When we arrived at the ball, Victor helped me from the car. I had straightened myself out and everything looked okay. Victor wrapped my arm around his and led me to the door. A large man in a suit opened the door for us.
I thought the place was a restaurant, but it looked like there was a central area for dancing. Several tables were set in it, along with one long table at the head of everything. I tried to make sure not to look around frantically trying to see everything.
Tonight, I had to act as cool and commanding as a real vampire. I had to be the mistress of this territory. Victor was counting on me, so was Marius.
Putting on the cool demeanor I had been practicing, I scanned over the room. Pretty much every vampire was trying to get a look at us without staring. I gripped Victo
