Merde.

She looked up at him, appropriately abashed in the moment. "Vitae is vampire blood," she said. "Jack always keeps some of it on hand, distilled in vodka for emergency situations."

That God no one's had to use it yet. I'm not sure I can handle someone being addicted to me again. It gets so ugly.

"It has some healing properties that can be useful in a pinch. But a whole lot of nasty side effects."