Lex smiled as her servants closed the door to her sanctuary behind him. She knew that her plan would be far too beneficial to let pass by, or at least, for a certain kind of person it would be, for him, she was fairly confident it would entice, but she couldn't be sure of its power to draw him in.<br/><br/>She held out her hand, in which a cellphone was placed. She hadn't been long in the city, by her standards at least, and she barely knew of the other elders. Still, that wasn't an uncommon state of affairs, elders were...cautious to set foot outside their territory for fear of the all too common coup-de-etats of younger, but perhaps more popular leaders, formerly beneath them.<br/><br/>Most of the elders were male, and between two to three hundred years old, though that was usual. One she'd heard of in particular interested her, a young Vampire, to be declared an Elder, Kathryn. Female Vampires were naturally at a disadvantage, especially in terms of aging. Certainly the numbers had become more stable, but in times when being a woman meant being squeezed into a corset and eating dainty meals, it was no surprise that far fewer female Vampires still lived from those periods, than males. Vampirism was not a great equalizer, it could only work with what one naturally possessed. Certainly, with age the sexes became nearly meaningless to power, but a young, slight female would be far easier prey for fearful humans than a young man of the same time.<br/><br/>As the phone rang, she held out her free hand, into which one of her servant women placed her wrist. Lex wasn't hungry, and knew she wouldn't be for a while, but she amused herself with the telling changes in the woman's heartbeat.<br/><br/>"Kathryn, I presume?" she said, when she heard the phone moving to the woman's ear, "I am Lex, I regret not having found a moment to contact you sooner, but I thought it might be pleasant to meet, now that I've gotten settled into my new home..."