For a moment, Alia only stared at him with her small mouth agape. She tightened her hold on the jacket as she closed her mouth and bit her bottom lip. This man had only been kind to her, but he was with that...
Alia bit harder on her bottom lip as she averted her gaze from his face to the woman laying unconscious on the ground. 'That evil witch.'
Xander followed her gaze to Zelda and without much thought could guess what she was thinking. "I am not with that woman," he started. "I actually came here to save you from her."
Alia's eyes returned to him as he continued, "I don't know if you know this, but shamans and vampires actually hate each other. Though we try to co-exist, one is always trying to kill the other."
