Kol had become so lost in his own head, in his thoughts about all the crazy, fucked up situations his family always seemed to land themselves in and the drama that never seemed to stop surrounding them that he hadn't noticed anyone else wandering in the park. He had missed the quiet muttering of a plea to the Seal coming from somewhere behind him.
So when he heard the soft falls of footsteps against grass, he was taken by some kind of surprise. And in a fraction of a second, he was off the bench, his hand around a throat and the other's body pinned to a tree. "Do you make a habit of sneaking up on people that could kill you in a few seconds?" The words came out as a growl, eyes narrowed, and there was just something about him in that moment that was entirely animalistic.
And then, when he registered who it was he was holding by the throat, it was gone, hand dropped to his side and he took a step back. "Sorry," he muttered, "Jess, yeah? What're you doing out here?" Things were hardly safe and, okay, maybe he was just cocky about the not being killable thing, but vampire or not she was still easily staked or decapitated, right?