"You had to know there would be a reckoning. I've had time to talk to the others. The people you hurt. Now it's time for us to talk. But, before we get into that, know that you have my word as a vampire that I intend no harm to your child. She is innocent and I will make sure to do everything in my power to see she comes to no harm."

He feels an almost inexplicable sense of responsibility to that child having helped bring her into the world alive.

"What happens now, Tarantulas? What will you do next?"