Patrick fell back, and Lorelei recoiled back immediately. She shuddered, trying to hold back the tears that had already started falling down her cheeks. Cradling her now broken wrist to her chest, she turned her head up to see her rescuer whisper something into Patrick's ear, making him look at her like he never met her.

"Who...the hell are you?" he asked. "How'd you get into my house?"

In that moment, she wasn't sure what hurt more; her broken limb, or the sudden rejection. She should have been happy, should have been delighted that she was free to go. And yet....

She shook her head, curling up into a ball. She softly sobbed into her knees, body shaking.

"Who are you?" she whimpered, looking up at the sudden stranger. "What did you [i]do?[/i]"