Only vampires feed on human blood

I stood speechless for half a second, and then I pulled myself together. Why had she left her friends that evening? Why did she come over and walk with me instead of running away? Her reactions were always the most dangerous for her. It seemed like she deliberately went to meet danger.

"Pardon?" I said through clenched teeth. How could I find myself getting so close to someone so… so careless?

"No," she said in a voice so low that it automatically became tender. "All this does not matter."

It was impossible. I felt the truth burn my lips, and the desire to share it with her was strong. "If I'm someone not quite human, you wouldn't mind?"

"Not at all," she answered tit for tat.