Nick gave himself a moment, collected his thoughts, and decided to take the moral high road. "Okay. I might be a little biased, and he's not hurting her, so she says, and she's agreed."

He paused and ran a hand through his hair. "He's feeding on a friend of mine and she's...she's the epitome of innocent, wet behind the ears, completely clueless about deceptions or the way humans can lie to someone's face. And...and I'm doing a shit job of explaining this."