Alex POV
We all teleported back to the castle feeling very deflated. Everything went so horribly wrong, so quickly. We really thought we had the upper hand. Bella is pissed, and her emotions are all over the place. I hate what this is doing to her. She needs a break, but now that we know Alice isn't dead, we still need to be careful. “I know things didn’t go the way we expected. But that doesn’t mean that Alice has won. She just prolonged the inevitable.
Marchand, can you please assemble a team to go back. We need to check if we can salvage anything. I will erase the human girl's memory of what happened and heal her. Rehan, please make sure that she makes it to town safely. And give her some money. I will replace her memories with one where she decided to come here on a spur-of-the-mome
