The vampire rolls her eyes. "Like I said, you know what it feels like to get fed on. It isn't hard to find people willing to let you take a bite. And no, no one dragged me into this. I was part of the plan willingly." Zach glares back at James. "She's a monster, the Geneva Convention doesn't apply to her."
The vampiress shoots Zach another dirty look, and he pulls his sword slightly out of its scabbard, at which point the women returns her gaze to James. "I was a real cop. We all were, before we were turned by some weird British guy. Nadya was working as a hitwoman for her father, a Russian crime boss. She killed a few cops who refused to take her dad's dirty money, sniped them from a block away. Those cops were friends of ours."
Zach sees Melissa's expression, and responds with a troubled one of his own, as though he's trying to think of the words to explain his views to her, but is having trouble.