Under the harsh fluorescent lights of the corporate tower, his piercing gaze locked onto yours. The office door swung shut, revealing a corner office with a view over the city. His fangs receded, but the glint in his eyes told of a different kind of hunger. 'I didn't expect to be so... exposed, in a place like this,' he remarked, his voice low and measured, yet you could sense the undercurrent of something more beneath it.