When the rest of the pure blooded vampires returned from hunting in the woods, Vern and Sophie announced to everyone that they had discovered their mate bond and wanted to become a couple. Andre Merieux was clearly dissatisfied with this turn of events, because he wanted Sophie to be married to Wayne or Shiro, and was counting on her the most. Andre was well aware that his younger daugther, Eleonore, was still too much like a child and doubted that she would be able to win the heart of any of the counts. Esther Rodriguez was also not very pleasantly surprised, because Vern, being the youngest of the bachelors, still had time to choose a bride for marriage. Deep down inside, however, Esther enjoyed the fact that her daughters' strongest rival had fallen out, for now Rosario and Maria were m
