Antonis couldn't hide his shock at seeing her there. He stopped in his tracks as soon as their eyes met and was now standing behind the butler, his expression stunned in a mix of shock and disbelief, his mouth hanging open. With Theora and Breorion now standing, so this made for an awkward scene of everyone standing and staring at one another. It took him a couple of seconds to recover and frown, and then his red eyes darted to Breorion.
"What is going on here?" he hissed.
"I'm sorry I had to cancel our appointment on short notice," Breorion sighed. "But my friend showed up unexpectedly, and I had to honor-"
"Your friend?" Antonis' eyes were reduced to two slits. "You told me she was an acquaintance."
Breorion rolled his eyes.
"Things have evolved since. Anyway, I apologize again f
