The Company
After having sent everyone off, Alec waved goodbye to them for a while. The Spectres had to drag away Dominique, who seemed unwilling to leave his boss, but he reluctantly went with them as Elysia was leaving as well.
Alec left Elysia in Rosabel's hands.
One, because Rosabel needed more female friends, as did Elysia, and two, because his instincts screamed at himself not to shoot himself in the foot by allowing potential rivals to get close.
…Didn't he give up already?
Alec had already resolutely made sure not to get overly involved in her life, so why was he still acting this way?
Now that he had some breathing space away from her, Alec shut down those softer emotions hard, shoving them behind the wall, and down.
Since when did they sneak out without him realizing?
Was it healthy? No, of course not. But, right now, he just couldn't face those budding emotions just yet.