[Echo] Monday morning, Rosario and Sean shocked me by announcing that they were together. I didn’t know what to say. Dillon told me that there was no way to make a gay man straight. I asked after the way she acted last Monday.` I couldn’t even tell anyone else what was going on or why their relationship was actually strange. I tried to talk to her mentally, but she just shook her head. It was really frustrating. Things at home weren’t a lot better. Everyone seemed to get more tense as the announcement ball grew close. Marius’ lessons had all been on decorum for gatherings. I knew he wanted me to make a good impression on the other vampires, I represented him as much as I represented Victor. Talia had started training with us in the morning. She was working with me on vampire fighting

