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Dominique's ears were sharp - such things were expected in an undiluted line. He caught Sophie's words as the door swung open. They did not please him, but he chose to let it slide. For now. She would be won over, eventually... or she would be disciplined into submission. There could be no disloyalty here - not if his revolution was to be a success.

He swept the room with gray eyes empty of emotion, unreadable, like a blank slate. He had learned early on to turn his face into a mask, conceal his heart and soul from all the eyes around him. All except his family. Family, he could trust - so his parents had said. Dominique was of the belief that there were also those outside a family who could be trusted. Those he called friends.

Right now, there were not very many people in the world he could call 'friends.'

As such, Dominique catologued every face he found there. Every noble who watched them enter. He recognized most of their faces, from parties or histories he had read to familiarize himself with the various noble families who might prove a threat to himself, and to Rachelle. They, too, wore emotionless masks, but Dominique knew what they would be feeling. Apprehension over what this new leadership would bring, fear of his power, even anger at the assumption that he could lord over them. All was as he had expected. He was prepared for this, his heart hardened by his parents' deaths.

"My Lord," Haku whispered, bowing as he approached. He moved immediately into place behind Rachelle's left shoulder. She was his first concern, as ordered by Dominique.

Dominique nodded, but otherwise ignored the 'dog', as Sophie had put it. He glanced around the room once more before tipping his chin up and announcing himself.

"I am Dominique Tepes," he told the vampires clustered around him, all dressed elegantly in the white Night Class uniform. Same as him. "Your new Dorm Head."