"Of course, it was," Caius said with a frown.
"Why don't would upset?" Athenodora asked him with an amused expression, "I'd think learning you don't have to spend a decade with me would make you happy. You've been moaning about it all week. You've been hard at work seeking an alternative to avoid the decade-long commitment and now there is one…"
"I just don't appreciate being lied to," Caius said.
"I didn't lie to you," Athenodora said.
"You lied by omission," Caius retorted.
"And you didn't?" Athenodora said with a raised brow and stepped even closer to Caius, her voice dropping to a low and enrapturing tone,
"You just said you considered the Blood yourself. And yet, you never thought to suggest it to me."
"How did you learn of the Blood's location?" Caius asked.
"How did you?" Athenodora asked.
"I asked first," Caius said.
"And I could simply order you to tell me," Athenodora said.
"I read about it," Caius said shortly with a shrug, "Now you."
