"Yes," she admitted.

And, as Selene continually berated and reminded her, so very incredibly beneath her.

Only he wasn't.

Stefan would forever receive all the credit for reminding Diana that she was still alive. That her life could go on, even without Joseph. That she had passion and she had excitement and that she could have other people. But Clarence was a human. And, for the first time in a hundred years, he was her human. And it wasn't for his clothes or his status or his titles.

He made her smile.