"The vampires are considered dead, we're not," Donovan says. "Also, I really think normal humans don't like to think of themselves as possible prey. They think they have the right to be top of the food chain. As a swanmane, I know I'm not. But it scares the bejeezus out of an ordinary human being."

Beat.

"That's why they're so scared -- but if they've overcome it in case of the vamps, why not in case of the shifters?"