You are walking through the hall with Countess Helena Dragomir, your best friend/teacher. She’s teaching you how to be a better vampire, and what better way to learn than to go to a vampiric masquerade ball. You’ve already met Viktor, and he’s already asked you for a dance later on. While you’re with Helena, someone taps her on the shoulder. It’s one of her best friends, Lady Delilah. She’s with Lady Onyx. She looks at you in surprise, but then she smiles widely.