Bitten by an ink-drinking vampire who is allergic to blood, Odilon, the son of a bookstore owner, has become an ink drinker himself. He has no one to share his secret with until a new girl, Camilla, arrives at school, and he contemplates making her an ink drinker too.

Translation of: Une paille pour deux. Originally published: New York : Delacorte Press, 1999. Sequel to: The ink drinker.