Dragon

Seth was relieved to see a pair of school mates when the vehicle pulled over. He knew it probably looked bad as ir was. "We will be," he said tiredly, "can I get you to give us a lift to the ranch?" @Morrigan

Seth exclaimed a protest when Alice was dumped roughly to the floor, but it went unheeded. He quickly knelt to check on her, feeling for her pulse before gathering her in his arms. Bearing her weight hurt a little, his back and torso bruised through to the bone from being tossed around. He just set his jaw and followed the blood doll out without looking back. Soon Seth was all but being pushed out the door, left standing on the stoop and blinking rapidly as his eyes adjusted to light for the first time in days. Once he could see again he shifted Alice in his arms. Neither of their vehicles were in sight. He didn't have his phone anymore. He sure as hell wasn't about to turn around and knock on Liz's door to ask for one. With a sigh he did the only thing he could and started walking. @Morrigan

Seth gave a half nod to indicate he was listening, though he was anxious to just be away from there. He chewed on the tip of his tongue and shifted in place. @Morrigan

"Not particularly." @Morrigan

When they reached the main room the smell of blood hung in the air like too much perfume. Seth wrinkled his nose briefly as he looked around. It was then he realized how easily most of them had gotten off the night Liz had taken off with them. And gave him a new idea of what the vampire was capable of. "I get it," he said thickly, "just let us get out of here." @Morrigan

He nodded silently as he followed. Right then he just wanted them both to be away from here. @Morrigan

"Yes," he muttered, albeit resentfully. @Morrigan

Seth's pace faltered briefly as he realized what that meant - and started to really understand what the pack's fealty to the vampire entailed. He clenched his jaw as he looked at the back of her head, the will to fight bleeding out as he absorbed how futile it was. @Morrigan

"Nothing's obvious when you're involved." @Morrigan

He hesitated uncertainly, immediately suspicious - there had to be some kind of catch, "Why?" @Morrigan

"What is that supposed to be?" @Morrigan

Seth tensed under the touch but stayed silent. His gaze moved to Alice as the bleeding was stopped, feeling sick with guilt that he couldn't stop it. @Morrigan

He exhaled and turned his eyes to the ground, furious but unable to do anything.

Seth's jaw tightened as he met Liz's eyes. As she leaned in he wanted nothing more than to clench a fist and hit her right in the mouth, but the threat kept him in check - at least for now. @Morrigan

"What is that supposed to mean? We didn't do anything wrong," he countered. By this point he was invested in the claim so he stuck to it. @Morrigan