Along for the ride...

One of the things I sometimes like about writing is the surprises brought to me by the characters. Lèonidés is being told by Lèon in first person, so sometimes he references actions he's taken long after they happen as a way to illuminate his next step. Like he's telling the story in a parlor or around a campfire. So I'm three chapters into the WW2 section of the book when he lets me know he's transporting munitions from Gabrielle's factory in Sweden to a group of Polish Jews who are preparing for the invasion.

Which hasn't happened, yet, nor has the Warsaw ghetto been established, but these few resisters can see what's going on in Germany, see how many German Jews barely recognized their danger, have seen how the US and UK aren't receptive to Jewish refugees, and even know Dublin's not keen on the idea. Hell, at this time, Ireland didn't even want the Irish who'd left in the diaspora back unless they could add to the economy instead of take from it. But some Jewish academics were welcome to the universities, like Erwin Schrödinger, who was personally invited by Eamonn de Valera to set up the Institute for Advanced Studies, in Dublin.

That Lèon's buddy, Geoffrey, can see the location of the resister camp is close to where there will be troops of Russian and possibly German soldiers marching past, which would make for happy hunting grounds for them, is never mentioned, of course. And since Leon has a DC-3 with Swiss registry and all of his crew have Swiss passports, it works out well for their meals. And their business.

It only makes sense that vampires who live for centuries would build up massive wealth to live on...or un-live, if you prefer. But something else that's coming out is Lèon's feeling of isolation, even with his crew. He's a Blood Angel, making him superior to them all, and he's refused access to Dmitriy, another of his kind and with whom he could be happy. Even though Dmitriy's a leech. So it seems this story is leading towards him gaining some kind of relationship or something. Not sure, yet. 

Won't be till this draft is done.