( what is wrong with the hale family, and why do none of them know how to say things in a way that doesn't make her choke on her drink? )

Um. ( well. honesty is the best policy, isn't it? and she's already told one cousin the truth, so she might as well tell the other one too. ) Because I am?

Undead, technically, I guess. But I died. ( a slight shrug. ) And then came back to life, because that's what vampires do.