This was Mariana's first screen appearance in True Blood as Lorena. Bill Compton - exhausted from the fight and trying to get back home to his wife and children - stumbles upon a woodland cottage. He breaks into the house and is confronted by Lorena. He explains his plight to Lorena, who feeds and waters him. When Lorena tries to seduce Bill, he is disgusted and makes a break for the door - only to be stopped by Lorena - revealing her true identity as a vampire. Lorena bites.

Bill wakes up in a rough bed at the back of Lorena's cottage, surrounded by corpses. Lorena pins him down and forces Bill to drink her blood, turning him into a vampire.

This is the return of Lorena in modern times. This brief 32 second shot comes at the end of episode 5 of season 2 and reintroduces us to Lorena as she tracks Bill down to his hotel room at the Hotel Carmilla.

Lorena - now that she has located Bill's hotel room - has a meeting with Eric Northman (vampire Sheriff of Louisiana). Eric tells Lorena that he wants Bill's girlfriend (Sookie Stackhouse) and wants to enlist Lorena's help. Eric knows that Lorena is still in love with Bill and plays on this to force her to help him. Lorena muses that she wished she had turned Eric, however soon changes her mind...and starts drifting back in time...

...to Chicago, 1926. Bill and Lorena, posing as French entertainers Guillaume and Fabiana are scouting for "food". They are performing at the home of the wealthy Sidney and his socialite mistress. When the party guests are gone, Bill and Lorena trap the couple, kill them and drain them of all their blood, whilst making love in the ensuing bloodbath.

Back in the present time, Lorena breaks into Bill's room at the hotel. She holds Bill hostage there. As Sookie is in danger, Bill attempts to escape many times, only to be held back by Lorena as she - as his maker - is stronger.

Los Angeles, 1935. Lorena and Bill are still entrapping people, using the vampire "glamour" and draining their blood. However this time, Bill releases the showgirl Lorena has brought them, resulting in an argument. Bill is balking against their lifestyle, saying he is sick of the bloodbaths and the needless taking of human lives. He tells Lorena that he can't do this anymore and turns to leave. Lorena - with vampire speed - picks up a heavy art deco lamp and throws it forcefully at Bill ... who - with equal vampire speed - catches it before it can harm him.

Back to the present and Bill is still trapped with Lorena in his hotel room. She pins him against the door with a wooden stake ... and flashes back to 1935. Lorena is shouting at Bill for wanting to throw away everything that they've built up in the last few decades. Bill asks Lorena to release him - she refuses and a heated argument takes place. The argument culminates in Bill taking a shard of wooden table leg and threatening to kill himself. Lorena's love for Bill overcomes her anger and she releases him. The present again and Lorena is still holding Bill captive. This time, the telepathic bellboy knocks on the door, Lorena silences Bill before he can shout for help and the bellboy passes a message to Lorena about Sookie in danger. Eric - with his enhanced vampire hearing, overhears the message from the next room and leaves to rescue Godric.