Marcus laughs, surprised he can do so, even more surprised when it sounds nothing like his own rough laugh and instead comes out in a much warmer timbre. It's a reminder, too, that he can't stay here for long. Not with Dan waiting for him inside, waiting with the demon. Hiding from it.

"It knows where my love lies," he says simply, an explanation as to why the demon hates Kat more than it does others. It knows Marcus will do anything for her and that it may lose because of it.

At her question, he nods, just a little and says, "I'm holding on. Don't worry about me, duck, I'm stronger than I look."