And because I am just that evil and love third-party mind-boggling, there need to be witnesses. Jean-Claude or Anita Blake or Edward or a whole crowd of fearful people all uber scared of Belle Morte and then this grad student comes in and freaks her out in turn.

Did you follow the series long enough to realize that Edward married a woman with two young kids?

I sort of want Adam Pierson to be making some money in grad school as a babysitter or a tutor or something, helping take care of those kids. And maybe Methos knows who Edward is but Edward doesn't know anything about Methos. So maybe Edward pisses off Belle Morte or is helping Anita Blake to piss off Belle Morte and she goes after his family. So the good guys rush to the rescue all scared that they'll get there too late and it was too late except there's the babysitter/tutor calmly telling Belle Morte what she is and is not allowed to do in this particular grudge match and interfering with Methos or the kids he's helping is on the "not to do" list.

All the good guys aren't sure whether to be incredibly grateful or to shoot Methos because clearly he's dangerous supernatural too.