A write-in vote--Willie!
Seriously. . .
This has become a more difficult question for me as I grow older.
Should it be Josette, the long-lost love Barnabas tried so hard to re-create?
The loyal, loving, generous Julia, who stood beside him, a staunch friend to the end?
Angelique, his one legal witch-wife, the woman from his own century, who blackmailed him into marrying her, yet seemed to have a strong tie to him in spite of it all?
Actually, I think if Barnabas had had some serious therapy, the right mate for him would have been Vicki Winters, a modern girl with old-fashioned values and a love of the past. I believe they were well-suited to each other, and once he got over trying to replace Josette and accepted Vicki as a separate soul who loved him, they could have been very happy.
But I still think Willie might have been best of all!
Love, Robin