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It was an accident. Amity stares at Luz as the blood drips from her fangs and Luz’s neck. Amity had messed up, big time. Amity stands there, frozen in fear Luz’s blood that tasted soo good a moment ago now tastes like vomit in her mouth. Luz looks over at Amity grabbing her neck as both of their shocked faces look at each other. Amity says nothing as Luz collapses to the ground. Amity’s tears steam down at an unimaginable rate as her actions hit her, hard.

“Kid? What happened?” Eda asks walking downstairs with King.

“I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to I w-was just” Amity mutters out, barely able to speak.

It had only been a week since Amity started to change but she’d already taken a life…The life of her own girlfriend. Amity stands there her red, blood-shot eyes looking at Luz’s body. Amity had never imagined she’d become a monster in her life, but there she was standing over her girlfriends’s body. Amity simply stands there unable to comprehend her actions. She looks at Luz’s body. Her guilt overpowers all her vampiric instincts as she steps away from Luz, holding her thirst back. Amity looks down at Luz as she kneels down and hugs her. The smell of Luz’s blood is tempting but Amity starves herself. Amity looks at the bite mark on Luz’s neck, it’s small and neat but still gushing blood. Amity looks at her blood-stained hands as she holds Luz in her arms. Amity hears Luz’s heart stop.

Amity jolts awake. She’s back in her room…That nightmare felt far too real. Amity sits awake. Her red vampire eyes dart around in the darkness as she sees everything with immense clarity. Amity has hated her curse ever since she got it. She sits in the dark, alone as she ponders about her new self. Amity’s thirst for blood only gets more uncontrollable as the minutes go by she feels the thirst build up inside her as she stares into the mirror at her fangs. Amity sits there, by herself as she gets thirstier and thirstier. Amity cries as the reality of her new curse hits her again and again pummeling her into the ground. Amity looks at herself… the monster that she’s become. Her dark red eyes and the long canines made her an unbearable sight in her eyes. Amity slowly moves to her clock, It's very early Amity lies back down in bed. She can’t sleep. Amity wishes Luz was here with her but sadly she isn’t. Amity remains crying in her bed as she hates everything about herself. Amity wished she could anything good in her new self but she can’t find anything good in her. Amity cries herself to sleep. She hopes she can figure out the changes for herself, but if not Luz will definitely cheer her up.

Amity is rudely awoken by the sunrays hitting her face. She was still groggy from the crying last night, but she hauled herself out of bed anyway. Amity looks around. Her eyes itch as the sun's rays hit them. She couldn’t see that well in the light anymore. Amity gets herself dressed as she puts on her uniform. After a few months of repairing after the ‘incident’ with Belos Hexide was finally re-opening. Amity gets herself dressed and walks outside into the blinding light of the sun. Her eyes open wide then dart around for a few seconds before they stabilize. Amity summons Ghost and flies to Hexide.

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Amity gulps as she walks over to Luz, still thirsty. She really doesn’t want anyone to know about her changes…She feels like she should tell Luz but she’ll leave that for later. Amity looks around trying to hide her vampiric features. As Luz notices Amity acting strange.

“Amity is anything wrong?” Luz asks as she looks at Amity and notices Amity’s red eyes.

“N-No Luz I’m fine, why do you ask?” Amity murmurs as she tries to deflect the question.

“Well, I guess I’ll see you in the book club!” Luz says before rushing to class.

“B-Bye!” Amity says nervously while she thinks of some good way to explain everything to Luz.

Amity walks to her usual morning classes still thinking about how to explain her curse to Luz but she can think of none. Amity fears Luz, after hearing the revelation will leave her forever. Amity is really scared of that happening. She sits there in class wondering what will happen if she told Luz. As lunch period rolls by Amity stays as far away from Luz as she can, trying to run from telling Luz. Amity sits at her lunch table drinking apple blood, which she had found to be a decent substitute for actual blood. Amity sips the apple blood as Boscha walks over to her table.

“Hey Amity, where did your friends go? Did they leave you like this? How pitiful!” Boscha says in an insulting tone.

“Can you shut up Boscha?” Amity asks as she tries to calm herself before she escalates anything further.

“Why? Blight am I annoying you?” Boscha asks not knowing the possible outcomes of the actions.

“I said SHUT UP!” Amity said bearing her fangs scaring Boscha off.

Boscha walks away clearly intimidated by Amity. Amity sits there shocked at her own sudden aggression as she finishes her lunch and quickly gets to class before Luz can find her. Amity can’t focus in class. Her enhanced hearing overwhelmed her with all the senses and stimuli. Amity can barely think about the teacher’s words plus the guilt and weight of having to tell Luz the truth makes her procrastinate. Amity finally finishes all her classes and quickly rushes to the library. As she gets in the library she quickly gets into her hideout without anyone noticing her vampiric features as she sits down on the beanbag. Luz arrives at the hideout soon after just to find Amity crying.

“A-Amity what’s wrong? Why are you crying…” Luz asks as she approaches Amity.

“I’m sorry I haven’t told you, Luz…” Amity says as Luz steps closer, noticing Amity’s fangs and red eyes.

“A-Amity what happened?” Luz asks as she sits down next to Amity.

“I’m sorry…I’m just…I’m sorry,” Amity says crying continuously.

“Amity please just tell me what’s wrong,” Luz says as she hugs Amity tightly.

“L-Luz get away from me…I’m thirsty,” Amity says pushing Luz away.

“A-Amity are you a-”

“Vampire, I’m a vampire,” Amity says as she backs into a corner.

“Amity please don’t be like this…please let me help,” Luz says as she approaches Amity slowly.

“L-Luz you don’t understand! I’m thirsty for your blood I can’t help myself! Please get away!” Amity says pushing Luz away causing Luz to stagger back.

“Amity please don’t push me away! I can help you! Please you don’t have to face this alone!” Luz shouts.

“B-But how can you help? I need blood! You can’t help me!” Amity shouts back.

“A-Amity how have you been hiding all this from everyone,” Luz asks.

“I’ve been drinking apple blood…It’s a decent alternative…but I’m becoming tolerant,” Amity said crying.

“Amity…please let us help, You don’t need to be alone,” Luz says approaching Amity once again

Amity, too weak to push Luz away, simply stands there. “Luz…please I can’t hold the thirst back much longer…please leave,”

“A-Amity, how much blood do you need?” Luz asks as she gets even closer.

“Not much, just a little,” Amity answers.

Luz kneels down to Amity who is crying on the floor and hugs her tightly.

“Luz! What are you doing!? You know I’m thirsty for your blood please I don’t want to hurt you!” Amity shouts as Luz continues to hug her, still adamant.

“ A-Amity you can’t do this on your own…you don’t have to hold it in forever…you can drink my blood…I’m okay with it” Luz says as she hugs Amity even tighter.

“B-But Luz! I don’t want to hurt you! I can’t hurt you!” Amity shouts as she tries to push Luz away but she can't.

“L-Luz please I don’t want you to hate me! I can’t lose you, please! Just leave me alone! I’ll be fine,”
Amity’s voice gets more desperate as she continues to speak.

“It’s okay Amity I won’t hate you…you never hated me for my mistakes…So I won’t hate you for yours…I love you,” Luz says as she hugs Amity tighter.

“I’m so sorry, Luz,” Amity says as she slowly releases control of herself.

Amity’s head slowly moves over closer to Luz as Amity’s mouth opens wide to reveal her fangs. Amity’s fangs stop at Luz’s neck for a second before she bites down on Luz’s neck. Luz winces slightly as Amity begins drinking the blood. Amity notes Luz’s blood is sweet; it feels like Amity is drinking a smoothie. Amity drinks for only a few seconds before she backs away, her eyes now bloodshot.

“I’m sorry, Luz,” Amity says trying to wipe the blood off her fangs.

“Please Amity, don’t be…” Luz says grabbing Amity’s arm away and stopping her from wiping the blood off.

“It suits you…The fangs” Luz says as she hugs Amity.

“Really?” Amity asks as her tears still stream down her face.

“Yeah…Amity please let me help…It’s not your problem…It’s ours”

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Amity shivers as the pain runs down her spine. The memories of that night rush back into her mind. She’d felt the tingling pain radiating down her spine again and again in her dreams. She remembered that night. The pain was horrible. It started off only as a slight itch then suddenly increased in intensity. It felt like her entire body was freezing. The pain was so unbearable. She could only lie there and endure it as her vision went black. Her body tingled at every slight movement. The morning after that was equally as horrible. She’d vomited up her guts as her eyes began to change tint. She could barely walk the entire day. The nausea was debilitating. She began to change. She started to feel the thirst…She could hardly imagine her life without it anymore. In every beautiful moment in the past few weeks, it was there waiting for her to lose it. Waiting for a mistake. Amity begins to cry. Everything overwhelms her. Luz could only help her to a point. Amity cries as she feels the same coldness in her body…maybe it was there from the start. Amity lays there, the past eating away at her as the thirst remains in the back of her throat. She wants another sip of Luz’s blood but she knows that’s not actually what she wants. Amity reaches for the cup of apple blood by her side. Amity takes a small sip of the apple blood, trying to ration it for the night. Amity sits in the darkness as her vampire eyes see everything in clear night vision. Amity cries about the past, rethinking what she did wrong to deserve this. Amity sits by herself the thirst still lays waiting in the back of her throat waiting for the right time to come back. Amity lays there alone, in her bed as she tries to ease her mind off of thinking about what she’s become. She wishes she can lock that side away. At least she wasn’t immortal.

“Luz…can I have more blood please,” Amity asked guiltily as they were sitting at the grom tree one night.

“You’re thirsty again right?” Luz asks turning to Amity who’s on the verge of tears.

“Yes…I am I’m so sorry it just gets harder the more I try to substitute it with apple blood,” Amity said hugging Luz tightly.

“It’s okay Amity it's fine…I’m fine with it but please be gentle,” Luz says as she moves closer to Amity.

“How would I ever live without you Luz?” Amity says as she slowly moves her jaws over to Luz’s neck.

Luz feels a jolt of pain run down her spine as Amity bites into her neck. It’s uncomfortable but it’s fine… Amity’s face is full of guilt as she drinks the blood, however good the blood tastes didn’t wipe away the fact that she was drinking her girlfriend’s blood, and that made Amity feel horrible.

“I’m sorry, Luz” Amity mutters as she continued to drink the blood.

“It’s fine,” Luz says as Amity finishes drinking the blood.

Amity replies with a faint smile as she hugs Luz tightly.

“You know…Grom’s coming up” Luz says trying to cheer Amity up.

“Oh…Yeah,” Amity says as she looks up at Luz, her fangs still covered in blood.

“I hope you’re ready to be grom queen again,” Luz says smiling, in contrast to Amity’s slight frown.

“I think so,” Amity answers feeling a bit better about herself as she drinks the last bit of blood that was on her fangs.

“How does my blood taste like?” Luz asked lying down on the stump of the tree.

“It’s sweet and tastes similar to a smoothie just with the consistency of water,” Amity says as she lies back down next to Luz, her red eyes looking at her girlfriend.

“Heh…It’s funny…You’re a vampire, I’m a human…We’re hunters and prey in love,” Luz says as she looks at the beautiful full moon.

“Luz…Don’t say it like that…I’m still Amity…You said that once…I’ll always be Amity, Hunter or prey, Attacker or attacked, I promise I’ll still be Amity” The vampire says as she looks over to her girlfriend.

“What’s your greatest fear now?” Luz asks.

“Hurting you…” Amity says as she closes her eyes.

“I trust you won’t do that…I can give you blood if you need it and that should be enough satiate you right?” Luz says as she rubs her neck.

“Luz…Any amount of your blood is already like morphine for me…I already get enough from a few drops,” Amity says as she inspects her fangs.

“Well…Do you want to start training for grom? We were…horribly unprepared last year,” Luz says as she gets up.

“Yeah…I think we should”

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Amity and Luz didn’t get to be Grom queen this year, Boscha did. Boscha was not scared of Grom like Amity, She seemed to be weirdly proud of being chosen to fight Grometheus, bragging to Luz and Amity that she’ll beat it in one hit. Luz and Amity knew that Boscha had woefully underestimated Grom, but she was on an ego trip and unwilling to listen to any suggestions. Boscha parades around Hexide bragging to everyone she sees, not training at all. The night of the battle comes by quickly as Boscha is unprepared. Amity tried to warn the person who was, once something similar to a friend, but Boscha was overconfident once again, and she will learn that pretty quickly.

“Oh crikey,” Luz says as Boscha is thrown to the ground by Grom.

“Luz, We need to go help her,” Amity says bearing her fangs and retrieving the Abomination goo from her pouch.

“Ahh!” Boscha screams as Grom takes her by the throat with its dark black tentacles.

“I’m on it,” Luz says as she calls Stringbean.

Grom suddenly stops strangling Boscha as Amity uses an abomination to pin it to the ground and Luz uses Stringbean to cast a light spell at it. But Grom has become tired of being defeated over and over again. It roars as it breaks from the restraints and shoves Amity hard into the back wall. She spits out blood as she hits the wall. Grom heads straight for Boscha next being stopped by a wall of ice created by Luz. Grom hits the ice wall with all of its might as the ice cracks and shatters. Grom approaches Luz as its mouth opens wide, ready to devour Luz and Boscha. There’s a sudden loud noise that rings out in the auditorium as Grom falls to the floor as it shrivels and dies turning into nothing more than a pile of ash. The auditorium stares in shock at the figure behind Grom as he puts the strange metal object he was holding back into the inner coat pocket of his suit.

“Incompetent fools” He retorts as he begins to walk away.

Amity coughs up blood as she inspects her injuries. Grom had hit her pretty hard. She feels her ribs, dislocated and stabbing into her insides. Amity coughs up some blood as she lays there, weak as she looks around. Amity can feel her body trying to repair itself…but without blood, it was useless. Amity coughs, louder and louder as the blood begins to fill her lungs and the thirst re-emerges from the back of her throat.

“Amity! Are you okay?” Luz’s voice rings out, snapping Amity back to the present.

“L-Luz…I’m sorry…” Amity lunges forward, too weak to control the thirst as she latches on to Luz’s neck.

Luz is shocked at this action but calms down pretty quickly. “It’s fine Amity…Take as much as you need,”

Amity’s fangs bite weakly into Luz’s neck instead of the burning jolt of pain Luz is accustomed to by now, it’s a weak nibble. Luz looks down at Amity who drinks weakly, her organs slowly regenerating. Amity releases Luz the moment she can feel her body finish regenerating.

“Luz I’m so sorry! I was too weak! Please I-”

“It’s fine Amity, Please tell me you’re okay…Did Grom break anything?” Luz asks concerned.

“No…Feeding on blood heals me…I’m fine,” Amity says hugging Luz.

“Thanks, Luz…” Amity says as she smiles her bloody fangs visible to everyone in the auditorium.

“Hey! Vampire, I suggest you stop romanticizing drinking blood and help us clean up this mess!” A stranger says from behind, Luz noticing it was the one that killed Grom.

“Hey, Please don’t call me that, I’m very insecure about it,” Amity says, too weak to get into an argument right now.

The man calms down slightly “Fine…Sorry about that, Bump should never have chosen that piece of dogshit to be Queen,” He says as he looks at Amity.

“I’m Tan, by the way, Probably the only human in this shit hole,” He says extending his arm for a handshake.

“Oh…trust me, you’re not the only one,” Amity said as she accepted the handshake.

“What do you mean?” Tan asks as he looks around.

“Oh, You saw the person I was drinking blood from? That’s Luz she’s my girlfriend,” Amity says as she points to Luz.

“What the f*@# type of ethics is drinking your girlfriend's blood?” Tan asks as he reaches for something in his coat.

“Luz is fine with it…I don’t usually do it without asking her” Amity says, a bit of remorse in her tone

Tan pulls out a small bit of silver from his pocket and shows it to Amity.

“EEK!” Amity staggers back at the sight of the shiny metal. “What the hell…get that away from me!” Amity shouts as she gets back up.

“I really wanted to try that out, Is silver poisonous to you?” Tan asks as he puts the bit of silver back into his pocket.

“E-Extremely, I could have died!” Amity shouts as Tan stands there, unaffected by the shouting.

“What about garlic? Would you just shrivel up and die?” Tan asks sarcastically, not expecting an answer.

“No, I just hate the smell,” Amity says as she dusts herself off and regains her composure.

“Nice…You should probably clean up the blood on your fangs by this point everyone knows you’re a vampire,” Tan says pointing to Amity’s fangs

Amity notices the blood on her fangs and proceeds to close her mouth for a sec before opening it again showing that she just drank the blood off her fangs.

“Was that just the equivalent of licking food off your mouth?” Tan asks as he looks at the fangs.

“Yeah, I think so,” Amity says.

Amity feels a sudden hug behind her as she sees Luz hugging her.

“Luz! You scared me there,” Amity says as she slowly peels Luz off her.

“You must be the other human here,” Tan says as he extends a hand for another handshake.

“Yeah!” Luz says shaking Tan’s hand rapidly.

“You know you’re bleeding from the neck right?” Tan says as blood gushes from Luz’s neck.

“Oh shoot!” Luz says as she realizes the bleeding.

“Calm down, You know how to tie a tourniquet?” Tan asks, throwing Luz a tourniquet.

“Yeah, my mom was a nurse,” Luz says as she ties a tourniquet to her neck.

“L-Luz please tell me when you’re done I don’t like to look at blood, It makes me thirsty,” Amity says as she turns to face the wall.

“Funny how you’re squeamish to blood,” Tan says.

Luz finishes up with the tourniquet and gives Amity the go-ahead to turn back.

“I better get going now,” Tan says as he looks down at his tactical tablet.

“I hope I see you two around,” He says before he swiftly leaves the auditorium.

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Amity sits in her room, tears in her eyes as her fangs crave blood. For the first time, Amity feels like she willingly wants to consume blood, like it wasn’t the thirst anymore, it was her that wanted blood. Amity doesn’t know why…her eyes flash around in the darkness, unsure if she was actually the one that wanted blood or the thirst had just taken over her mind. Amity bites her lip, hoping it would produce blood so she can satiate herself, She hated how her blood tasted. It tasted horrible, bitter and left a disgusting aftertaste in her mouth. Luz is asleep on a chair overlooking her bed cuts, bruises, and deep wounds running along Luz’s body. Amity feels a bit guilty for getting her girlfriend in this situation. Amity realizes she still hasn’t gotten to drink any blood yet, she isn’t thirsty she just really wants to drink blood. Amity looks at Luz as she approaches Luz’s neck. Amity opens her jaws, wide as she inches closer to Luz’s neck. Amity’s fangs slowly bite into Luz’s neck as Amity enjoys every last drop of blood she drinks. Amity suddenly realizes what she is doing. She just willingly drank Luz’s blood. Amity has never felt so conflicted, part of her wants even more, the sensation and the taste of Luz’s blood was addicting, but the other part held her back. Amity begins to cry, She was too weak to even stop herself. Amity liked the blood she liked a lot, to be honest, but she knew she shouldn’t drink it. She’d love to indulge if it didn’t mean hurting Luz. Luz wakes up seeing Amity crying on the bed once again.

“Amity? What happened,” Luz asked.

“Y-Your blood…it tastes soo good’” Amity says, crying.

“A-Amity what do you-” Luz notices the blood gushing from her neck before she could finish the sentence.

“I’m sorry, the blood it’s just so good…I can’t help myself…It’s not even the thirst anymore, It’s just me…Amity” Amity says as she steps away from Luz.

“I don’t understand Amity…what do you mean?” Luz asks.

“I don’t feel thirsty anymore…I don’t think it's even present anymore… I think I’m addicted to blood…I’m so sorry, you shouldn’t be here…It's safer if you weren’t” Amity says as she steps back.

“Amity…I don’t care…don’t push me away…please,” Luz says as she walks over to Amity.

Amity looks at Luz’s blood glistening off of her neck as it rolls down onto her shoulder.

“L-Luz…Can I have some of your blood? Not like to drink right now…I want to keep some on me…” Amity says almost subconsciously as she walks into Luz’s hug.

“Okay…I’ll give you some tomorrow…Do you want some right now?” Luz asks as she hugs Amity tightly.

“Don’t give it to me…I’m getting addicted…I can’t function properly without it anymore…” Amity says as she looks away from the blood dripping down Luz’s shoulder.

“Amity…I understand…but you have to accept it…This isn’t something you can control…I’m sorry if what I’m going to say is blunt or hurtful but…You’re a vampire…Blood is your food, you can’t starve yourself…apple blood will only do so much,” Luz says as she hugs Amity.

“L-Luz…can I let go?…can I lose control?… Can I just stop trying to control myself and just let it take over?” Amity asks as she hugs Luz tighter.

“If you think it’s a good idea I’m in”

Amity nods. Her eyes seem to widen like all the pressure from keeping her other side was in released. Amity’s movements become animalistic, but the elegance in her movements remains as she walks closer to Luz. Amity seems to swoop closer as she bends over to inspect Luz’s neck. Luz seems to jolt and move away slightly as Amity continues to move around her neck.

“Do I scare you, Luz?” Amity asks, her red eyes staring uncomfortably into Luz’s.

Luz nods in response.

“I’m sorry, I’ve never felt like this…It feels good, in some twisted way, My own twisted way,” Amity smiles faintly as the words appear out of her mouth.

“Can I have some blood?” Amity asks, the confidence in her voice returns as little to no trace of the scared Amity that was present for the last few weeks disappear.

Luz smiles, still a bit uncomfortable as she approaches. Luz’s body language screams yes, but Amity still wants verbal authorization.

“So can I?” Amity asks again, not wanting to burden Luz, but craving blood.

“Y-You know what I’m going to say, Amity”

Amity nods as she moves over to Luz’s neck, fangs bore. Luz waits in anticipation for that sudden jolt of pain, that feeling of absolute weakness when Amity bites her, but it never comes. Luz opens her eyes, Amity is drinking the blood off the stream of blood running down Luz’s neck, trying not to hurt Luz.

Luz looks at Amity for a moment, both of them stand in silence as they lie down and fall asleep together. The Irony.

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After finally accepting what she was Amity’s life has been getting better and better. Amity walks through the halls of Hexide, her fangs, and red eyes in plain view, like she was showing them off. Amity walks around the cafeteria, trying to find Luz, as she comes across someone who she hasn’t seen in a long while. Boscha sits alone, her life has seemed to have worsened, heavily since the disaster at Grom, instead of the snarky, overconfident, and popular witch that she used to be, Boscha sits alone, with no one to console her. Amity walks over to Boscha, she feels kind of bad, Boscha was once her ‘friend’ if she could ever call it a friendship. Amity sits down next to Boscha, the two say nothing to each other. It’s a subconscious acknowledgment that their friendship was never a real one. Both of them sit and eat lunch together. The silence feels suffocating, but both of them know after all they’ve been through reconciliation would be much harder than a lunch at a time of need. Boscha finishes her lunch first, she stands up and collects her things.

“Thanks, Amity,” Boscha says in a kind voice Amity never knew Boscha could produce.

Boscha walks away as Amity stares at her cup of apple blood as she finishes her food. Amity and Boscha’s friendship had always been very rocky, but the interaction she’d just witnessed proved to her that Boscha wasn’t just a hollow, mean husk of a witch after all. Amity sips her apple blood as she leaves the table, Luz is still nowhere to be found, She walks over to Gus, Willow, and Hunter who are sitting together.

“Hey, Amity have you seen Luz around?” Willow asks as she invites Amity to sit down with them.

“No, I haven’t either,” Amity says as she sits down next to Willow.

“By the way, nice new look, Amity,” Hunter says, pointing to Amity’s red eyes and fangs.

“It’s not that nice but thanks,” Amity says as she sips another sip of apple blood.

“Why are you drinking so much apple blood?” Willow asks as she notices Amity’s apparent addiction to Apple blood.

“Oh, It’s a substitute for actual blood,” Amity says kind of embarrassed.

“You drink blood?!” Gus retorts, surprised at Amity’s sudden confession.

“What do you think my fangs are for? Plus I thought everyone saw me drinking Luz’s blood at Grom,” The Blight states pointing to her fangs.

“Amity…We were sick at Grom, We never knew,” Willow says as she puts her hand on Amity’s shoulder.

“I’m sorry I haven’t told you, I got bitten by a vampire a few weeks ago…It’s been tough going through all the changes but I’m feeling better now,” Amity says as she takes another sip of apple blood.

“So whose blood did you drink?” Hunter asks, genuinely curious.

“Luz’s she saw me at my worst, so she let me drink some of her blood,” The vampire says guiltily.

“Where is Luz anyway?” Gus asks.

“I don’t know, Let's go find her,” Willow says