Hayley watched with a bug-eyed expression while Arlia, no longer paying her any heed, returned the kiss with great gusto from her own behalf. It was as if she was declaring to her new allies that, while they had their entire support, Nigel Howeland was hers and hers alone. Breaking the kiss minutes later to catch their breath, Arlia glanced at the blonde and smirked, the latter responding by wrapping her arm around Isaac's shoulder and the seat, eyes glaring at her. It seemed that the group had set itself for a new kind of rivalry between the angelic Medici and the demonic Summerland.