Arthur froze mid-swing when Agnes suddenly walked into Alec’s backyard, where he and Brandon were sparring.
“What are you doing here?” he asked almost immediately, caught off guard by her presence.
Agnes’s eyes widened, stunned by the force behind Arthur’s last strike against Brandon as she entered , she had always assumed Brandon was the stronger of the two—after all, he was the one who had fought at the banquet and she was aware of his battle prowess.
However Arthur’s carefree attitude had only reinforced her assumptions that he might be weaker, yet here he was, matching Brandon blow for blow, causing her view of them both to shatter in that instant.
“Uh… erm…” she stammered, still unsure how to begin after everything that had happened at the banquet.
She had realized Alec was a mo
