A presence had followed them into the room. Mikoto took her eyes off Corrina, seeing four large wolves dressed in silver grey armor with long sliver hair shone with a bluish highlight come in and suddenly stop. They watched the exchange between Corrina and Ronan. Then their expression on their faces showed their surprise as they gasped and quickly knelt to the floor.

Elaina held her for a moment, hearing the wolves enter the room. it didn't take much for her to know the results. "Do not take a knee…" Elaina ordered without looking around. "bbut… Mistress…" The lead Wolf spoke, her knee nearly touching the floor. She slowly lifted her head, tears were streaming down her cheeks. "But… She's…" Her fist shook, pressing against her chest. "I've not confirmed it…" Elaina said, feeling their remorse, sighing softly.

She caressed Senessa's face. "It's been centuries…" Another said, her lower jaw trembling as her eyes filled with tears, "we couldn't forget that smell." The third one swallowed hard, blinking away the tears from her gray eyes. She rose with her back straight, her fingers trembling.

"Even I know the smell." Elaina kept to herself. "Senessa…" She said softly like a mother.

Senessa… Her name is Senessa. The words flowed from the wolves' mouths like a soft breeze. Lady Senessa… Like ghosts from the past they whispered, their tails drifting over the floor. "our mistress name is…"

"Is standing right in front you." Elaina said, "and you'll be expected to act accordingly until I and only I release you." With a cold reply without emotions Elaina spoke as casually as if she were at a dinner party.

She leaned her head a little closer to Senessa, lifted her chin up and her mouth slowly dropped open and they rub noses. A quick slip of Elaina's thumb nail across Senessa's tiny palm. A painless small red line appeared. She guided her little hand to her mouth and licked it, breathed it in deep like a fine wine. A deep satisfied almost relief as she breathed. Elaina slowly nodded, as she shut her eyes and her cheeks bloomed a soft red as if she were a mother finding a lost child. She gently put her hand behind Senessa's head and nuzzled her with care, her lips moving with silent words. Elaina wasn't the one to confirm.

Corrina nodded. "I'd like to introduce… Senessa. Lady Senessa of the house of Dolgorukova. All recognize lady Senessa Wilhelmina Lucretia Dolgorukova of the house of Dolgorukova." She said as officially as she could behind the tears flowing freely down her face.

"I knew it…" A Wolf quickly spoke, turned and rushed down the Hall. The lead Wolf bowed her head, her knee fell to the floor. "Lady Senessa.…we…"

"You must fulfill your duty to me. First and foremost,…" Elaina turned around, businesslike expression on her face as she held lady Senessa in her arm who had her head buried underneath her cheek looking at them with bright emerald eyes and smile. "It's obvious… This is not over… Is it Ronan?"

"No…" He said.

"Stand up… Ready yourself." Elaina thinned her eyes and glared at her wolves. "You are mine until I decide, that was the promise. If you look beyond me, you may find death." The three wolves brought their hands to their chest, bowed their heads, "forgive…"

"There is no forgiveness when there's nothing to forgive." Corrina spoke, motioned her chin to the door. A quick nod and they were gone.

"Ronan…" Elaina said, softly stroking Senessa's long dark hair, "you owe me for this." She said with a malicious smirk, "200 Abyssinian blues will be leaving me. Whatever, whatever," she slowly smiled, "will you do?" She arched her brow, rubbing her cheek over Senessa's head.

He smiled, "I'll think of something." He said, putting his hands on his hips, "taking the rest your clothes off would be nice." She said, eyeing the half naked lean body of the high schooler standing in front of her.

Ronan looked down at his pants, twisted his lips in thought and slowly shook his head, "anywhere else but here… I'll let you take them off. But… He shrugged his shoulders, "Eh!" He stopped in midsentence when he looked at Elaina's face. A thought. Her eyes glistened, her lips turned up, he'd seen that look before. And it was a dreadful look.

"No!" He raised his voice, "not in my lifetime or yours."

"Why not!" She quickly answered like a spoiled sister.

"I won't because… I go to the Vampire Academy by the Bund… I chose, I applied, and I got accepted without anyone's help. Granted… Megumi built me a house nearby. But I didn't ask. And I really wanted the coed dorms.

"Rivals?"! Elaina put her free hand on her cheek and feigned surprise...

"lots of them." He quickly spoke, "I'm seventeen…so what do ya expect."

She growled, "you still should've… But now that I have this on you! I may force the hand… Talk to your mother, steal you away in the middle of the night."

"What are you?" He quickly spoke, shaking his head, "a stalker!"

"yes…" Elaina's eyes went wide and her smile even bigger showing her fangs, "yes I am…" She nodded her head, "I will find you, wherever you are. You can run but I will drag you too…"

"I'm not going…" He quickly spoke, "with you there… I'll never get any studying done."

"An education is the first priority at Noble University." She said as she put her free hand on her hip looking at him with a serious look.

Mikoto's ears and eyes pricked up, "Noble! Did she say Noble University!?"