Eight years ago, Sarah was just a chubby nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital who believed that the vampire Count Lucien loved her soul—until she overheard him admit he was merely "coveting her blood," prompting her to leave in heartbreak. During a life-threatening labor, she made one final call to him, only to have his fiancée answer. She subsequently changed her name to Aaliyah and raised her daughter, Alice, on her own. When Alice got into a school fight and a parent-teacher conference was called, the new homeroom teacher sitting behind the desk turned out to be Lucien. Although he didn't recognize her, he found himself inexplicably drawn to the student's mother, repeatedly seeking excuses to get closer. She fought desperately to keep her secret, but when her daughter’s supernatural bloodline awakened and her life hung in the balance, only his blood could save her. He lay on the hospital bed, allowing doctors to drain half the blood from his body—declaring, "This is a debt I owe them.
