Lorac laughed. It was a mad man's laugh. "You don't know him very well. He always hides from me. He denies that he loves me, but I can see it in his eyes when ever he looks at me. He will come out on top from whatever trouble he's in and I will have him in the end." He looked down at the Caretaker, and sneered, "You wish for me to play your games. Fine. I'll play them, little boy. And then I'll have Alec to myself. It's been written."