Katherine had slipped out for a bit, a short trip to Gaia's to discuss a possible arrangement for the future. It had sort of been Lexi's idea, don't go crazy but if there was someone she could trust, who trusted her in turn, maybe she could feed from the vein every now and then. Gaia was her first thought when it was brought up and she had only just gotten around to talking to her friend about it. Nothing took place tonight, Lexi had agreed to be there the first time or so, to make sure Katherine didn't go overboard, so they had simply discussed the possibility.
As she made her way back to the house, she never would have guessed the scene she would come upon. Alex was blocking her immediate view of the full scene, but the smell of the blood hit her nearly instantly and she could see Hal there. What had happened in her absence? And then the full scene came into view. Alex's horrified face, Hal standing there, blood, there was so much blood and she could feel her own fangs descend at the sight. "Oh, God," This wasn't intended for him, this was what Peter had promised her, what she avoided telling Alex in full so she didn't worry over what Katherine had hoped was an empty threat from Peter. "Hal, you didn't, right? Tell me you didn't." She was practically begging for him to say he hadn't touched the girl. The evidence said otherwise, but maybe it was wrong. Katherine had a hard enough time not going for the girl, right then and there herself and she had seen it, she had seen the way he fought against the pull of the blood, how hard it was for him to stay away from it sometimes and they had only just begun making real big breakthroughs on this detox thing anyway. One slip was all it took, right? Oh, she hoped the scene was wrong.