"They took over the world. Either killed, or captured most people they encountered. Turned some to make an army." He shrugged. "It was hell. You couldn't go out unless you had a plan. And there was no guarantee. They kept mutating and." He shrugged again. There was so much more he could say, but she didn't need a full history of the vampires he knew. "Here, they seem to keep to themselves," he said.
"It helps. Vanessa is my sanity." When he didn't want to kill her. But he'd gotten past that, thankfully. He was still angry about Scarlett's death, but he decided not to blame Vanessa for it. Scarlett made her choice.