The woman’s adverse reaction startled Lilith, she wondered if she looked too imposing with the bejeweled neck and wrists and wrapped in a sari. She liked those clothes and she wouldn’t stop wearing them unless it was necessary. She smiled and nodded her head understandably. “Please, don’t worry,” she reassured the woman. “You seemed a little ah…” Lost?
As the girl glanced behind her, Lilith did the same, in the direction of the alley. “Are you being stalked? Are you in danger, dear?” she asked, worried. New. She had been right. Lilith was observant and empathic in those matters. “I understand you, I was in your position a few months ago,” she explained to her. “This is Los Angeles, did you know this?”