Last Vampire.
He gave up the fight with his tie and let Za take over, adjusting it for him.
Za looked splendid in a long white dress with a high neckline, her hair perfectly coiled into a bun, white gloves on her hands, and minimal makeup on her face.
"It's done," Za said when she finished. She looked at him for a few moments without saying anything. "Your mother would be happy to see you looking so handsome in a nineteenth-century tuxedo," she commented, and Pelinieve glanced at her.
"I can't," he said in a low voice. "I didn't want to be here, I don't feel like it. This is so absurd." He chuckled briefly. "It's a stupid dance or party... for someone who isn't here."