I was sitting on the floor in Lilith’s room, my back against her bed as I listened to the shower running. I'm figuring out how I’m going to explain to her about the vampire stuff – since telling her straightforward didn’t work out so well for me. I think I sounded like a babbling i***t. I stared down at my hands, which were holding Lilith’s black gloves, and as I held them in my hands, I realized they were MMA open finger gloves and from the weight of them, four ounces. This is what she – I couldn’t even finish the thought as I can smell sweat with new and old blood from the gloves. Then I heard the shower being turned off and Lilith opening the sliding door of the shower. Five minutes later, I heard Lilith unlock the bathroom door and hear her soft footsteps on the rug as she walked out

