Business Booster Scent

"Oh heavens!"

Agnes skimmed around the enormously stretched hall which was dipped into the shower of golden lights and none other than the swarm of vampires.

"This is insane!"

She gasped in shock as the gorgeous slender beauties and uncountable hunks appeared to her sinful hazel eyes in a slow motion pace as she moved her gaze from walls towards the people.

"Hey, hey Margaret are you seeing this?"

Agnes tried to elbow her friend but nothing touched her arm except the air which shivered sensing the mysterious aura from her. 

"Huh?"

She turned her head only to see herself standing alone in the entrance like a fool as she skimmed through the hall with an anxious expression.

The lady knew they both came together but soon would split up to enjoy the royal ball, although she did not know that Margaret would abandon her this earlier. 

"Where in the world did she go?"

She whispered to herself in soft tone slightly clutching the hem of the gown while her searching gaze looked for her friend.

Agnes expected her to be found around the corner of delicacies but to her surprise she was in the embrace of a man while they both danced together.

"...."

The woman could not comprehend how Margaret was able to snag attention each time wherever they go, she appeared to be a man attracting magnet who could have people wrapped around her pinkie. 

Agnes was still trying to pass some remarks on the sight she just witnessed when she turned her head only to find a hunk standing close to her zoned out silhouette.

Within the spur of moment her face nearly touched the man's and her lips barely managed not to collide with his hungry cherry. Somehow they both survived the closeness, one without getting bitten and the other managing his hunger. 

She immediately gasped and stepped back out of fright with her hazel orbs staring intently within the red eyes of the man, who appeared to be a vampire with the bleached skin and the particular traits. 

"Hello dear."

The man bowed slightly with his hungry eyes never leaving the sight of her face as he greeted Agnes softly indicating that he did not mean any harm.

"H- hello."

The lady grabbed the hem and bowed as a gesture of respect to him after all he was much more respectable than 'humans' who did not have much say in the things.

"Can I have the honour of asking the most gorgeous woman in the ball for a dance?"

The man flung his arm out when his gloved hand rested in front of her to grasp, Agnes looked down carefully knowing that you do not touch the vampires with bare hands.

'Er, should I agree or not?'

Her brain was running fastly not comprehending any possible conclusion hurriedly. She was well aware that having emotional strings attached to a vampire was no different than wishing for water in a desert. 

Well, there were slim chances that you could find your mate without getting killed, because vampires had poisonous skin_ you touch one who's not your mate and you die! 

That's why all the vampires had been practicing the cautious  measures by wearing gloves.

'I should not refuse him only to sound rude.'

She slightly shook her head and lifted her gaze to witness a man no less than a godly figure and face.

"It will be my honour."

She reluctantly agreed and bowed with the same gesture as before and placed her hand over his.

The lady was aware that no harm could befall upon her since vampires could not harass humans because of the poisonous substance within their skins. Well, only mates and blood pets were exceptions as they could touch them.

A lopsided grin appeared on his lips as soon as Agnes grabbed his hand the man pulled her closer by waist and within a jerk she was glued to his body. 

'What is he doing?'

She nervously questioned to herself and looked around haphazardly to divert her attention because the situation had been getting awkward. 

'Calm down Agnes, calm down.'

She consistently reminded herself because a lowly woman like her could not revolt or rebel acknowledging that the resplendent hall was occupied with vampires. 

Counts, merchants, crowned princes and princesses, royal lineage and the noble bloods_who had the authority all over the sequence. 

'She does not smell like other humans at all.'

The man made a slight movement which could be considered as a dance but more like an attempt to get intimate, since his nose was nearly on the side of her neck slightly touching her red hair locks.

'No wonder no one was able to sense her aromatic scent combined with the bitterness of something unknown, because no other royal blood is here to witness this strange moment.'

His eyes did not leave her face while Agnes had her one hand placed on his shoulder although she tried endless not to do anything which could be considered as rude or insolence. 

'Strange that lord Cyrus never mentioned any person who could be used as a business booster. But why?'

His thoughts ran wild with the analysis of her face, plump cherry lips, sharp features and red hair were a worth simping combination with hazel eyes which could bring any man on his knees.

Maybe Lord Cyrus Saikaro was an exception!