Somehow I was a couple of updates behind before but have finally caught up. I haven't bothered reading through the thread at all, so I'm guessing this has already been addressed ad nauseum.
To express my latest thoughts, though, I'm looking forward to . . . seeing that the MC has the vampire he's accused completely wrong. And what's worse, now Malia is roped into it too. I completely feel Marcius is an absolute prick who rules through fear and intimidation, but I really don't think the MC is right about that. I'm now a bit concerned about a couple of things: one, there will be repercussions for accusing the wrong vampire, and especially an archon; and two, Virgil may actually be plotting something (though I'm not sure what), and with all of the attention directed elsewhere, it would be fairly easy to take advantage of the situation. I'm not saying that is what's happening; I don't think I've noticed enough evidence to give me full confidence in the idea. And, of course, the even bigger problem is that the ancient vampire still hasn't been handled. The plot is getting pretty involved now, and I'm here for it.