Armand couldn't help it. He started laughing again. It was just that she was so completely pissed off with him, and he so completely deserved it. Of course, part of it might have been the slight high that he seemed to keep getting from the blood of the telepath's that he'd met. But, whatever it was, he was amused. Partly by her, but mostly by himself.
You would tell me what to do? You think you can stop me? Maybe you even can, for awhile. But I am a vampire, and you, however extraordinary, are still simply a mortal. He sent the mocking thought backward toward her, not moving from the place where he stood.
He wasn't even sure if he was more annoyed with her for trying to tell him what to do, or if it was, once again, simply amusement. Either way, it was strangely compelling. He watched after the redhead, intense concentration on his angelic face.