"It is," he says proudly. He was high up and well placed in vampire society now. No matter what any of the clucking tongues in London said, he had earned his position fair and square. Cooper plans to keep his position for a good long while. He's the ambitious sort. "I wish I could just go back inside." Still, that's what daylight rings were invented for. Thank you, Nancy.

"Alas, today I got t'keep the bloodbags in line. Comes with the territory. Got to make sure they're kept good 'n happy." The rest of the vampires underestimated the humans they kept in the nest. Not him. He knew that there was a value to the humans, advantages that they held that could be used to their full potential.