At the sound of a polite knock at her bedroom door, Juvia quickly went to answer it. Gray stood on the other side.

"You wanted to talk to me?" He said.

"Yes." She said. "I picked out a dress and I wanted to make sure you approved of it."

"My approval shouldn't matter when it comes to what you wear. I specifically told you all that you could wear anything you found in the attic."

"I know but I wanted to make sure that I hadn't of picked something that was too sentimental."

She carefully picked up the dress that was displayed on her bed and held it up for him to see. Gray recognized the gown all too well. It was Juliette's. She had worn that dress on the night that she and Gray shared their first dance. In fact it was because of that event that Juliette always said that gown was her favorite. He had almost forgotten all about it.

"You picked this out? All on your own?"

"Yes."

"No one suggested it to you?"

"No. What do you think?" Juvia asked.

"I...I think that it would look wonderful on you."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Alright in that case I'll be wearing this to the party."

"Is there anything else you need?"

"No. That's all."

"Then I shall go now. Goodnight Juvia."

"Goodnight Gray."

He left her bedroom and went into Erza's office where he looked over notes that had been addressed to him. The notes spoke of the progress of his newly revived business and of it's success. Among the notes was a request from Ultear to meet with her. He considered not going but feared that if he did she would take drastic measures to get his attention so he complied.

He met with her in her office alone at 3:33 am, the witching hour. How appropriate, and he found her lounging on the table with a glass of wine and smoking a cigarette.

"You called me?" He asked while feeling slightly disgusted by her disrespectful and poor posture.

"You know Gray I was checking my profits the other day and I realized that for the past month they had gone down rapidly."

"Is that so? I do wonder why that would that be?" He smirked on that last part.

"Funny you should ask that because the reason for my loss of profits is that the man who secured my routes quit to work with your family business."

"My what a coincidence." He smirk grew. "I guess he realized that I was the better offer."

"Yeah right. We both know what sort of underhanded trick you used on him."

"Don't throw stones Ultear. Remember you're standing in a glass house." He said. "If you've asked me here to berate me for being a competitor for your business then I'll just go now because I have better things to do with my time."

"No actually I called you here to make an offer."

"An offer?"

"Gray I admit that I was pretty pissed when you rejected me all those years ago but I'm willing to start over."

"What are you talking about?"

"Think about it, my business and yours are the best in all of Magnolia. Imagine if they partnered up, your family would be richer than they've ever been. They'd never want for anything again."

"And uh what's in it for you? Because we both know you never had any real fondness for my family. Even though they did give you food, a home, and a means of supporting yourself."

"All I want is for you to give me what you've denied me for so long. Your body, your lust, and your love."

"So basically I have to be your sex slave?"

"No just my devoted lover. I have everything I could ever want Gray except for one thing and that's your love. You can't even fathom what I feel for you. It burns me, mames me, twists me inside out, and it makes me what you see now."

"Lady what you're describing is not love. It's insanity. Do you honestly think that after everything you've done to me, to my family, and to my love that I would even consider being what you call a lover? You must be either drunk or out of your mind because that will never happen."

"Fine but let me warn you if I can't have you then I'll destroy you and your family. I'll take away everything you love, starting with that little creature that you've been eyeing so fondly. The one who looks like your precious Juliette."

That made Gray flinch and go stiff with both fear and rage.

"Do you really think she'll ever love you? Once she learns what you are she will fear you. She'll see you as a monster and flee from you. Not to mention your thirst for blood. You and I both know you crave it and if you can keep hanging around her sooner or later you will drain her dry."

"I have found a way to control that Godforsaken desire you've forced into system. She will never be a victim of my bloodlust. No one in that house will."

"I doubt that. But even if you have found a way to protect them from you, you'll never be able to keep them safe from me. At least not forever. If you deny me then eventually I'll kill them all one by one and I'll save the worst of it for that insipid Governess."

Gray could feel his rage getting higher.

"I'll break her in the most vile ways." She said. "Ways that you've only seen in your nightmares and heard in stories about Hell! And I'll make it so that her anguished screams echo in your mind every waking moment of your entire existence."

"You heartless demon." He seethed. "How could anyone as kind and good as Ur possibly spawned someone as evil and unfeeling as you?"

"You think I can't feel?"

"Maybe you can feel for yourself but you have no feelings for others. I bet you don't even carry any feelings of regret for what you did to your mother."

"What I did to her?!" She said feeling insulted.

"She died of a broken heart because of what you did. You basically killed her. But you don't seem to harbor any guilt or remorse for that."

"Shut up! You don't know anything about how I felt about my mother!" She snapped.

"You're right I don't know. But I do know that as long as I exist in this world I will do everything I can to protect my family. Even if it costs me my soul."

"Do you really think that you can keep them safe from me? After all you couldn't protect your last family from me."

She was just twisting the knife in him however way she could. But he wouldn't give her the satisfaction of knowing that she was getting to him.

"You can't beat me Gray." She mocked. "You know what I'm capable of. So why don't you do yourself a favor and just bend to my whim?"

He felt the urge to tackle the she devil and tear her throat out with his fangs. Killing her in the most gruesome and evil manner he could think of. But no. No he wasn't like her. He wouldn't kill unless he had to and he wouldn't take pleasure in it either.

"True Ultear." He said. "I know very well what you're capable of but you have absolutely no idea what I'm capable of. Before your curse I was just a man but now I'm a monster and I can do so many horrible, terrible, and vicious things. Cross me if you want but now that you've made me like this I can hurt you in ways you couldn't even imagine."

"You can't kill me." 

"Oh no? I'm sure I could find a way and if I can't then I'll just spend all of eternity torturing you because you made me immortal and you gave me the ability to destroy without hesitation which was a big mistake."

Ultear didn't show it but she was intimidated by his words. Yes she had made him suffer by turning him into a vampire but in doing so she had unintentionally given him an upper hand over her. In other words now he had the power to destroy her at the same level she could destroy him. He was especially more threatening because he had something to protect. Ultear was dangerous because she had no heart but Gray was dangerous because he had one.

"I hope we understand each other." He said before waltzing out of her office and returning home.