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 Onyx. She looks at you in what you think is a look of judgment, but it’s not. That’s just how she looks all the time.