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Blood

Mr Crepsley spent a lot of his ti roeak and old and die Blood keeps us young Vae at a tenth the hue one), but without hue even quicker than humans, maybe twenty or thirty years within a year or two As a half-vaed at a fifth the human rate, I didn’t have to drink as much human blood as Mr Crepsley - but I would have to drink sos, cows, sheep - keeps va, but there are some animals they - we - can’t drink from: cats, for instance If a vaht as well pour poison down his throat We also can’t drink fros, most fish, or snakes

Mr Crepsley hadn’t told erous animals There were a whole lot, and it would take time to learn the new

Vampires have to feed on humans about once a month Most feast once a week That way, they don’t have to suck much blood If you only feed once a month, you have to drink a lot of blood at one ti without drinking He said the thirst could make you drinkto end up killing the person you drank from

"A vampire who feasts frequently can control himself,"he said "One who drinks only when he er inside us must be fed to be controlled"

Fresh blood was the best If you drink frooodness and you don’t need to take very o sour when a person dies If you drink froeneral rule is, never drink from a person who has been dead more than a day,"Mr Crepsley explained

"Hoill I kno long a person’s been dead?"I asked

"The taste of the blood,"he said "You will learn to tell good blood from bad Bad blood is like sour erous?"I asked

"Yes It will sicken you, maybe turn you crazy or even kill you"

Brrrr!

We could bottle fresh blood and keep it for as long as we liked, for use in eencies Mr Crepsley had a few bottles of blood stored in his cloak He sometimes had one with a meal, as if it were a small bottle of wine

"Could you survive on bottled blood alone?"I asked one night

"For a while,"he said "But not in the long run"

"How do you bottle it?"I asked, exalass bottles It was like a test tube, only the glass was darker and thicker

"It is tricky,"he said "I will show you how it is done, the next ti up"

Blood

It hat I needed most, but also what I fearedback I’d be a vaain Maybe the vampire blood in my veins would wear out Maybe I wouldn’t die Maybe only the vao home to my family and friends

It wasn’t much of a hope - Mr Crepsley had said it was iain - but it was the only dream I had to hold on to