Jason smiles wryly at Donovan. "Big difference, though, Donovan: a vamp can use a human as prey and they'll usually still be alive. We feed off a human and it's game over. A vampire at least still looks like a person you can try to reason with to the average human. People don't try to reason with animals who are trying to eat them."

He polishes off his beer and stumbles off his chair for another. "Anyway, we'll see what they can pull off. Micah, you got anyone in Washington to lobby for the Coalition if this goes through? Because I'm sure Congress will be scurrying to throw up roadblocks. Be nice to have someone on the sidelines."