"Lemme rephrase, what he actually meant to say is if this annoying practice of eavesdropping on other people's conversations is a new habit of yours or were you always a nosy brat?" Ivar asked Alaina arrogantly. He was looking over her like she was a pheasant caught stealing from a king, undoubtedly the king was Ivar; in his own eyes only, said Alaina to herself in her mind.
"Y–" Alaina opened her mouth to say something back equally rude but stopped right there. There were a lot of things she could have said to him. A lot of insults and name calling even curses but she was way past that, at least for now.
She was reminded that she had bigger things to do, like catching the killer who did this and getting her name cleared. She did not have the luxury of bantering around with him like she usually did.
"What? Cat got your tongue?" he spat cockily smirking at her for falling speechless to him for the first time.
