Masquerade Ball.

"Count, Madam Erlina's carriage has arrived..." a servant said, bowing his head at Rasmus.

Rasmus nodded as he looked at himself in the mirror in the new outfit that Erlina had picked for him. It was a black tailcoat with gold rose embroidery, and he wore a crimson red one-shoulder cape over his left shoulder with the same golf embroidery. He looked down at his black slim-fit trousers and shiny black loafers.

"Count, this is the mask..." A maid came in and offered the mask inside a box.

Rasmus glanced at the full mask made of silver and porcelain with red lips. He carefully grabbed the mask and put it on which fit perfectly on his face shape since it was custom-made. The maid began to tie it to his head neatly as he looked in the mirror and all he could see was his grayish blue eyes underneath the mask.

"Thank you," Rasmus looked at the maid, his voice muffled because of the mask.