Orion just stared at them.
They could leave. Easily. Nothing bound them here.
But the other party could also as easily follow.
And that was the problem.
If they walked away now, there was no guarantee the other group wouldn't trail them
later—quietly, patiently, waiting for the right moment to interfere. It wasn't ideal. It wasn't
clean. And Orion disliked problems that lingered.
His mind weighed the options rapidly.
Chasing them off outright would be simple. If it came down to it, fighting them here wouldn't
even be difficult. He didn't need to activate Eye of Truth and Façade to know the gap between
them. Experience or not, he was confident in his advantage.
Very confident.
Then another thought surfaced.
A darker one.
From the looks on their faces—especially the scowling woman—they weren't the type to let
things go easily. Pride like that didn't fade; it fermented. If they found a way to interrupt his
