Aleera kept him waiting outside the barn on purpose. Part of controlling the thirst is restraint. "I have enough yes men to serve me. It will be a nice change of pace," she answers his question about the name thing. "The first thing needed to control the thirst is restraint. Tell me, what you smell in the barn? Can you hear the animals heart beats as it bumps blood through them?" She could both things quite clearly. "The general rule is that  a living source is always better than a source of food that has been killed. For this reason it's not unusual for our kind to keep those who have committed crimes imprisoned." She pauses for a second, taking in all the scents of the night are. "We will start with animals before you can feed from the entrhalled here. A couple of them I freed from cruel masters. They still willengly here and will not be harmed." She licks her left long fang when she thinks about her thralls. Of course she can feed from most any being here. "Your sire must feel the thirst most when around  aroused people. The blood of a lover has such a unique taste to it.