thus , some of the dracule embraced their newly immortal lives , complete with bloodlust and damaged souls that belonged to the devil for all eternity , and some of them existed more judiciously , realizing only after the fact that perhaps it had n't been such a good deal after all ... . and then there was woodmore 's employer , dimitri , the earl of corvindale , who fought the regrettable bargain with every breath he took , every single day .