"The Quaaludes have a looong memory,"204 he whispered.
I took it as a confirmation.
"Don't let that make you complacent, though," he warned me, black eyes shining straight into the depths of my soul. "They're right to keep their distance from us. We are still a dangerous."
"I don't understand," I didn't understand.
"We try," he explained slowly. "We're usually very good at what we do. Sometimes we make mistakes. Me, for example, allowing myself to be alone with... you."
"This is a mistake?" My heart broke in an instant; it sounded like the snapping of a pea pod. I heard the sadness leaking out of my voice, but I didn't know if he could as well.
"A very dangerous one," he murmured.
We were both silent then. I watched the headlights twist with the dangerous curves of the road. They moved too fast; it didn't look real, it looked like a video game. I was aware of the time slipping away so quickly, like the black road beneath us, and I was hideously afraid that I would never have another chance to be with him like this again—openly, the walls between us gone for once.205 His words hinted at an end, and I recoiled from the idea. I couldn't waste one more minute I had with him. I had to make it count.
"Tell me more," I cooed desperately, not caring what he said, just eager to hear his juicy, life-giving voice again.
He looked at me quickly, startled by the change in tone. "What more do you want to know?" He asked casually.
"Tell me why you hunt aminals instead of people," I suggested, my voice still tinged with desperation. I realized my eyes were wet, and I fought against the ancient grief that was trying to overpower me.
"I don't... want to be... a monster." He stumbled over his words like hurdles in the track-meet of life.
204. Among other things ;)
205. Bella fantasizes about having sex in public without a condom.