That isn`t to say that... «The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life»

That isn`t to say that there isn`t basis to the legend. We do subsist primarily upon blood, but we don`t just go around leaving conspicuous marks on random necks. That`s dangerously flagrant. It starts panics and witch-hunts, and innocent people end up with silly things like stakes in their chests. The first law of survival in the world of the vampire is never to attract attention.