 Professor Ellis ( Rudolf Martin ) , a lecturer of the dead woman , gives a eulogy at her funeral . Chloe , a friend of the dead woman , attacks Ellis and slashes his neck , whose blood Mick recognizes as the blood in the vial . Beth tracks down Chloe , who explains that the professor has a vampire @-@ worshipping blood cult , and he believes that he is a vampire . Later , Mick finds Chloe 's dead body , who was murdered by Ellis . Knowing that Beth has gone to Ellis 's class , he rushes to save her . After the class , Beth talks to Ellis about vampires and the young woman 's murder , but he discovers that she is wearing a wire . Ellis attacks Beth and although she escapes , she is kidnapped by the professor 's teaching assistant . Mick tracks down the assistant , defeats him , and takes an unconscious Beth to his apartment . In flashbacks to 22 years in the past , Mick investigates the case of a missing girl . In a domestic fight between Mick and his ex @-@ wife Coraline over the kidnapped girl , Mick stabs Coraline 's heart with the leg of a broken chair . He lights the house on fire and rescues the girl , leaving Coraline to the fire . It is revealed that the little girl has grown up to be Beth , and that Mick has tried to watch over her and keep her safe over the years . In the present , Beth wakes up and remembers that Mick was stabbed by the assistant , and that he was the one who saved her as a child . Mick dismisses the claims as being caused by her head injury . Thanking him for saving her , she hugs him . 
