Looking at it critically, I understand why Lucivar went for Marion - while I had guessed he'd go for a strong women, after being dominated for hundreds of years, it makes sense that he'd want someone where he is in the protective, dominate role.

Karla and Surreal don't really interact, but they are enough alike that they'd either love each other or hate each other. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm tempted to ship Surreal/Saetan.... hmmmm....

There was a book with several long short stories called dreams made flesh, and there is another that came out recently called "tangled webs" that I haven't read yet.