Lucius watched the two vampires run. The statement that the second man had made was nothing new but it still vaguely disturbed Lucius. There was something in the air tonight and it smelt bad.<br/><br/>He didn't answer Emma at first. He wasn't sure what to do next. She was visibly upset. It would be such a simple thing to take a little blood then make her forget everything about this night. Something stopped Lucius from doing that. Perhaps it was the fact that Emma wasn't screaming and running in terror from him. Now here was an opportunity.<br/><br/>"They are monsters only in so much as their eagerness to give in to their cravings makes them so", he finally replied. "You're unlucky, Emma. You've just witnessed something you shouldn't. Now the masquerade is at risk. Under these circumstances kindred law dictates that I should kill you. There is, however, another way but I'm not sure you're going to like it."