Letters and Conspiracies

Luckily, the few times she had tried had been hints, and even if Lestat had ignored her, she could pretend that nothing had happened. But if he ignored her even though she had made it clear this time, wouldn't she be embarrassed?

Teenage girls are always very thin-skinned.

Alice's mental age had not increased much during her years of pampering, so the car drove on, and she was silent and distracted the whole way.

The consequences of inattentive driving soon followed. As she passed a wooded fork in the road, she failed to notice a tall tree that grew rather protruding and hit it head on.

Luckily, the car was not going too fast and she only hit her forehead from inertia, so she was fine.

Alice was about to rub her painful forehead when a hand came out from beside her, cool fingers brushing her forehead, and in a light voice there was obvious concern, "Are you alright?"