Unwelcome Guests

"What's up?" Alaric could tell right away something was up with Beatrix.

Normally, as soon as Aria got to the family estate, she'd go say hi to Elias and Eleanor first thing.

But Beatrix was obviously keeping Aria from going to see them right away.

Aria listened to Alaric and glanced at Beatrix, a little confused.

At first, nothing about Beatrix's suggestion struck her as odd.

But Alaric's questio