Sera nodded politely as Hizaki exited the building with a hint of meeting again further down the line. If she was completely honest with herself, which she usually was, the possiblity of that happening was slim at best. She figured the vampire would wake the next night with a bitter after taste in his mouth and hazy memories.
With a yawn the lycan rolled over on the couch, fully intending to get back to sleep right then and there and she would probably have done so if her keys had not poked her uncomfortably in the thigh. She blinked and sat up, looking around the mostly empty room as though she'd just been brought out of a trance. What was she doing here? She had things to do! She had to get out of the city before things got even worse than they already were, if they hadn't done so already with all the time she'd squandered away in the casino. Hopping to her feet, she slung the trusty messenger bag over her shoulder and skulked out into the night, her nose immediately catching Hizaki's scent from further down the alleyway. "... When ye said 'see ye soon' Ah was nae expectin' ih tae be minutes, lad. Ye cannae seriously tell me yer goin' tae sleep there? There's go' tae be summin' better 'n more safe than tha' around, surely? Ah mean wha i-"
She cut off mid sentence just staring at what appeared to be a completely ordinary if a bit dark corner at the bottom of the alley. The look on her face quickly turned from mildly alarmed to terrified within seconds, mouth opening and closing over and over as though she was trying to find words that wouldn't come. "Bodach..." Was all she finally managed to get out before scrambling backwards on hands and feet, finally regaining her footing and bolting out of the alley as though the devil himself was after her.
A bodach. It was a bodach, it had to be. Sera had never seen one herself until that very moment but both her parents and Justus had told her about them enough to warrant her reaction. She was by no means a superstitious person, but when a bodach appeared you did best to get out of its way as fast as your legs could carry you. And that is exactly what she did, heart hammering in her chest and eyes wide in terror.