Everest nodded. “That is where the name of the show came from. As nice as bottled blood sold at 7-Eleven would be for us, it does not exist in the real world.”

“Can it?”

He frowned. “How do you mean?”

“I make potions, as the Tower Card. New potions that never existed before.” I glanced around the room to my Coven-mates. “Wouldn’t it stand to reason that I, or we, could create a potion to give vampires the strength they need for survival that would eliminate the need to include humans?”

Tegan was grinning. She gripped her crystal necklace and nodded. “I’ll help.”

“Me too,” Lennox and Savannah said at the same time.

Thiago cleared his throat. “Um, no offense, but why do we want to keep them strong?”

“We wouldn’t give it to our enemies.” I pointed to Braison and Shi-Shi. “But there are others like them. You catch more flies with honey and all that jazz?”

Saber whispered something to Everest, the two of them watching me with strange expressions.

Tegan stood and stretched. “All right, B-man, Red Bull gives you wings. Let’s do it.”

Braison paled. He looked back and forth between her and Tenn. He jumped up and held his hands out. “Wait, what?”

Tenn scowled. “Well, it’s not like I’m gonna drink her blood.”

Deacon pursed his lips. “There’s a kink for that⁠—”

“DEACON,” half the room yelled in unison.

Cooper chuckled and shook his head. “You’re a menace.”

Warner held his hand up. It was adorable the way they raised their hands to speak like we were in school. “Didn’t Winter Frost Mountain just say they need human blood?”

“Braison was born arcana. Human blood will make him strong like it does for the rest of us, but drinking arcana blood would be the best option for him.” Everest pointed to Mei-Ling’s aunt. “Shi-Shi, on the other hand, was born human, so drinking arcana blood would be detrimental.”

“Right, you heard the Mountain. Let’s do it, Braison.” When he just stared at Tenn, Tegan clapped her hands to get his attention. “Look, Braison you’re a vampire now. So, unless you die, which we pray doesn’t happen, then this is your life now. You have to drink. It can’t always be me, for a variety of reasons, but the others are a little freaked out by it so I’m going to demonstrate just how easy it is, especially when I’m not pretending to be another vampire and putting on a show for people walking by.”