"That thing," he stands corrected. And Alec is right, it is worse. Phoenix and his pack are rock solid. Having been torn apart before, he and Vahl have safeguards in place and they also have Simon. Whom Alec might not really trust, but would give everything he has to keep his pack safe. But still. A Forgotten on a mission could be incredibly dangerous. "He didn't mind the Fool too much, except for the apparent attitude change when angels were mentioned."

He's absently checking out the room numbers and figuring the weirdness is normal for here, and for Alec. "Uh, yeah. Vahl's a pretty good defence. He's grown in power since we last met, and he knows which voices are normal, and which are out of place somehow. Unless of course this Death's Shadow can get to him... but he's pretty strong. Wouldn't be easy."

Faith in his Alphas. He has it. And it's kind of difficult to break the faith of an angel. "I'm not being blinkered though. Or stubborn. You can't afford to underestimate a being like that."