And here he’d thought Aliandra was one of those nice, boring girls who’d had a boring job to match. Not much could happen in a library. Antonio couldn’t have really done anything to make himself less approachable. The scowl might as well have been tattooed on like the sigils. But he was curious. Even with his complete lack of social aptitude, he recognized that what he had just seen wasn’t conventional.
He didn’t bother saying hello to her, even when she said it to him. The gummy bears got a look like she’d just offered him a bowl of spiders. He traded out his book for good measure, then replied at a decent volume, without any regard for the other library patrons. “Disgusting. Why the hell were you up there?”
Demanding tones came naturally. Maybe he was just concerned with her obvious breach of library etiquette.