Overwhelming as a word for it, but Rose was feeling a lot of things at the moment. She was anxious, paranoid, afraid and maybe a little bit hopeful, but she wasn't ready to give in to the last one just yet.
The not alone part should have been reassuring, but it wasn't, not when Rose had been living her life on the run, doing her best to stay on her own for years now. It was safer for her and for everyone else. "She nodded at the girl's questions, though. "Yeah, I got the spiel," she admitted. Her eyes darted around, taking note of their surroundings, like a cornered animal, ready to take off at a moments notice.
"Are there other guardians here?" she asked. It was a risk, just asking the question, but she was sure this girl wasn't one. She wasn't moroi, either. Human, she thought, but there was more to her.