Watch your back

ALICIA

He looked a bit confused but the confusion soon morphed into a scowl. He didn't look surprised to see me anymore, he looked irritated.

I couldn't dwell on that, I had come here for something so his mood didn't really matter to me.

It had been a while since the useless mermaid went missing and even though I didn't know where she was, I was going to make sure that she never made it back alive.

“Balin,” I said, forcing a smile.

He muttered something incoherent under his breath and pushed his empty plate aside.

“I don't like visitors when I'm eating” he said gruffly as he stared at me over.

I blinked rapidly and tried to keep a passive expression on my face

“You're done eating” I noted, my gaze turning to the empty plate on the neatly laid out table.

His eyes darkened.

“Indeed I am done but what if I hadn't been done eating? You could never have known,” Irritation was clear in his tone at this point and I was beginning to wonder if I had made the right decision by coming here.

“Bu