ReadaThon Mini-Challenge Hour 9

Nicole at Linus's Blanket is hosting a mini-challenge for the ReadaThon asking participants to find a passage in their reading where characters are eating. Well, don't I just have a fantastic one for you here.

I just finished A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan, a true story about a boy who becomes a vampire's assistant, and here is his first experience eating:

"We clashed with each other just before reaching the ball. Alan gave a yell and went flying. I laughed, trapped the ball under my foot, and turned toward the goal. The sight of blood stopped me in my tracks. Alan had landed awkwardly and cut his left knee. It was a bad gash and blood was welling up. He had started to cry and was making no move to cover it with a tissue or a scrap of cloth...



...My eyes were focused on Alan. More specifically, on Alan's knee. More specifically still, on Alan's blood. I took a step toward him. Then another. I was standing over him now, blocking the light. He gazed up and must have seen something in my face, because he stopped crying and stared at me uneasily. I dropped to my knees and before I knew what I was doing, I had covered the cut on his leg with my mouth and was sucking out his blood and gulping it down!"

Nasty business being a vampire.