Episode: 9Episodes: 40
Adela confronts Ella in the banquet hall, baring her fangs and threatening to taste her blood. Ella quietly reaches for a hidden weapon behind her back. Before a fight starts, Lott steps between them. He tells Adela not to embarrass the Winster family and points out her companion. Adela leaves in anger. Lott then talks to Ella, brushes off Adela, and invites Ella to step onto the terrace for fresh air.
Adela approaches Ella aggressively in the banquet hall. She bares her sharp fangs and red vampire eyes, threatening to test Ella's blood. Ella remains calm and secretly reaches behind her back toward a hidden weapon to defend herself.
Lott walks between Ella and Adela to stop the confrontation. He cautions Adela about disgracing the Winster name by attacking Victor's servant. He points across the room to her waiting partner, and Adela turns and storms away.
Lott checks on Ella and insults Adela's behavior. Ella thanks him cautiously and asks why he intervened. When she tries to walk away, Lott stops her and invites her out onto the terrace to escape the heavy banquet atmosphere.
“How dare a pathetic human speak to me like that. Let's see what makes your blood so special.”
“Adela, Victor's barely been five minutes gone and you're already reaching for his blood servant's throat?”
“I'm fine, thanks. Why are you helping me?”
“Would you like to get some air on the terrace? A human in a place like this... the atmosphere must be oppressive.”
Lott stops Ella from leaving the ballroom and asks her to join him outside on the terrace. He claims the crowded vampire hall must feel suffocating to a mortal. Ella pauses to consider his unexpected kindness. Will she follow this unfamiliar nobleman out onto the balcony, and what are Lott's real intentions toward Victor's new blood servant?