Allegra pulled away from Vladislav reluctantly. She was well aware she could not spend time dawdling in his arms in such a public setting. Still, her wide brown eyes remained on his profile in awe. She vaguely became aware of all the attention their audience was paying to them when a polite round of applause followed. She felt all the eyes trained on the precious collection of gemstones around her neck and she could not blame them, but she was extremely relieved when the orchestra began to play once more. Slowly, the sheer number of eyes on her person began to lighten up as the guests all returned to the conversations they had been drawn out of. She could not help but run a single digit down the necklace’s elegant form.
“You really didn’t have to do this,” she murmured to her vampire, who
