However, the process of exchanging blood allows each to see the other's past, and their mutual grief and new-found love unites them against the Night World. Together they interrogate a vampire group to whom the abducted girls were to be served as a "feast" - and discover that Quinn's guardian, the supposedly well-meaning Hunter Redfern, is behind the abductions. Rashel instantly recognises him as her mother's killer; she also learns Timmy is not dead, but was turned into a vampire and raised by Hunter, never aging beyond four.
This leads to an exchange of blood that allows each to see the other's past, and their shared grief and newfound love unite them against the Night World. Together they investigate a vampire group intended to serve the abducted girls as a "feast" - and discover that Quinn's guardian, the supposedly well-meaning Hunter Redfern, is behind the abductions. Rashel recognizes him as her mother's killer; she also learns Timmy is not dead but has been transformed into a vampire and raised by Hunter, remaining youthful.