Elizabeth had expected some sort of yelling, but she hadn't expected the slap. She jumped terribly when the hit actually happened, and though it had happened in an instant she was too shocked to move afterwards. She stayed still in her shock, not even moving a hand to her cheek where she had been slapped. She would've cried, if she wouldn't have been as shocked as she was, so she hadn't made a single sound, tears not even being able to come to her eyes in the first place.<br/><br/>“You fool, now you’ve let the quarry get away. Everyone after me,” Even then she was still frozen in place, and only after this man had moved away from her, had she moved as well. But even though she put a hand to her cheek with a cringe, knowing she'd get a bruise for sure, she was looking after the way Aleksey had ran. She didn't care about the hit as much as she cared about Aleksey, she realized then.<br/><br/>William had quickly crept through the crowd to get to where Jocelyn and Elizabeth were. "Are you alright?" He had questioned, again seeming to care though it was most an act. He was only worried about the reputation that must've been ruined now because of Aleksey. "You should've known, we tried getting you away from that -mut-."<br/><br/>Elizabeth didn't even care though. She had zoned out both Jocelyn and William. Yet the two kept talking but she wasn't listening, she hadn't taken her eyes off the group that had moved to follow Aleksey. He always seemed to protect her so often, but was she really able to do the same? She'd been able to give him a chance to run, but not much more than that.<br/><br/>She quickly had moved to follow after the group, but the moment she did William had grabbed her arm. "Elizabeth, you'll only get yourself into more trouble." He had warned. They needed to seduce her- Fast. She was already too edgy, and she didn't seem to want to be there, still. And if they hadn't convinced her that hanging around the mutt was a bad thing, then they really did need to work fast.<br/><br/>"Why don't you just stay with Jocelyn?" He advised, though still not removing his grip from her arm, which Elizabeth had immediately tried prying his hand away but with no luck. "I'm sure I could show you plenty of people," Jocelyn tried, but Elizabeth just shook her head. Wasn't there -something- she could do to help Aleksey further? "I'm.. Going to the bathrooms.." She fibbed, and the moment William let her arm go, that's where she headed, though the moment she would reach them she planned on going a different way.<br/><br/>Jocelyn had moved to follow, but William kept her there, frowning and very nearly hissing a warning, "You need to keep her under better control. Show her a few of the elders, get them to seduce her. Got it?"