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A sense of anticipation and triumph flared, one she tried her best to hide "Why? I’m a curious creature What? More than once you and your friends haveyou yourselves are not The white-hairedbetter The boogeylass without drinking Don’t stare Shouldn’t appear too eager

"I know you’re not a literal monster," she said Had she put a tad too much emphasis on the word?

"So you think we’rewhat?" he asked "Delusional?"

No reason to lie "Yes But what do you think you are?"

"Ih "Like vampires? Werewolves?" The current movie fad

"If I were a bloodsucker, you would already be drained If I were a wolf, you would be chained to my bed and used as a pack whore A kurva jebat’, you’d call it"

There wasn’t an ounce of a he truly believed what he was saying--believed creatures of the night existed

"I’ll tell no one," she said, raising her right hand In fiction, otherworldly predators liked to keep their origins a secret, often killing the ones who discovered the truth "You have my word"

"Tell whoever you’d like You’ll be labeled crazy Insane" He shrugged and at long last drained the glass

Relief bathed her, cool and sweet She waited, watching hied

Rule eight: distract when necessary "Convince ain, why should I bother?"

"Because I’d really love to hear your story?"

"That’s insufficient enticeaze heated He inhaled sharply, as if he wasn’t pleased with the direction of his thoughts Or maybe he was a little too pleased His pants suddenly looked tighter