WARNING: Massive, heart-shattering spoilers for Trust No One ahead!
Author's Note: Okay, now that that's over...
So, clearly, I've read Trust No One. And I'm serious, if you haven't read it yet and don't want spoilers, turn back now. (But make sure to come back later once you've read it. I need reader support, people. XD)
If you're okay with that and want to read ahead... cool. I warned you. So, I'll be fetchin' the tissues.
"But we love you, Uncle Alistair!"
It couldn't compute.
Alistair… Uncle Alistair…
Dead.
The awful word resonated in her mind: Dead, dead, dead… Because of you.
He'd been captured while trying to help her brothers get cured. He'd cared—maybe not like she cared, because they were triplets, with a bond surpassing comprehension, but… he'd cared. And she'd set him up.
But I didn't know he'd die.
…Didn't you?
She shook her head furiously. No. He can't be dead. It's not my fault….
He died because he wanted to help them.
…I wasn't lying, Uncle Alistair. I did love you….
Author's Note: So, yeah. Obviously, my take on how Sinead will react when she learns that Alistair died while in captivity and the Vespers did nothing to save him. I think she'd feel some remorse about it, seeing as Alistair was trying to help get Ned and Ted cured.
R.I.P., Alistair. Maybe you were a hard one to figure out for a while in the original series, but your heart was in a good place all along. And you were very "brave," too.
(Gasp, I just realized... What's going to happen to Buffy now? My headcanon: Amy and Dan will adopt her, but Saladin will hate her, so Buffy will end up living with the Kabras. And after a few more incidents of Buffy butt-biting, she will grow to love Ian immensely. XD I feel slightly better now... but not much.)
~Lily