The Vampire's Assistant

...The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive.

For a long time that's all I could do, howl and scream and cry like the wild animal of the night that I'd become.

Underneath me, Sam Grest - who'd been my friend and saved my life - lay perfectly still and slipped further and further into the final sleep of an unfair and horrible death.

I might have to drink the blood of animals to stay alive, but I would never feast on one of my own kind, no matter what Mr.Crepsley said, or hows much my belly growled.

The hunger inside us must be fed to be controlled.

thanks for saving me back there larten errmm thats mr crepsley to you - darren shan and larten creplsley - the vampires assistant