"I never liked it," Jack said, with a bitter smile, then realized he should explain. "Sorry, it just sounds familiar. The person I lost just before I came here -- he was my guardian, and he was my friend. And he was a vampire."

He glanced over to Isabel for a moment to judge her reaction. "Anyhow, we had that fight a lot, about what was too dangerous for me. By the end he was almost willing to trust my judgement."