Alice Returns
"You thought you were free of me, didn't you?"
Adrian froze at the voice, his body reacting before his mind kicked in. Beside him, Flora tensed up, her fingers curling into fists. The air charged with something sharp and electric.
Out from the shadows stepped Alice herself, that smirk still the same-old confident, knowing, dangerous.
Jace had been leaning indolently against the door frame, and at her voice, he straightened. "Well. This is a surprise."
Alice titled her head, her eyes never leaving Adrian's face. "Is it? You should have known I'd come back."
Adrian exhaled through his nose, hands tensing and releasing at his sides. "What do you want, Alice?"
She laughed. The sound was low and amused. "Straight to business. No 'how have you been?' No 'I thought you were d
