Her eyes strayed to Stefan. She wanted to ask him why. Why was he friends with this person? Did the sister really come with that string attached? The company a person kept rubbed off on them. That's why she chose to spend as much of her time as possible among mortals, among the young and the ambitious and the lively.

Being around him, she felt, would only lead to the way she'd found Stefan all those years ago.

In a pool of blood.

"Not that far," she said firmly. "Never that far."