People fidget. They are compelled to look engaged in an activity, or purposeful. Vampires can just occupy space without feeling obliged to justify it.

You might have been paid back enough to suit you" I said, "but I don't know if you've been paid back enough to suit me.

I don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy.

Woo woo, secret vampire stuff!

Don’t go looking for trouble; it’s already looking for you.

I freely admit I know nothing about television or writing for the screen.

As exits go, that's a good one." It was pretty hard to have the last word with a vampire.