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Jez was ready to go out of the door and enter the hall. Her hair was done and so was her light make-up. Her dress seemed fine and her mask fit her face appropriately. She knew that she looked stunning enough for a few men to drop their glasses. Still, she felt a little nervous as if something unusual was going to happen tonight.

This weird feeling made her panic a bit. She was used to being center of attention. In fact she loved it when people dizzily stare her forgetting everything else for a second. She was beautiful and she enjoyed this realization on others' faces. When half of girls wished to be like her and other half got jealous of her. She was so used to it yet she enjoyed it every time.

But not tonight. Tonight she was a little hesitant and she didn't knew the reason herself. She took a deep breath, pulled all her fear away from at least her facial expressions and replaced it with a confident dazzling smile. Then she stepped out of the door and made her way to the bar.

Jez could hear the conversations dropping off in the middle as people gathered around her, almost unconsciously. She felt many stares behind her back as well as in her front too. She tried to notice as few people as possible in her way to bar. She got glimpses of a petit girl in blue frock, a man in grey suit whose companion had a scowl oh her face, a waiter looking as if about to drop his tray full of glasses.

She was satisfied with all this and this made her happy. But she felt some one glaring at her and she felt butterflies in her stomach. Well that is very very weird! Jez thought to herself as she looked around to see who can be glaring at her like that or if it was just some stupid feeling in her mind.

She caught sights of a few more people, a man standing with two ladies by his side and all three were busy watching Jez, a little girl in a white frock and fairy-type mask who surely was a lamia. Jez could tell it in one sight. Few more steps ahead she noticed, five men sitting at a table, each of them, dreamingly staring Jez. Then she met eyes of an old witch lady who was warmly smiling at her. Jez smiled sincerely and innocently back at her.

Then she passed a man wearing a white suit sitting alone at a table of four. Jez looked at him and suddenly all her idiotic hesitation seemed to die.

As soon as she turned to look towards him, she found herself directly looking into his intense emerald- green eyes. His black disheveled hair fell upon his forehead and made him look ever so gorgeous boy Jez has ever seen.

She knew she had looked at him for more than enough time but she was unable force herself to look away from him. She felt as if a huge part of her was missing and now as she looked in his eyes, she felt whole. Completed. Oh my! How cheesy do I sound. She came back into reality and broke her gaze away from him which took all her will. She can't believe it all happened in just a second or so. Ok now don't look anywhere else, just straight at the drinks. Get to the bar as soon as possible in the human speed.

She swiftly walked away trying to balance herself in heels and finally reached the bar after the five minutes' walk from her room. The five minutes' walk that seemed like hours to her.

"One tequila please!" She blurted out as soon as she reached the bar. The waiter immediately handed her a short glass and within a blink of eye, Jez gulped the toxic down her throat. She felt a little better and loose then.

She heard footsteps approaching her and turned back. A young kind looking man smiled at her and held out his hand. "Would you like to have a dance with me?" His voice was gentle yet flirty. Jez looked up at him, shooting daggers through her glare. He was surely a new guy in town or else he wouldn't have dared to ask Jez to dance. No problem. He is just about to realize his mistake. Jez got up and blew a punch at his right cheek. He was down on the floor at once.

Jez didn't mean to hit him that hard. But with all the confusion about what just happened with the lamia-emerald-eyes-boy, she took out all her frustration on this poor fellow. The room was silent once again and people were looking towards her. This time she was feeling a bit more conscious.

She looked down at the boy who was crawling away from her with shock on his face. "I think you got my answer. Now just go away!" She yelled at him and he ran away. She looked around her once again before turning back and asking for another shot. She again gulped down, this time more fiercely and the room was once again back to normal.

Groups of men and women started chatting and gossiping. Many conversations were now about Jez herself. She could hear them throughout the ball room but she didn't pay attention to anyone of it.

She found herself staring at the bar table. It was a rich dark green color, almost close to emerald. Her mind wandered until she realized she was thinking about him again. Those intense green lovely eyes held such an inexpressible emotion that she felt drawn to them. They seemed so human though Jez was sure that the boy wasn't a human at all.

She glanced at his direction involuntarily and saw him staring at her. A mocking smile was playing down to his lips which irritated Jez. Again, she willingly tried to break away their eye contact, but failed this time. They were once again caught in each other's eyes and Jez was falling into the deep emerald.

Jez blinked and the affect was over. She glanced at the dance fall, where the numbers of couples have been reduced since she had come into the party. She saw Raven dancing with a hot vampire. Ricky came hand in hand with the white frock lamia girl and both were dancing and clapping at the same time.

Jez adored Ricky a lot. She hoped that the girl won't do any harm to him. But then she thought, Who would dare to harm a person in relation with her family, the Redferns. The whole town respected them out of being extremely scared from each of the members. That's why no boy in the street dared to ask Jez out. And Jez liked that, She was given at least some privacy due to this or else every single boy of San Francisco would have asked Jez for a date.

But Jez was already happy with Hugh. She loved him since the day she had joined Circle Daybreak. Though it was a secret and no one knew about it except for Hugh and Uncle Bracken. She didn't dare to tell it to even Raven. Jez was really fond of her elder sister. She told her every little thing happening in her life but somehow she managed to keep this secret from her. She felt hugely guilty about it but she knew it was for the best.

Right now, as Jez looked at Raven, she noticed that Raven looked very happy and comfortable with the Vampire she was dancing with. Maybe something might happen between them tonight. She smiled to herself, happy that Raven was enjoying herself.

Jez spotted Uncle Bracken the next who was busy attending few Elders of Night World. She immediately glanced away. Of course she wasn't going anywhere near them. She was extra careful when it came to the Elders and the Council. She knew if they even got the hint about her secret, they would kill her instantly without any mercy and the others too who knew the truth about her.

This not only meant death of Bracken, but Hugh's too. And she can't even imagine yet alone think of Hugh dying, dying because of her. She shivered at the thought and closed her eyes for a moment.

She then heard a different set of footsteps reaching her. The person stood behind her and spoke in a clear crystal and confident yet soft voice, "Good evening Miss Redfern!"

She turned around and saw the gorgeous lamia with emerald green eyes talking to her. His posture was held confidently, his smile was breath-taking and his eyes held a somber and decent expression. Jez could tell that they weren't his usual expressions. Before she knew, words left her mouth out loud.

"Uhm.. Hi!" She felt blood rising in her cheeks and saw that he was trying very hard not to smirk. This made Jez gain back a little of her confidence as she spoke in a dazzling voice, trying not to sound it flirty.

"What's up?" Oh yeah! Her voice was just fine. A little not-so-interested but curious at the same time.

He kept staring at her for a moment before speaking. His gaze was so… well Jez couldn't put any words to how it was. He then replied her in a gentle and confident tone.

"Actually I would prefer skipping the small talks and come straight to the point." He gave a dramatic pause for a second or two. Jez glared him dumb-struck.

What's happening to me? She thought I was never like this. Inside she was becoming frustrated and wanted to walk away from him. But she couldn't move a muscle to do so. Her body won't respond. She sat and patiently waited for him to continue with expressionless face. He flashed a dazzling charming smile at her as he continued.

"I was wondering if you consider yourself lucky enough to dance with me?"

Now how is Jez gonna react to that? Wait a min, did he said Jez to be lucky enough to have a dance with him? Hah! No wonder Morgead can be in some nice trouble ;) Please tell me if you like it or not. Please please please review. Thanks a lot for reading.

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VampyWildCat