Is he crazy? I mean, why did he do that? I keep staring at Jem as he drinks the blood. “Uh, Jem, I am wondering…. Uh, I mean….”
Jem stares at me and smiles thinly. “What do you want to ask, Ben? Go ahead.”
“Let’s say if you are in an emergency. Who’ll you choose between Val and me? As your blood supplier, I mean?” I gulp, thinking Jem’ll bite my neck and suck my blood dry is scary.
“Absolutely not me. Right, Jem?” Val grins, then twirls her hair with her fingers.
Jem looks away. He puts the cup on the table. “I don’t know. I hope I won’t reach that point. Yet, if it happened, I wonder if I will bite my hand or kill myself.” Then Jem glances at me. “Don’t worry, Ben. No matter on the outside, I am a beast, but I am still a human inside. I am not perfect, but I will try my best not to h
