Florian ran over and hugged Riona's waist. He was followed by a handsome, muscular man and his slender yet stern-looking aide.
"I suppose this beats scrubbing floors, right?" Puck commented, eyeing the room with a hint of approval compared to the shabby quarters of the servants.
Riona patted Florian's head with a smile that soured as she replied to Puck, "I'd rather wash vegetables than memorize the history of vampires and the Kingdom of Eira."
"Who cares who the first vampires were or how they came to be?" she exclaimed, lifting her hands in frustration. "And what good does it do to know that the first King of the Kingdom of Eira came from the Vonstein Kingdom?"
Gritting her teeth, she continued, "And why should I bother learning the languages of Greifswaldia or Rudell? I thought vampires wanted nothing to do with humans."
Thorin smirked, clearly amused by Riona's frustration.
