Trevor putting at least a fraction of distance between them helped. Alucard looked as panicked and awful before, but there was a slight decrease in his heartrate. His hands pressed down against the ground, as if he might dent the earth from sheer force. (He could, if his natural abilities weren't restrained.) There was the sudden, mad desire for the earth to just swallow him whole.

The most he managed was a shake of his head no.

"It isn't so easy to shake. I need space."