126 Who Was That?

Abby didn't see Hugo often because their schedules didn't exactly match up. Over the following weeks she ran into him exactly once when his instructor sent him and another Warrior-in-training to pick up some books when she was manning the shop.

He was as snarky as usual but his companion didn't do anything other than stare. Was he one of those people who had never seen a foreigner before?

"Here are your books," she said coolly as she handed them to her ever-rude housemate.

Hugo hadn't even properly introduced his friend. Wasn't that a fairly standard thing to do when you run into an acquaintance? Why was he so against her, anyway? She wasn't a financial drain on his family; she earned her keep fair and square.

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"Who was that?" Blaise asked his partner breathily once they exited the book shop.