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As she placed her hands on his he turned his hands around to take her hands in his. It seemed he was going to fast for her right now. “I know you are very much alive. And delicious..” he placed another light kiss on her lips, then took a little step back, his hands still holding hers. “Nothing I can do that you cannot do? Is that a challenge?” He grinned, then grew a bit more serious at her next remark.

Did he accidentally give away too much about what he was, should he tell her already? “There are plenty of humans, yes. But they are sheep. Cattle for you to feed on. But there are very few who know, very few who are really able to hold their own in a city like this. The rest is only civilians. Vampires on the other hand almost always know how to fight.”

He smiled at her as she talked about making things better for everyone. He wasn’t such a good guy as she thought he was. Being good only gave you heartache. “I’d enjoy working with you being what I am, and you being what you are. We are what we are, why should we desire to change that?”

“That’s easy”, he said with a grin, “I guess you can’t barbecue blood. Pork on the other hand, mutton, beef, chicken, turkey, buffalo, alligator, seafood, and in dire emergency even vegetables, can all be marinated and grilled. That’s the stuff I like, with some hot sauce and a glass of whiskey. “

There were many more things he was able to do that he thought she couldn’t. Some of them them trivial like pissing out a chandelier that’s dangling from the ceiling, other based on skill, like hacking, or spectacular feats of gun handling. And then there were of course his special powers like feeding on a vampire or making a vampire’s blood dry up - which was the most awesome fuckin’ thing one could imagine. He was just about to think up tasks for her that were challenging enough for her to earn the knowledge of these secrets. He felt that he could share with her, he didn’t want to yet call it love but there were very strong feelings for her building up inside him.

Her next words were like a sobering smack in the face.

Maybe he needed this smack because he had been acting like a fool. All the playful mood of the tasks, all the gentleness of the touches and kisses they had exchanged was wiped of his face.

‘Humans can't be trusted’

Was there any better way to tell him he’s been a complete idiot to share so much with her, allow himself to trust her that much. Suddenly he remembered the suspicions he had earlier this evening, how he was wondering if it all was a trap. Now that seemed so damn likely. Was it possible that some vampire or group of vampires had send her after him to either find out more about him or make him one of them. At least that sounded like the most reasonable explanation for all that happened this night.

“I am as likely to stop being human as I am likely to change the color of my skin or change my gender.” He said coldly, sternly, turning away from her.

“I do appreciate your offer. I am sure the gift of immortality is something given lightly. But don’t bring it up again” He spoke, turning back towards her. Seeing her cry moved something inside him, and part of him cursed himself for falling for it.

Yes of course, it was possibly that she indeed was speaking the truth. Anyway he didn’t like the way of being turned at all, even less so after the forcible turning of his best friend.

He had been so close to ask Kaelyn to leave after what she said. But he liked this young woman in front of him so much already that he decided to give her one more chance, but he’d be much more vigilant now.

Gently he placed a little kiss on her forehead, his arms softly touching her upper arms. “If you like we can go on with our little game of tasks and questions. But with one change. I think we asked enough about vampires and humans and all that existential stuff by now. But there is still a lot I want to find out about the person you are. Beside the supernatural. Okay with that?”

“Yes you better behave or you gonna end up getting a good spanking”, he said with a little smile on his face, already playful with her again, even though he was a bit more cautious now. He let his fingers travel along her arms gently, fingertips caressing her skin.

He pondered what to ask next. Even though he was always curious to find more about vampires he knew he’d ask nothing like that now. Anything that endangered the masquerade even more would increase the risk of either him or her - or both - ending up dead because of it.

So he instead decided to ask something differently, to steer the conversation away from vampire issues. Pulling her little closer he said, “tell me what was your most disappointing date so far. And I hope you won’t say its this one”

“You’ve never been..?” He asked surprised. She was a very attractive girl in her late teens. There must have been plenty of boys after a girl like her. Well maybe she really had a very religious upbringing or grew up in a very isolated spot.

As she didn’t ask him a question of her own yet, he decided to follow up his question with a second one for clarification. His fingers gently ran through her hair, tracing the strand she had just tucked away, as he asked: “So that means you have never been with a man before?”

He looked into her eyes drinking in deeply the sweet innocence of this beautiful young woman. Could it really be she was that pure and untouched?