It's a vampire rule that the vampires take care of their infectees. Since Mitchell doesn't take care of Lauren, Herrick, as Mitchell's maker, feels the need to make sure that she is taken care of. However Herrick doesn't do it himself. Lauren is passed around to several of Herrick's vampires. The vampire who looks after Lauren for the longest time is Seth. However Lauren doesn't like him, he is "starring at her tits". Next to making sure that Lauren is taken care of, Herrick also thinks that he might be albe to use Lauren to archieve his own goals. He hopes that Lauren can help to get back Mitchell. Lauren later tells Mitchell that Herrick forced her to make the DVD where she kills the human. When Mitchell wants Herrick to recruit Josie, Lauren tells him that he shouldn't do that. Mitchell