In Curse Of Strahd, Alexei decided to teach the young seer to fish at Lake Zarovich. In the early morning, no fish were biting, and he got extremely drunk out of boredom, eventually passing out. When he awoke, Arabelle was gone, with signs of a struggle around him. He panicked and rode back to the Vistani Camp to tell Luvash what had happened: in response, Luvash beat the man relentlessly with a whip until Ghalwin Forrester intervened.
Covered in blood and slashes, Alexei begged the Pack to not ruin his honor, as he believed he was deserving of further punishment for losing the Captain's daughter.