She couldn't help the scoff that came from her mouth, "As far as they're concerned, the word-of-mouth from people from my world is enough to condemn me." Sure, they were right, the stories Lexi, Elena and every other damn person from back home told about her were true, but aside from taking their word for it? No one knew that. None of them had any reason to believe the stories, as far as she could tell.
Katherine watched him as he came to her. His movements were slow, almost forced, definitely not compelled any more. But did that mean he couldn't be? She didn't know. Neither one of them knew if he had vervain the night before. There were two ways to check. She could try to compel him or she could bite him. The second was the least favorite of her choices, but the first...could come off more strange, if he did have vervain slipped to him. Decisions, decisions. She stood there, contemplating what she should do.
Without much more thought on the matter, she acted. She pushed him against the wall, pinned him there. She clamped her hand over his mouth and bit his neck. It was the lest favorable of the two, if he had ingested the herb, but easier explained.