Valentina
When William said that Henry wouldn't call himself the king of the pacifists, I thought he was just a humble leader, but would still exude some sort of aura or something that marked him as a powerful vampire. I was more than surprised at how...normal he was. I never would have guessed he was a vampire at all, let alone the leader of the peace faction. He just seemed like a 30-year-old man living a moderately comfortable life. He was well-spoken, but modern in a way William was still struggling to master. I suppose being awake during the changing times had its advantages.
"So you work in real estate?" I asked as the servers took away the entrées and brought out dessert. William and I ate casually most of the time, so this was new for me. But clearly standard practice for a duke
