When I lie this close to you, when I smell your scent, when I hear your voice, I know everything that matters." She looked down the length of him. "You are the male I want to mate with. That's who you are.

Sorry, you're on the ride now, and there's no getting off in the middle.

What... are you?" she choked out. "No sunlight. Funky choppers." he inhaled raggedly. "Take a guess.

But every once in a while, from out of the blue, someone reaches the quiet place where you spend your private time and changes the way you see yourself

I was dead until you found me, though I breathed. I was sightless, though I could see. And then you came...and I was awakened.

And love … love was worth dying for. Worth living for, too.

You have cable?” He nodded toward her TV. She tossed him the clicker. “Sure do. And if I remember, there’s a Godzilla marathon on TBS tonight.” “Sweet,” the vampire said, kicking his legs out. “I always root for the monster.” She smiled at him. “Me, too.