Celeste closed her eyes during the majority of the trip to wherever was that Mei was taking her. Mei was an excellent driver no doubt about it, however, the young girl would have preferred for her savior to show her car racing abilities without her in the front seat. The green-eyed girl would open one of her eyes a little every now and then, peeking both out of curiosity and to make sure she was still alive. 

Suddenly the long-haired girl began to listen to some music. Maybe Mei had noticed how terrified and nervous she was and wanted her to feel more at ease. Whatever the reason, the music was working since it was the first time Celeste could relax a bit since escaping from the ballroom. 

After hearing Mei's voice, Celeste opened both of her eyes and turned her head towards the driver seat. She listened with utmost attention to the Chinese's woman voice. [i]"Vampires! They are vampires!"[/i], she shouted inside her mind. [i]"A vampire war?! And she is the leader of one of the groups!"[/i] 

Returning her gaze to the road in front of her, Celeste could not help but be in an absolute state of shock. She had gone to the party in hopes of forgetting about her ex-boyfriend and move on with her life, meet some people and maybe have a nice time, but instead of that, she was sitting next to a vampire, and no just any vampire but next to some sort of vampire queen. 

[i]"So, she is taking me to her house..."[/i] Celeste had mixed emotions. 

She was extremely grateful to Mei for saving her life but at the same time, she was petrified at the thought that her savior would have her for a late-night dessert. 

She was scared her to death but at the same time, it had been a long time since she felt that alive. In fact, she had never felt more alive. 

[i]"Well...I guess I will return back to my normal life... tomorrow."[/i] There was a feeling of relief but nostalgia as well...yes her old life was very safe but also so boring and lonely...

The truth was that part of the reason that she had allowed her coworker to "convince" her to go to the party was that she was tired of returning to an empty apartment every night after work. She was tired of feeling so lonely.

The buzzing of Mei's cell phone interrupted Celeste's train of thought. It was Nero. Still looking at the road in front of her, she tried to understand "the queen and knight's" conversation from the few word Mei said in reply. 

[i]"So...he is alive..." [/i]An unvoluntary soft smile formed on the young girl's lips. [i]"We are close to her house...I wonder what her house would be like...I mean...she drives a Ferrari...so I would not be surprised if she were to live in a big castle..."[/i] 

A new name appeared. [i]"Anton... he must be another one of their group...and the rest?!!! How many are there!!!"[/i] Still a bit in a daze, Celeste tried to process all the things that happened up until that point.