Lexi seemed to have a very bubbly personality. Excited just by the prospect of learning something new.  Veronica had not been that kind of person for along time.  Not since the death of her mother.  Since that time she had become hard and didn’t trust easily.  Trust was a double edged tool that could cut either way.  Trust was essential and yet if given to the wrong person it could have disastrous results.  It had been the reason why she had turned down Edmond earlier, though now she was considering giving him another chance.<br/><br/>“Until I know what the questions are I cannot promise answers, but I will listen,”  Veronica replied giving him as honest an answer as was possible.  She didn’t feel comfortable giving out details about what she could do, to a man who may or may not be her enemy.  Information was power and rarely to be given freely.<br/><br/>She noticed that he seemed a little nervous out in the open, she noted as they started to move down the dark street slowly at first.  It seemed as though this man had enemies and she wondered privately if the way he responded to Lexi following him was the result of him have enemies or the reason.  It was hard to judge and she knew better than to assume anything.<br/><br/>As he continued to speak she felt something wash over her, it was in the tenor of his voice.  It was as though his voice had taken on an added layer of significance.  She felt compelled to pay attention.  Then Lexi voiced similar thoughts, and Veronica stopped to turn to look at them.  Was he actually be responsible for the way she felt now?  Had they unwittingly fallen into one of his traps after all?  It was so hard to think properly through the haze that had appeared since she she had first spoken of being able to leave of their own volition.  Her mind was muddled with complacency.  A primal part of her knew that she should be angry that he had tricked her, but she just couldn’t express it.  Her eyes on locked onto Drake she spoke.  “What did you to us?” she asked trying and failing to fight through the stupor.