Demvarien watched the vampiress' drama unfold, and then the two temptresses form an alliance. He was still, at his heart, a human man. He would have to be careful of those two. But then, he would have to be careful of all of them. Alliances between evil beings rarely outlasted their necessity, and there was a reason for it.<br/><br/>"I will also go to the library, I think," he announced to no one in particular, taking a few long,driven strides and exiting the room. When he had destroyed the Lich's phylactery with Anarazel, he had absorbed the undead spellcaster's essence, including his raw magical might. But, though Demvarien had spent a lot of time developing it, he still could not wield the power very effectively. If he could learn to draw more deeply on that vast power, to manipulate it more easily, and mastered it, there would be few beings in the entire world that could hope to face him.<br/><br/>So he entered the library, heading for a shelf of books on spells and magical theory, and picked up the first of the latter to draw his eye.