Armand doesn't mind her seeing the intimacies of his space with Daniel. After all, there's no danger. Not from anyone unless they catch him unaware and luckily, Daniel is an excellent security system backup.

"I can still read the minds of all but two people in the entire world," he says. "One is here. One is not." And he's still unsure whether he ever wants Marius to be there. It's a complicated experience for him. "Reading minds, manipulating them, that's a simple trick, boring in fact. Every vampire I know wields it. You wield something different. What else can you do in here?"