"You know me Olivia," he murmurs, circling around her, seeming to enwrap her like a serpent, ensnaring her in the web of silk he drapes around her shoulder. "It's my kiss you felt when you woke up. I'm the one you've been waiting for your whole life." He stares at her, full of desire and yearning. "You'll never want for anything with me. You'll never be afraid. You'll never be alone. Because I'll always be with you." His eyes have a spooky, almost possessed expression in them as he suddenly, inexplicably, glances up at the ceiling of the cave and smiles a cryptic, knowing smile. Is he feeling or seeing a presence only he, with his vampire senses, can discern? She, too, looks around her, but doesn't seem to see what he perceives. With slow, graceful, dancer-like motions, he stands up and, taking her hand, gets her to stand beside him. They dance together, slowly, a sensuous waltz, which gradually picks up tempo, becoming fast and exhilarating, a dizzying whirlwind.
The dance ends with a passionate kiss as Caleb hungrily presses his lips to hers.
"No," Livvie says, breaking away from his embrace. "What am I doing here? I don't belong here. I belong with Jack. I love Jack." Her words, again, are hesitant, as if she is trying to convince herself of their truth.
"Look at me, Olivia," Caleb urges.
"I don't want to look at you. And stop calling me Olivia!" she cries, running out of the cave.
In desperate sorrow, Caleb calls her name,"Olivia," then sinks down onto the bed, overcome with loneliness and need. He holds the scarf in his hands, twisting it tightly with his fingers, then sniffing it, rubbing it against
his lips, as if trying to absorb her scent, her essence. Michael Easton in this scene brilliantly captures the sensual, animal aspects of Caleb as well as Caleb's vulnerability and pain. As Caleb buries his face in
the scarf, he rocks back and forth, like a child trying to soothe and comfort himself, all the while being haunted by the memory of his "brother" Michael's voice. "Remember," Michael says, "I loved her too. But I didn't destroy her. Everything you love you destroy." This voice is Caleb's self-hatred at work, his guilt and grief assuming the aspect of a brother who may or may not have existed. The scene ends with Caleb alone except for the punishing voice in his head.
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