Maria
None of us who do this chose this life. It chose us.
With vampires it's more than just the stronger, fitter, faster routine. It's instincts. Remember theirs, to hunt, to kill, to feed. They are the perfect predator.
I've fought many demon breeds from the acid spewing to the hidden spikes that come out to the ones that can swallow you whole. But weirdly, it's always really the vampires. Newbies are one thing, they haven't figured out what they even are half the time. But once they get a few years behind them, learn to hone their instincts... it's like going up against a tiger with human smarts who gets a real kick from pain, you know what I'm saying.
As for the whole who'd miss you if you were gone thing, that's something everyone has. Before I came back to LA, I'd have said no one. I made a family here. In some ways it makes it all harder, but really, it's good to know someone would grieve if you died.