Investigating Ryder again

"I have no...companions." Alice said defiantly, puffing out her chest, "And besides, you're also just one person..."

Before she could finish her words, there was a sudden blur before her eyes as her body was pushed backwards by a strong force, her back hitting the hard, cold wall hard and her eyes blurred for a moment. What snapped her out of it as quickly as possible was the unmistakable hand stuck to her neck.

The hand was as white and slender as its owner, and anyone who saw it would have praised it as beautiful, but at the moment it looked to Alice like a demonic claw from hell, hideous and terrifying.

"I can break your fragile neck at any time."

Lestat looked down at Alice slightly, his dark brown eyes calm, the words he spat out as cold as his expression was at the moment.

Meeting his cold eyes and feeling his own powerful aura, Alice felt a deep-seated fear. It was the panic that comes when one's life is threatened.