Ella watched Rosalie carefully, and when she didn't see the telltale signs of her headache dissipate, she leaned forward (elbows on the table, all 23-year-old whispering). "You are immune," she said when the tea had no effect. "Vlad was saying we'd find Daniel, and her reply that we would find him was threatening somehow," she said, sitting back and waving a hand in confusion. "I know it doesn't make any sense, but there's something in her eyes when she looks at me." Almost familiar?
"Home for me is Bellum," she said, because really, it was. "My mother lives in Texas, and my father is staying there now, for a time at least." She went quiet for a minute, trying to decide whether to pry, and in the end she did. "You didn't answer about your family. You aren't close?" she asked.