This was my life, this was what I truly was, a monster, to only walk in the night and sleep by day. I couldn’t control myself around him, the want o... his blood… no, the wanting of him. To know I wasn’t alone in this barren world, to know he was there every step of the way, to know that I couldn’t scare him off with what I needed to do to live, if that’s what you would call living. I could feel my canines lengthen just from his scent, that blood that had tempted me so many times. It didn’t. Smile moron!"It's okay," I grin. "My little brother is Timothy Aaron. My parents wanted to call him TJ, but I kept teasing and his nickname stuck."She frowns in confusion.I grin, "Mahal." Of course, it sounds like 'my hall.'Alex laughs, and the sound is so sweet. I want to make her laugh more. When she finishes, she grins, "Okay, Mr. James. I'll see you at six."She turns to leave, but I want her to stay, "And you are? Missus?"She climbs into the truck and turns to me out the window,. Her gaze was an unnerving repeat of our pre-dawn breakfast staring contest. My neck muscles tensed as I returned her mind-meld with one of my own. Two can play this game, let's see if we can find out what's going on in there? I willed my soul to relax and stepped back from the moment as I shifted my perspective to that of a third person onlooker. I wanted to observe the both of us in action.We locked eyes, and for several long moments, our conversation was an exchange of silence as fleeting. " As she looked back at me, she had a pleading 'little girl' look on her face. I had to grin when I saw it, she looked so cute.I had been taking auto shop every year in high school. Whenever anybody had car trouble they called yours truly to fix it, "Sure, I'd love to. I've been dying to see what you're place looks like," She had thousands of trees that shielded anyone from seeing her home, "what time and day do you want me to come over?"She laughed a little and said, "If you ever wanted to see.