Rise of the Dark Sun (The Blood Lust Plague Trilogy Book 1) by Kendall Pearce

nature of her comment made Micah worry that he had drank far too much . “Excuse me?” Micah asked, sitting up and staring down at her cautiously, “What?”
    Noticing how strange that comment must have come across, Samantha laughed . “I’m sorry. I was thinking about our problem; so you don’t have to hurt or seduce anyone to get their blood when I need my rest, I was thinking we could make friends with people who use artificial stimulants, and when they cause themselves to become incapacitated, then you can drink from them. They will be so out of their mind that they will believe that nothing ever happened, if they even remember anything…”
    Micah looked at her, “So, you want to make friends with a drug addict, hang around until they pass out and then steal the blood that is helping to flush their system of the poisons they inflicted upon themselves. There are two big problems with that . First of all, if they are that highly drugged out, I may become addicted to that sort of blood. I don’t know for sure, but a vampire with a craving for stimulated blood just seems like more work than it is worth. Secondly, we would probably lose a lot of friends that way. If I take the blood they need to flush their system they will overdose, and then they will be a one and done: a very nasty tasting, one and done meal. Then we will have to hide the body, and that’s just a big mess. I don’t like it.”
    Samantha narrowed her eyes . “Obviously.” Shrugging, Samantha added, “Well, it was just an idea, because you cannot go days without eating. You were beginning to scare me.”
    Micah thought for a moment and then replied, “Yes, but Samantha, I don’t understand why I became so hungry. I just ate yesterday. I did not go days without eating; maybe it was twenty-four hours…”
    Samantha thought for a minute. “Well, if I don’t eat for a day, I become pretty violently hungry. You may no longer be a true human, but you are only human, after all.”
    Micah nodded, although he was lost in thought.
    When Constance came in a few minutes later, she looked at Micah and then at Samantha before rolling her eyes . “Micah, you have got to stop eating your girlfriend! You are going to really hurt her,” Constance scolded.
    “I can’t help it! I tried, but Samantha got jealous and I couldn’t go through with it,” Micah answered, more like a child speaking to his mother than two adult vampires having a conversation.
    Constance stared at him for a long moment; her eyes drooped, obviously relaying that she was not amused. Then, her eyes passed over to Samantha and she said, “Well, it looks as though I made the right decision. I have made an appointment for you to go to the blood-bank. If your boyfriend can keep his fangs off of you for two days, you should recover enough to have your blood drawn.”
    “Why?” Samantha asked.
    “I don’t know. I just want to do it as a precaution, in case you need a transfusion or something, I want your blood to be on record,” Constance replied.
    The thought of why she may need a blood transfusion made Samantha uneasy, but she agreed.
    Feeling her discomfort, Constance added, “I just want to be prepared; I swear there is no other reason. I just think it would be a wise move.”
    Samantha nodded . “Yes, thank you. I understand. I just…” Samantha laughed. “Honestly, I have thought more about my own blood for the past week then I have ever thought about it. What was there always now seems to consume me.”
    Constance smiled understandingly and moved towards her . “I know. It is the flow of life, and if you truly need it, or have the river flowing through you that vampires would kill to drink from, you take advantage of it. It’s okay. Everyone does. I did, Micah did, every Quencher did, and every other vampire took advantage of blood at one time. It is so a part of you, like your arm or your leg, hand or foot; you do not think about its use and its power until either you