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It was after

I hadn’t drank reat To feel that special surge of energy, strength and vitality gained only by drinking human blood Fresh human blood

And never had the blood been as fresh as this

It was straight froh to be embarrassed, especially now as I sat back on the couch and wiped my mouth I looked away

Had I really just drank fro on it like a newborn from a teat?

I hadand I had loved every second, even when she looked away, clearly uncomfortable and perhaps even in pain Still I drank froer I drank and I drank

It wasn’t until when I had stopped, until when I reer, when ain, did the embarrassment set in

Allison had i it close to her side, as if she were cradling a baby chick And that’s hoe currently sat She, sitting on the coffee table, holding her hand Me, on the couch, ehtly confused over what had just happened

Lord, I don’t even know her

"I’h the open sliding glass door, laughter reached us from the street below Car doors shut firmly, and I suspected one of the limos had just left the scene

"For what, Samantha?" asked Allison She seeh She looked at her finger "For being what you are? And for that, there is no apology needed"

"How - " But er The wound was gone

She saw the surprise onqualities extend to your victims" She turned her face towardvicti us for so long The victims’ wounds almost always heal"

I opened ained h The fresh blood was intoxicating, to say the least

Her blood, I thought I drank her blood

"Howhow do you"

"How do I know sothe sentence for me "How do I know so much about your kind?"

"Yes," I said finally

I quickly got over the initial high - the contents After all, it’s not every day that someone so easily sur on here? Was this some kind of a set up?

I doubted it

For one,butdarker Nothingbefore

Finally, she said, "I was a plaything to a vampire, Sam There’s no easy way to say it He used me, abused, me, and drank froain, and now I did sense so from her Waves of sadness "He’s dead now, killed by a vampire hunter who very nearly killed arettes that were on a shelf under the glass coffee table She opened the box and tapped out a cigarette and offered hter froether

"I’ed deeply on her cigarette "I loved hi to him"

I didn’t knohat to say, and so I s The act was very human, very real, and had no ill effects to aze ot that very sary Or when he saw blood"