The vampires kept advancing, the circle narrowed. Viciously burning eyes and grinning faces are already very close, another second and ... the light went out. Margarita closed her eyes for a moment, opening her eyes, realizing that nothing had changed.

All the same castle hall, music, dancing couples, smiles, laughter. She breathed a sigh of relief, everything turned out to be just a vision ... the fruit of an inflamed fantasy. The haze disappeared, but for some reason the fear did not let go. I looked around. Outwardly, nothing seemed to have changed, but still something was wrong ... Just what?

The holiday continued. Music was noisy, fun was in...