"After what?!" Alice sat straight up, not bothering to take in the whole your brother the jerk look and whipped the door open to run to Lacci's room. Her door wasn't even closed and Edward wasn't there, but neither was Vlad, she could tell that from the scent and besides Lacci was pawing through her wardrobe and looked all puzzled that Alice had even come back. "You and me, Lacci, later with the talking." Her return to Thomas wasn't quite as hasty pants but goddamnit.

"God, Thomas! I can't see stuff anymore, you have to tell me! Vlad is gone?" Alice sank back next to Thomas, looking a hell of a lot more concerned than relaxed. "Some bodyguard I make, what the hell is wrong with you- masky types you can't say goodbye? And where did he go, anyway?" Edward and his outstretched hands could wait, she needed to hear this out loud to know for sure.