He knew that it was foolish to underestimate Ky’lar, and almost definitely a death sentence. He narrowly escaped once before and that, he would admit, was because the demon hybrid let him go. He assumed that Ky’lar was one that liked to ‘’play with his food’’ so to speak and Ethan was aware that those mindsets were possibly one of the dangerous people in existence. Not so humorously, the demon prince reminded him of another – someone more close to Ethan than he would like to admit. 

He was amused, but he also wanted to keep their arrangement going for now, which meant respecting the other’s threat. Not that Ethan was afraid of what he was promising; death didn’t scare him, being forgotten did. Arms crossing, the vampire tilts his head slightly and grins, allowing his amusement to show. “Oh, yes, I have heard of your…effective methods. And while I will steadfastly inform you that I hold no fear towards your capabilities – I have lived for two and a half centuries and fought in hundreds of wars with just as intimidating – the moniker will not roll off my tongue again.” For the time being, anyway. 

“Though, I must stress again that it was not intended to be an insult. Many give those they admire a little pet name – it means I like you. Heaven knows why, given our first encounter.” He could still feel the splintered hole the state left in his chest after it was yanked from him, despite the wound now healed as if nothing had occurred at all.

_{Understanding people; it didn’t matter the species or race… wasn’t easy. It wasn’t that Ky cared  – in some level he did -, but for the most part… he just  didn’t see why it was needed.
       Obeying was the only thing he wanted. Obeying and  saying ‘yes’ was the only thing he wanted when his moods turned sour. A reason to why he usually sought out people who would grant  him his requests. 
       Humans were so much easier for this; they dipped their head and did exactly as he requested. Throw a little money at them, a deal, and maybe even some affection to boot. Maybe that was why he  enjoyed it on earth so much -besides being born there – is that he was  able to control them so easily.
         Whatever the case,  he didn’t think it was necessary to explain his choices now. Vampires  always dug under his skin and the why -even for him- was always a bit uncertain. Flashes of memory from anther life were just below the  surface of his thoughts. They faded just as quickly as they began to surface. No, he wasn’t going to let those  thoughts control him… at least not now. 
         “Well, I don’t like you.”  It wasn’t exactly the truth, but not so much a lie either. Ky assumed if he got to know Ethan a but better, maybe he’d be able to stand him, but  getting  to that point was the difficult part. “So, keep those names to yourself.”}