A few minutes later, in the huge garden of Scarlet's mansion.
Lucien suddenly feels something enter his shadow; he looks down and says, "Luna?"
His shadow moves as if it has a will of its own, confirming that Luna has just entered. He turns his face and, seeing Scarlet's smile, understands that she let her in.
Luna, meanwhile, sighs as she returns to Lucien's shadow. It was as if she had returned to her mother's house after moving out on her own, and her mother welcomed her with her favorite meal.
"Lord Lucien," Walter calls him.
"Hmm?" Lucien raises an eyebrow in surprise and asks, "Why are you calling me Lord?"
"Because you're Lady Scarlet's partner; it's the proper way to address you," Walter replied, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Lucien felt a sense of déjà vu. He remembered when he had just become a vampire and Mayla had given him an almost identical answer. 'I wonder if it happened to Vanessa,' he thought, and turned his attention back to Walter.
