"Michael is dead." Selene shrugged. "Do you have any idea how many friends and lovers you can lose in a thousand years? Eve will take my place on the Council. She has been my right hand for three centuries; she'll be fine.
"It helps pass the time, and gives me an insight into the world of humans. This world has no need for soldiers. It does need sheep dogs to protect the sheep from the wolves. I... Have a lot of experience hunting wolves.
She laughed softly. "A play I saw with the original cast. Somehow I managed to get soldier and lover out of order. Completely skipped the last two stages. Until I die, I shall never be 'sans everything'.
Selene nodded. Ah, the potentially problematic of the non-human element. You have a plan that involves what you called my... particular skill set?"