While rereading Turn Coat, I became very interested in the scene where Lara devours Madeline on Demonreach.

I’d always wondered how Lord Raith got to be so powerful that he could kill with a single kiss. His immunity to magic seems to be provided by his “sponsor”, however it seems like he was a very formidable vampire in his hey day even without the additional protections.

What if the way he got to be so powerful is by devouring the hunger demons of other White Court vampires? We know he feeds on all his female children that are also vampires.

 It’s probably not well known in the White Court otherwise everyone would be doing it, but it definitely seems like Lara has gotten more formidable/ powerful since the events of Turn Coat although we haven’t seen her in action yet.

I recall that somewhere in Death Masks, Harry is told by Father Forthill or one of the KotC that the last time Nicodemus & Tessa worked together resulted in the Black Death in the 13th century.

Later, in Cold Days, when Harry is at Mother Summer & Winter’s cabin, he sees a whole lot of diseases kept in jars on MS’ side of the cabin. One of the jars is labeled Black Death.

Do you think there’s a connection?