I spent a couple of days on my own after my shopping trip with Dorian. Xander knocked to see me in the time, but I told him simply that I just needed a bit of space to get my head around stuff. Xander had been accepting of what I'd asked and had left me alone; however, he'd made sure that I'd got food. He must have also told Dorian to leave me alone, as he never came either. A knock on the door halfway through the third day of my alone time made me look up from the fire to the door. I was torn in two as to what to do, but my social side got the better of me. "Hello?" I asked. I hadn't wanted to get up from my seat, so I stayed put. Xander came in and shut the door behind himself. "I won't keep you long, but Lucian is on his way to see you. I know you said you wanted to see him so that h

