"Descriptions of Elie in the 1960s describe her exactly as she was said to have looked in the 1920s. Quite beautiful, with raven-black hair, and a fierce expression. Her eyes, it was said, could hold any victim in place, fascinated by her beauty and forceful will."

"For his part, Winters had a reputation as a sadist and a misogynist, but it's entirely possible he found his match in Elie. And if she had been relying on youth-preserving spells up to that point, she might have preferred relative immortality as a vampire."