A guest [ he’s being polite, but Vanis can still hear the amused twist he puts on that word—-it was obviously not the one he was initially going to use.] to the highest-ranking house still holds quite the favor in these kinds of circles, blood member or not. You’ve given me no reason to think he doesn’t also have refined taste in houseguests, as he apparently does in material goods.

[Would a servant be of equal standing to a guest? Not if you asked most people, though the Rainsworths were more willing than most to cross those kinds of social lines.

A demon’s house… an ugly word, but could that really be so far removed from the way Chains are used by the four houses? The definitions would matter more than the terms by themselves.]