How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"I'm glad it's making you sick. I hope it makes you even sicker. […] I hope you rupture something, Horace! I hope you're in bed for a week! Don't you realize what you've done? You've infected someone!" (23.44)
Nina really lets loose on Horace here. Normally she doesn't seem like the sadistic type, but given that Horace just bit Dermid, thus dooming him to become a vampire, she pulls out all the stops. Horace looks like he's suffering (since Dermid had drugs in his system when Horace bit him), and to Nina, that's a good thing: Maybe it'll teach him not to bite people. Whoever said pain wasn't a good teacher?
Quote #8
"Her life seems pretty awful, if you ask me," Reuben went on. "She can't go out in the daytime. She can't go to parties. She's always sick. Isn't that right, Mrs. Harrison?" (25.45)
Reuben and Nina's mom talk to Nefley while he's in their custody and try to convince him vampires aren't the evil villains he's made them out to be. How do they do this? By painting a sympathetic portrait of Nina in particular, and highlighting how much she suffers due to the infection. Seems like a pretty effective tactic, based on how Nefley changes his mind and becomes a vampire supporter.
Quote #9
Barry's had to miss a lot of meetings. His transformation was especially hard—perhaps because he was infected by a blood relative. He can barely stand up. […] That's why he and his son are both living with Sanford, at present. They need constant medical supervision." (29.13)
We've spent a lot of time learning just how suffering-filled a vampire's life is, so it seems like poetic justice for the violent werewolf wranglers to have to suffer that same existence. Barry and Dermid are nasty, cold-blooded killers, but now they can barely stand up straight. At least we won't have to worry about them harming Reuben or other werewolves again, right? They may still be a danger to humans, but hopefully that's a long time coming.