Eric narrows his eyes again at the mention of Ellie. If he's so much like his father, why did Humpty save him while Ellie was killed? He spent the last three years confronting that trauma, but somehow standing here with Humpty so close makes everything threaten to crash around him again.

"You almost destroyed the world," he replies, his voice low. "You threw everything into chaos. The world is going to change and force the vampires back into hiding, but you needed to make sure there was blood on the streets before that could happen."