[Of course. Of course the damn vampire would be getting on him for this too. And you know what sucked the most about that? It was that Avery actually knew that Val really was speaking from experience. That it couldn't be swept away out of hand.]

[Not that Gehring had been lying to him, but he doubted the bonehead had any idea what it was like to have a preference for the more esoteric delicacies in life.]

Yes, yes, so I've heard.

[He flops back onto the bed, arms folded over his chest.]

It just seemed like a win-win situation at the time. I get a snack and the Academy is down one less corrupted soul.