[Sparks The Rescue - We Love Like Vampires I was listening to this, hence the (rather random) title XD]

Alexandre relaxed almost immediately when he ventured into his part of the territory. He didn't like being around an area where other vampires hunted, it made him feel exposed and uncomfortable, but here, only he was allowed to hunt, and of course his girlfriend and whoever else he decided was cool enough to share. They weren't like wolves, who marked their scent borders, because they weren't part animal. They just sort of... knew... where all of the boundaries were. The forest was almost silent today, which was rare for a dangerous forest such as this. But it was also good, because he was going to get close to the edge of the territory, where it met the town. People sometimes took walks on the small trails on the outskirts of the wilderness, and it was a perfect time to strike. Alexandre could feel his conscience trying to dissuade him from doing what he was about to, reminding him what had happened with Katie, but as usual he ignored that small, internal, and usually correct part of his mind.

"I used to only hunt animals, and I thought I was screwed when I switched my diet back to it's roots, but then I stumbled across this." He smirked as he gestured for Ronan to follow him as he stepped into a small clearing. A few trails led into it here and there, and the ground was well-trodden by human footsteps. However, there were also good foliage and bushes to conceal oneself behind so that you didn't get caught, or seen, by your prey. Migoto would probably go off if she realized that he'd been hunting here a lot more than back at the usual, animal wildlife hotspots. "The trails come from the town," he explained. And there only was one town, they were up in the mountain ranges of course, nestled in a valley. A town and a school. In order to get anywhere else, you had to fly in and out. Plus, given that they killed their victims and drained them of all the blood through one small wound, usually to the jugular to kill instantly, it was pretty easy to conceal your tracks. He wasn't as afraid, killing like this, as he was when he'd killed the wind student from the Academy. "Couples seem to think it's romantic," he rolled his eyes, "to take a walk past here, so we might get lucky soon."

Turning to her as they waited, Alexandre wondered, "So what's up with you and Davenport, anyway?"

Alexandre was unphased by the growl. However, all of the people that turned to stare obviously weren't. He rolled his eyes and growled at them. "Oh, look, I can do that too!" he snapped sarcastically at them. "We're not a fucking circus act, move along." All or most of the students that knew about his temper quickly backed off, the rest following more slowly. They probably just stopped staring because there really wasn't anything to see after her original short burst of temper. So Alexandre ignored the humans and turned back to Ronan. "And I never said I didn't hate her. I said we couldn't kill her." Unless she was deaf, he was pretty sure Ronan had heard that much of the conversation. Whether she chose to take it in was another matter in itself.

Alexandre chuckled a little harder. Oh, this was definitely the first stages of denial. She was trying to convince herself against her attraction to him, and out loud nonetheless. Amused, he said, "If you don't like him, why do you have to try so hard to convince yourself otherwise?" The relationships between people in rival elements seemed to have blossomed tenfold this year. He and Migoto had been one of the first, they could boast that. But there had been many after. Annice and Conner, for one. And Alexandre had a feeling she more than just felt protective for that kid that had tried to kill her. It was going to prove problematic when the elements went to war. Guessing she'd asked herself that question, Alexandre decided to input his opinion anyways. "Sounds like it." He jerked his head toward the doors, which they had reached. "Anyway, I'm off to hunt."