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* AerithAndBob: Kamilah, a relatively common name, has a brother named Lysimachus.


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* BigFancyHouse: Priya’s. It comes with a gym, dance floor, home theater and pool.


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** Kamilah. She states that she has been with a prince and several princesses... [[AllGaysArePromiscuous at the same time.]]


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* CorruptPolitician: Adam Vega. In life, he was a Spanish tyrant, and as a vampire, he favors those who make generous donations to his PAC.


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* DarkerAndEdgier: It’s about vampires, after all. This is the second book in the Choices catalogue to issue a content warning.


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* EyeColourChange: Vampires’ eyes change to red when they’re in their primal state.


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* HotterAndSexier: WordOfGod describes the book as an “urban sexy thriller.” In addition, there any many more innuendos compared to other books, including allusions to masturbation and erotica.
* IfIWantedYouDead: Right after Kamilah threatens to kill Amy.
-->’’’Amy’’’: You just threatened to kill me.
-->’’’Kamilah’’’: Not right ‘’now’’, darling.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Adrian presents being a vampire as much more unfortunate existence than being human. So much so, he reveals to Amy [[spoiler:his secret project to become human again.]]


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* TheScapegoat: The clanless. Some of the members of The Council are holding them responsible for the creation of feral.


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* SleekHighRiseApartment: Adrian’s apartment, conveniently located on the top floor of Raines Corporation.
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** Chapter 7 has a premium scene where Amy and Lily can see a scene from a movie called “Habeas Corpse-us” which is “[[DieHardOnAnX Snakes on a Plane meets Air Force One]]” with [[VisualNovel/RedCarpetDiaries Matt Rodriguez]] as the President spouting cheesy one liners. His manager got the movie pulled and Priya used her money to buy a copy of the movie.

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** Chapter 7 has a premium scene where Amy and Lily can see a scene from a movie called “Habeas Corpse-us” which is “[[DieHardOnAnX Snakes on a Plane “[[XMeetsY Zombie apocalypse meets Air Force One]]” with [[VisualNovel/RedCarpetDiaries Matt Rodriguez]] as the President spouting cheesy one liners. His manager got the movie pulled and Priya used her money to buy a copy of the movie.
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** Chapter 7 has a premium scene where Amy and Lily can see a scene from a movie called “Habeas Corpse-us” which is “[[DieHardOnAnX Snakes on a Plane meets Air Force One]]” with [[VisualNovel/RedCarpetDiaries/MattRodriguez]] as the President spouting cheesy one liners. His manager got the movie pulled and Priya used her money to buy a copy of the movie.

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** Chapter 7 has a premium scene where Amy and Lily can see a scene from a movie called “Habeas Corpse-us” which is “[[DieHardOnAnX Snakes on a Plane meets Air Force One]]” with [[VisualNovel/RedCarpetDiaries/MattRodriguez]] [[VisualNovel/RedCarpetDiaries Matt Rodriguez]] as the President spouting cheesy one liners. His manager got the movie pulled and Priya used her money to buy a copy of the movie.
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* ShoutOut
** Chapter 7 has a premium scene where Amy and Lily can see a scene from a movie called “Habeas Corpse-us” which is “[[DieHardOnAnX Snakes on a Plane meets Air Force One]]” with [[VisualNovel/RedCarpetDiaries/MattRodriguez]] as the President spouting cheesy one liners. His manager got the movie pulled and Priya used her money to buy a copy of the movie.

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Kamilah can mention in Chapter 5 that she is one of Cleopatra’s cousins.

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: BeenThereShapedHistory:
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Kamilah can mention in Chapter 5 that she is one of Cleopatra’s cousins.cousins.
** Chapter 6 can have Adrian reveal he was close friends with Creator/DavidBowie.
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* BernThereShapedHistory: Kamilah can mention in Chapter 5 that she is one of Cleopatra’s cousins.

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* BernThereShapedHistory: BeenThereShapedHistory: Kamilah can mention in Chapter 5 that she is one of Cleopatra’s cousins.
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* BernThereShapedHistory: Kamilah can mention in Chapter 5 that she is one of Cleopatra’s cousins.

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* ArrowCatch: A premium scene in Chapter 5 has Gaius Augustine catch a crossbow bolt shot at him, then throws it into the shooter’s eye.



* CurbstompBattle: The premium scene in Chapter 5 shows what happens when a mob of peasants go up against vampires: the peasants lose.



* TheFrenchRevolution: The Fragment that Amy finds shows this era.



* UndeadChild: Lula is a little girl that is part of the Clanless.

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* UndeadChild: Lula is a little girl that is part of the Clanless. Marcel Lafayette is a much more evil version of this trope in the French Revolution.
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* DirtyOldMan: Lester. The first time Amy meets him he suggests she call him daddy.


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* PervertRevengeMode: When Lester touches Amy inappropriately, she can either slap him or have Adrian crack his wrist.
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* ILLKILLYOU: Kamilah threatens to kill Amy if she ever puts Adrian in harm's way.

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* ILLKILLYOU: IllKillYou: Kamilah threatens to kill Amy if she ever puts Adrian in harm's way.

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Kamilah.



* CouncilOfVampires: It is revealed in Chapter 2 that New York is run by a council of vampires, divided into six clans, each specializing in a different business.

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* CharacterCustomization: In addition to being able to customize Amy, the player also gets to decide Adrian's appearance.
* CouncilOfVampires: It is revealed in Chapter 2 that New York is run by a council of vampires, divided into six clans, each specializing in a different business. business.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Lily, after being killed by a vampire or feral.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Adam agrees to grant [[spoiler:Lily]] the next open spot in Adrian's clan on the condition that [[spoiler:Adrian votes to have the clanless killed]].
-->'''Adrian''': We're now in his debt. Which is a terrible place to be.


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* ILLKILLYOU: Kamilah threatens to kill Amy if she ever puts Adrian in harm's way.
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* KissOfTheVampire: Getting bitten by a vampire seems to be a sensual experience, based on Amy's reactions to Adrian and Jax sucking her blood.



* LooksLikeOrlok: Precisely how the ferals look.



* TheRenfield: Nicole is the chief example of this, serving as Adrian's go-to blood supply.



* RomanticVampireBoy: Adrian and Jax.
* StakingTheLovedOne: Adrian had to kill his former lover, Celia, because she turned into a feral.
* StrongerWithAge: The older the vampire, the stronger they are.



* VampiresHateGarlic: Downplayed. According to Adrian, it just tastes bad to them.



* VampiresSleepInCoffins: According to Adrian, this is a myth. However, legend has it that putting a newly-turned vampire in a coffin reduces the risk of becoming feral.



* WhamShot: Chapter 4 has Amy and Adrian walk in to find her roommate Lily with fresh bite marks on her neck.

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* WhamShot: Chapter 4 has Amy and Adrian walk in to find her roommate Lily with fresh bite marks on her neck.neck.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Vampires can only last at most thirty minutes out in the sun before it kills them.
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* CouncilOfVampires: It is revealed in chapter 2 that New York is run by a council of vampires, divided into six clans, each specializing in a different business.

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* CouncilOfVampires: It is revealed in chapter Chapter 2 that New York is run by a council of vampires, divided into six clans, each specializing in a different business.



* LaserGuidedAmnesia: After the events of chapters 2 and 3, Adrian offers to have Amy’s memories of learning about the vampire world erased as more of a mercy. She refuses, though the offer is on the table.

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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: After the events of chapters Chapters 2 and 3, Adrian offers to have Amy’s memories of learning about the vampire world erased as more of a mercy. She refuses, though the offer is on the table.



* VampiresAreRich: All of the council members. Adrian, Lester and Kamilah are CEOs of companies, Priya is a fashion designer, The Baron is a mob boss and Adam is a senator.

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* VampiresAreRich: All of the council members. Adrian, Lester and Kamilah are CEOs [=CEOs=] of companies, Priya is a fashion designer, The Baron is a mob boss and Adam is a senator.



* VampireMonarch: Kamilah is described as a vampire queen, despite being a queen neither in life nor death.

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* VampireMonarch: Kamilah is WordOfGod described Kamilah as a vampire queen, despite being a queen neither in life nor death.undeath.
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* BreakingAndBloodsucking: [[spoiler:Lily]] is attacked and killed by either a vampire or feral in her apartment.


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* HemoErotic: Adrian sucks your blood during sex. Amy is also rather turned on when Jax sucks her blood.


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* VampiresAreRich: All of the council members. Adrian, Lester and Kamilah are CEOs of companies, Priya is a fashion designer, The Baron is a mob boss and Adam is a senator.
* VampiresAreSexGods: All four of the love interests.


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* VampiresOwnNightclubs: Priya owns a nightclub.
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* VampireMonarch: Kamilah is described as a vampire queen, despite being a queen neither in life nor death.
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* BettyAndVeronica: The love interests are divided this way. The Bettys are Adrian (gentle and sweet) and Lily (funny and cheerful). The Veronicas are Jax (cynical and sarcastic) and Kamilah (reserved and tough).
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''Bloodbound'' is a VisualNovel that's part of the ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay'' collection.

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''Bloodbound'' is a VisualNovel that's part of the ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay'' collection.
collection. You've got a job as an assistant to the CEO of one of the hottest corporations in town, and one night you discover that not only is he a vampire, but that the city has many of them, in their own clans.



* BiTheWay: Lily is a more realistic and nuanced example than usual, as she’s said she admits to finding certain guys attractive and has fooled around with both guys and girls, but in relationships she dates girls nearly exclusively.

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* BiTheWay: BiTheWay:
** As usual with Choices Games, your character can date both girls and guys.
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Lily is a more realistic and nuanced example than usual, as she’s said she admits to finding certain guys attractive and has fooled around with both guys and girls, but in relationships she dates girls nearly exclusively.


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* GamerGirl: Lily is often seen playing videogames.


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* VoluntaryVampireVictim: Many appear in this setting, such as Nicole for Adrian and the humans in the Red Room.
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* EmergencyTransformation: After Amy discovers Lily was attacked, asks Adrian to turn her.
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* BiTheWay: Lily is a more realistic and nuanced example than usual, as she’s said she admits to finding certain guys attractive and has fueled around with both guys and girls, but in relationships she dates girls nearly exclusively.

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* BiTheWay: Lily is a more realistic and nuanced example than usual, as she’s said she admits to finding certain guys attractive and has fueled fooled around with both guys and girls, but in relationships she dates girls nearly exclusively.
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* BiTheWay: Lily is a more realistic and nuanced example than usual, as she’s said she admits to finding certain guys attractive and has fueled around with both guys and girls, but in relationships she dates girls nearly exclusively.

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* OffWithItsHead: The only way to kill vampires are beheading or impaling the heart.

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* OffWithItsHead: OffWithTheHead: The only way to kill vampires are beheading or impaling the heart.



* UndeadChild: Lula is a little girl that is part of the Clanless.



* UndeadChild: Lula is a little girl that is part of the Clanless.
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* BlackAndNerdy: Lily is this in spades, usually on the couch playing video games.


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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: After the events of chapters 2 and 3, Adrian offers to have Amy’s memories of learning about the vampire world erased as more of a mercy. She refuses, though the offer is on the table.

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* OffWithItsHead: The only way to kill vampires are beheading or impaling the heart.



** While they can't fly or turn into bats, vampires do have superior strenght than the average human.
** In the case of ferals, all of them are mindless monsters. For a clanless vampire, a possible delay is to drink the blood of a loved one.

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** While they can't fly or turn into bats, vampires do have superior strenght strength than the average human.
** In the case of ferals, Ferals, all of them are mindless monsters. For a clanless vampire, a possible delay is to drink the blood of a loved one.



* TheRoaringTwenties: The Baron runs his lair, the Shrike, like a Prohibition era speakeasy complete with dress code and slang due to having been a powerful mobster in that era made even more powerful as a vampire.



* UndeadChild: Lula is a little girl that is part of the Clanless.

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* UndeadChild: Lula is a little girl that is part of the Clanless.Clanless.
* WhamShot: Chapter 4 has Amy and Adrian walk in to find her roommate Lily with fresh bite marks on her neck.
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* UndeadChild: Lula is a little girl part of the Clanless.

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* UndeadChild: Lula is a little girl that is part of the Clanless.
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* CouncilOfVampires: It is revealed in chapter 1 that New York is run by a council of vampires, divided into six clans, each specializing in a different business.

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* CouncilOfVampires: It is revealed in chapter 1 2 that New York is run by a council of vampires, divided into six clans, each specializing in a different business.
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: From all the Clan Leaders, Adrian is shown to be the most affable and benevolent, since he only feeds from donors (for example his VP Nicole), wants to live peacefully without harming anyone and places his trust on Amy immediately.

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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Jax's WeaponOfChoice
* VampireVannabe: Chapter 5 reveals that Nicole, Adrian's VP, is hoping to be in the waiing list for the Raines Clan.

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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Jax's WeaponOfChoice
WeaponOfChoice.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Adrian explains a series of rules regarding the vampires in this world.
** There's a total of 180 vampires divided between 6 clans.
** New vampires MUST be branded into a clan with an opening slot. Vampires sired without a clan are at risk of becoming feral.
** Sunlight still hurts vampires and in prolonged exposure of more than thirty minutes, they can get gravely injured and die.
** While they can't fly or turn into bats, vampires do have superior strenght than the average human.
** In the case of ferals, all of them are mindless monsters. For a clanless vampire, a possible delay is to drink the blood of a loved one.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Most of the clan leaders are implied to be older than a century. Adrian mentions that Priya Lacroix is the youngest of the Clan Leaders, being only ''150'' years as a vampire. Kamilah tells Amy that she was Cleopatra's cousin (meaning more than ''2,000 years'' old).
* VampireVannabe: Chapter 5 reveals that Nicole, Adrian's VP, is hoping to be in the waiing waiting list for the Raines Clan.

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* InterspeciesRomance: The main character is a human, while all four of her love interests are vampires.

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* HelloInsertNameHere: The default name for the heroine is Amy.
* InterspeciesRomance: The main character is a human, while all four of her love interests are vampires.vampires.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Jax's WeaponOfChoice
* VampireVannabe: Chapter 5 reveals that Nicole, Adrian's VP, is hoping to be in the waiing list for the Raines Clan.
* UndeadChild: Lula is a little girl part of the Clanless.
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* CouncilOfVampires: It is revealed in chapter 1 that New York is run by a council of vampires, divided into six clans, each specializing in a different business.
* InterspeciesRomance: The main character is a human, while all four of her love interests are vampires.
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''Bloodbound'' is a VisualNovel that's part of the ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay'' collection.

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