"What do you mean, 'civilized'?"
"They claimed that they didn't hunt humans. They supposedly were somehow able to prey on animals instead."
I tried to keep my voice casual. "So how does it fit in with the Cullens? Are they like the cold ones your greatgrandfather met?"
"No." He paused dramatically. "They are the same ones."
He must have thought the expression on my face was fear inspired by his story. He smiled, pleased, and continued.
"There are more of them now, a new female and a new male, but the rest are the same. In my great-grandfather's time they already knew of the leader, Carlisle. He'd been here and gone before your people had even arrived." He was fighting a smile.
"And what are they?" I finally asked. "What are the cold ones?"
He smiled darkly.
"Blood drinkers," he replied in a chilling voice. "Your people call them vampires."
《暮光之城》
《暮色》(twilight)17歲的女主角貝拉·斯旺是一個(gè)天生運(yùn)動(dòng)神經(jīng)差、皮膚蒼白得像生病一樣的普通女孩。在搬到福克斯這個(gè)偏僻且終年陰雨的小鎮(zhèn)后,結(jié)識了一個(gè)神秘的同班男同學(xué)愛德華·庫倫。這個(gè)男同學(xué)來自一個(gè)“素食”的吸血鬼家族,但是當(dāng)他聞到貝拉身上的特殊香氣時(shí),他就想吸她的血。經(jīng)過一段時(shí)間的相處后,愛德華·卡倫發(fā)現(xiàn)他深深地愛上了貝拉·斯旺,為了愛情他拼命壓抑自己的欲望,并且還要和別的同樣想殺她的吸血鬼爭斗,想盡辦法保護(hù)貝拉·斯旺。