Devin regarded Valdis silently for a while, idly fiddling with the mug in front of him.

"I said vampires were bound to hell. I did not say that I was," he replied, carefully neutral. A frown pinched his forehead together at her actual question. "When we first met, you noted that I was not 'alone', like most people are. You were correct in that observation. My life is not entirely my own."