"My people have a bit of an alliance with a group of humans known as the Alchemists," she explained. "Whenever we kill a Strigoi, the Alchemists get involved. They have these compounds they use to make the bodies dissolve. They're sort of our 'crime scene cleanup' people."
The Alchemists had an uneasy relationship with the Moroi, but they put aside that discomfort with "creatures of evil" to keep the vampire world separate from the humans.
"As for Christian... he really only causes trouble when he thinks I'm at risk of getting hurt, or if somebody's already managed to that," she said, laughing a bit. "Rose and I were on the run for a while and when we got back to the Academy, there were a bunch of people making up nasty rumors about us both. Christian was there one day when Ralf Sarcozy said some pretty nasty things about us in class. Next thing we knew, Ralf was on fire. He wasn't hurt, or anything, Christian just wanted to scare him quiet. I didn't know him very well at that point, we weren't even together yet and he was so willing to get in trouble just to get people off mine and Rose's backs."