She regarded me with her brown eyes that showed nothing in their depth. She didn't like me, and I didn't like her either, but I barely had the strength to get into a fight with her.

I shifted my gaze to my food instead.

"What the hell are you still doing here?" Her voice sounded far different from the cool and soft voice I was accustomed to hearing whenever she was with Astride.

"Obviously, I'm having breakfast," I replied without looking at her.

"You know, Astride will never accept a good-for-nothing like you. I am the one he's in love with and the only one that can save him and...