <br/>
<br/>
"Of course you can stay," Luca answered the final question as he started up the stairs with Aries. "I want you to stay. And honestly, I kind of need you. It's getting harder to stay alive lately. Tonight was just another example that I'm really doomed if I were alone again. Plus, I've already promised to help you find something that works. Don't forget that." Luca added, his voice stern as if chiding a child.</span>