he was defensive now , the sponge scraping at the already clean plate . his eyes dropped to my chest . if he was a religious man , he might think this a vision . `` he said that he was attacked by another vampire in a town that was miles away from our own . i ran straight into jasmine , who was stringing fairy lights around the lounge . `` you did n't cry for your mother , but you cry for this prick ? `` it is for his good , and yours . '' 