Yes, but you are still only human.”I laughed, the sound of it drowned out by the crunch of rocks as the mountain continued to shudder as though in the throes of birth pangs.“So was Van Helsing, yet in every movie, he beat the vampire in the end. Never underestimate the power of humanity.

Only fools pity survivors their scars and you should never kowtow to fools

Words.” His tone sharpened. “I shared my house, my bed, and my blood with you, as well as offered you a place in my life forever. What are words compared to that?”I sighed, my anger dissipating as quickly as his flames had. “Oh, Vlad, if you believed that, you would’ve told me what I wanted to hear to just appease me. You didn’t, which proves saying ‘I love you’ means more to you than everything else.

It hurts to much to be close to you, but continually pushed away.

Any way you cut it, I was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Or, more accurately, between a fang and a sharp place.

How I hated the dark part of me that continually foretold of failure or futility.

My body is the only thing that’s truly mine, so I don’t give it away as though it’s worthless.

This wasn't the first time I'd woken up as a captive. It wasn't even the second. I so needed to reevaluate my life choices.

You probably love to tell kids to get off your lawn, too.