Initially, seeing that message pop up on her phone made Alaric angry. He knew it, he knew Keelan was with her while she was gone and he kissed her. He was pretty sure they did more than that. They probably spent the last couple days in bed.
Then, he realized she was ignoring Keelan. Swiped that message closed without any emotion showing at all. Even her lie held no emotion, but when she looked back at Alaric her eyes and body lit up. Her I love you felt genuine.
Wheat the hell was in that vial his mother gave him? He did as she said. He got to the coffee shop before her, he stirred in whatever it was, and he sat there and waited.
She drank it all, so he kissed her. It was weird. When he went over and lifted her into his arms and kissed her, normally she'd be all cute about it but this
