Without warning, the revealed Liam quickly raised a gloved hand, cupping it against the side of Alice's head, and gave a hard sideways shove. The surmounted force sent her reeling hard sideways, towards the balcony railing.

Liam turned in her direction, arms at his side, chest out, his vampiric eyes now burning so brightly that they completely engulfed the eyes of the mask, giving it a rather haunting look. He took three slow steps forward, keeping his composure as he did so.

"Well, well," Liam said loudly,"this is certainly a pleasant surprise. I had thought I had lost you forever, Alice Lynch. But it seems that fate has reunited us. Oh, how I'm aflutter with delight."

He reached up with both hands, pulling the white mask from his face and casting it to the ground at his right side, he then gripped the front of his ebony hair and yanked backward, revealing it as a wig as it fell from his shoulders down behind him. He now stood there, flaming red hair loosely hanging down to his shoulders, his pale skin shining in the night as he leered at Alice with a cruel red-eyed smile.

"You and I left off in a precarious way last time," he said, still smiling,"those foul inquisitors interrupted the advancement of our relationship. But here we are together again, as I hoped for. Please, forgive my harshness, if you'll be a good girl and come here, we can pick up where we left off."