Eric shook his head again. "Perhaps it's a good thing that I'm going to give you my blood again. I think you're going to need the extra speed and strength to get out of whatever you manage to get into during the day while I'm asleep." He gave her a fond smile and tucked a lock of dark hair behind her ear.
"You won't need much this time- a few drops should do. The reason you needed so much last time was because you were injured and needed it to heal. Simply renewing the blood bond requires much less than that." He dragged the tip of one sharp fang across the pad of his finger and then offered it to Vala so that she could suck at the blood that was seeping out of the cut. "Quickly, before it heals again," he encouraged her.