“What did okay mean to the harpy— not coughing up arterial blood?”
“Okay, okay, okay … go to your corners, boys. This is a nice Aubusson carpet you’re standing on. You get blood on it and I’ll have Fritz so far up my ass I’ll be coughing on his hankie.”
“A leader's upbeat mood metaphorically oxygenates the blood of followers—its' a transfusion into the corporate arteries.”
“Amazing how being bathed in arterial blood can wash out any lingering romantic disappointments.”
“Blood squirted as his transected femoral artery haemorrhaged to the rhythm of his horrible heart.- From Potter's Field”
“You are healed." Allegra nodded. "You are no longer a Silver Blood." She paused. "But you are no longer a vampire either."Bliss started. No longer a vampire-but what did that mean? Did it mean she was just human?”