"Is it?" Eric raised an eyebrow, not quite sure what to make of her strange reaction. He couldn't tell what she might be thinking, or if this was something that maybe scared her. Many people went all bland when they became afraid. The odd thing was that he didn't smell fear on her.
He decided that it was well past time that Liv revealed to him what she was. It was killing him not knowing.
"I showed you mine, you show me yours. You're not human. You're definitely not a vampire. I would say that you're dead, aside from the fact that every so often your heart beats. And you don't smell dead."