[Part of Alec is furious that someone would do such a thing. He's seen horrors before, people twisted into some perversion of themselves and he had raged over that. But those individuals hadn't really known what had happened to them. They hadn't been changed and left to the fear and grief that such a change would cause.

That anger will be dealt with eventually, hopefully aimed at whoever had hurt her, but for now he keeps steady and hides it away. It won't help either one of them now. He has to be supportive and calm for her. If he knew her better, he'd pull her into a hug but that gesture might be dangerous since she might misinterpret his intentions.]

There has to be magic here. How else could they bring us here?

[What she says using her mind voice isn't picked up by Alec. His runes and training usually can keep others out of his thoughts.]

I've seen other people here. Some of them were probably brought here the same way we were. And I'm sure they're going to want to find ways to go home too.