title: Biblio Vampiro: An Essential Guide to Vampires and, More Importantly, How to Avoid Them
author: Robert Curran
description: Robert Curran is currently a teacher and writer who has a doctorate in educational psychology. He is also an advisor to governmental agencies in the U.K. However, he previously held a variety of more unusual jobs, including gravedigger. He lives in Northern Ireland with his wife and children.
zlib_text: [Chapter Seventeen](BittentoDeath_toc.html#chap-17)
  
  The forest that crowded the base of Mount Panachaikon felt a lot like the
  national parks Albert had marched us through when we were kids. Lots of pines
  mixed with oak, chestnut, and white poplar left only minor undergrowth to wade
  through. A recent rain had left the leaves limp underfoot and smelling of
  decay. But not the Trust kind that made you want to gargle and spit.
  
  "Are you going to be able to track these wolves?" asked Vayl. He strode beside
  me, so close that we could've held hands if we'd wanted to. I did. _Goddammit,
  would you grow up?_
  
  _What 's wrong with a little hand holding in the woods? Especially when you're
  with a devastatingly handsome vampire who makes you feel slightly tipsy every
  time you look at him despite the fact that you haven't imbibed in weeks?_
  
  _It 's not professional, that's what! Plus, it makes you look wimpy. And you
  can't draw your gun if your hand is busy somewhere else. Any more questions,
  ya big 