"There isn't anything that would bring him to that point," she says, watching him move towards her. She remains seated, keeping her eyes on him. He'd had the opportunity before, to drain her dry. But she'd outsmarted him, using their friendship against him.

But then there was someone like Kenzi. Kenzi who had attacked her, and only a few months old would have completely drained her if it hadn't been for Natasha, their friendship be damned.

Cooper was old enough, though. "I'm more to him than just a meal. He wouldn't do that." She'd been lucky, in her dealings with vampires, for the most part. But with Raymond in charge, she wasn't sure how much longer that would hold up.