Mauve gripped her dress tighter as the guards threw the doors open. She tried not to let the fright show on her face but there were more people than she had expected at the dining hall. Neither Mill nor Jael had thought to warn her about this.
She assumed Lord Garth would be the only unfamiliar vampire at the table but there were two other unfamiliar vampires. The vampires consisted of two males and a female.
The female vampire sat close to one of the male vampires while the other vampire sat about two seats away. The vampires sitting together looked like a couple.
They made her think of Lord Alaric and Lady Marceline. They weren't at the table and Mauve found that she was actually disappointed about this. She wondered if they had left already.
Mauve took a step forward, another one. The closer she got to the table, the more her footsteps slowed. Mauve did it know where she was expected to sit. Her usual seat was taken.
