Upon being formally introduced to the Queen's right-hand man, Alice was at first shocked at how small he seemed, this man who had been so terrifyingly huge last time she'd seen him. She had upelkuchen and that disgusting pishsalver to thank for that. Still, her heart beat fast as he gazed at her with his one burning eye, and lowered his voice to a honeyed purr. She was very glad he hadn't gotten a look at her before. He was getting a good look at her now. Alice was not exactly experienced in the ways of the world, but she knew enough to feel the heat of that gaze and to feel more naked than she had while unclothed behind the Queen's rosebushes.
"Um..." he murmured under his breath as he took leave of her proffered hand for kissing. Alice was glad she was not the blushing type. She now had another reason to be glad that Stayne did not know her real name - to hear it said in that tone, coming from those lips...
There would have been every chance that she would give herself a way in a great many more ways than one.