Back in Italy, when Elise called Alexei detached and callous from the world for saying that he didn't care about another person's life, she was right about that.
In a way, Alexei wasn't all that different from someone like Hilde and Baron who were concerned about themselves. So he really didn't know why he was putting in so much effort helping out someone who told him to forget that they even met each other.
"What's wrong with me?" Alexei asked as he left the penthouse to meet up with Elise.
When Hilde joked about sleeping with mortals, Alexei wondered if he was attracted in any way to Elise and that was the reason why he was interested?
He felt himself making a face at the ridiculous notion of it because it wasn't physical attraction at all. It was just that when he saw Elise in danger… Alexei moved on his own almost instinctively.
