"Seijiro," Verena murmured, stopping immediately. And Seijiro it was, staring right back at them, eyes emotionless and blank. By that point, she was horrified. She had thought that she'd never see the demon again. It turned out that she was horribly wrong. Verena also felt the wave of guilt and shame. She doubted Seijiro could be too happy with her at the moment. She wasn't too pleased with herself either, due to the fact that a certain few people had picked up on her reaction.
Lex had grabbed Verena's arm, forcing her to turn to him. Verena couldn't help but noticed that Lex had a blade in his free hand already, as did the rest of them. "Verena," he said, voice level, "Where have you met this demon before?" he asked. She desperately looked around for an answer. Meeting Elizabeth's eyes, Verena realized that they were focused on someone else. "Arun!"
They hadn't as much as considered the possibility of Verena befriending a demon. They assumed that Verena knew Seijiro through one of her other little expeditions. At least, that was the only possibility until she started struggling against Lex's grip, shouting out things that she could barely hear herself. At that moment, all Verena knew was that she couldn't betray Seijiro. He had well shown her the potential of kindness a demon could achieve, she had it in her pride to make sure that he thought hunters could be different as well.
It wasn't until Verena realized that she was tiring herself out when she realized how unintelligent her phrases sounded. It was just a string of her calling out of Arun, while he seemed completely focused on killing a demon. Sword drawn, and if Seijiro magically became paralyzed there, he'd be as good as dead. Breathing heavily, Verena strained her head to Elizabeth, who was too, focused in battle. "What would you do if I let you go? Cooperate. They could die," Lex hissed, voice urgent. Verena shook her head slowly, "I'm honestly not to sure myself," she mumbled.