"A thousand?" That wasn't a 'you're a moron' laugh, so Emma stuck out her tongue at him. "I think your guardian beats my friends for strangeness," she returned. "I don't think we have vampires."

Still, she sent out just the barest brush of power. He'd invited her to peek, and considering how badly it had gone last time, Emma was perfectly happy to show that she could usually control her talent, and only look where she wanted.

She kept the touch light and brief, not bothering to hide it, and her eyebrows lifted slightly. Well. That was interesting. "Hence your interest in the genre, I suppose."