He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. I do, I admit.

All my life people have called me gifted. Extraordinary. Blessed. I had all these dreams to become something. Someone. No one ever said I couldn't. No one ever said Killer.

You have my word. If you return with me, you won't be harmed. I'd die first.

Because I know what it feels like to be used, valued only for what you can do... not who you are, not who you want to be.

Yeah. A real date. Something official. You. Me. Tonight. We're long overdue.

See you soon (but not soon enough).

After running for my life from hunters, a girl with too much lip gloss doesn't register on my fear radar.

Ironic, huh? To keep that part of me alive, I have to be close to that which kills it.

Never forget that we are more than the genetic code. We can be more than labels applied to us. We can be more than what others whisper behind our backs. Free will exists. We need to choose to be the best we can be and we need to help others do the same. Believe in yourself.

You can't even see it. I'm the safest thing you'll ever find

A hunter in love with his prey.

The heart that truly loves never forgets.