At the Priory || Anton x Oz
“You look like shit,” Anton stated bluntly as he arrived, taking the empty seat beside Oz. After he received the text from his friend, Anton finished up his work and made his way over to the Priory. He wondered what sort of news Oz had to share.
“Can I get the same?” he requested from the bartender before turning to Oz. “So what’s going on?”
“Oh please stop with the flattery. You’ll have me blushing.” Oz deadpanned in the face of Anton’s teasing remarks. Then he smiled, just a flash before taking a sip of his drink. Looking over at Anton, his initial good intentions faded in the face of the Dominant’s presence. Admitting to failure was always a challenge for him and the Princess’ campaign against him felt a great deal like failure. “I was called into a meeting, this week, with the Princess. It did not go particularly well. A new edict has been issued, although she has called for minimal publicity and would prefer not to have to issue another decree.” Frankly, Oz felt this was a lie - that merely the Princess didn’t want to be bothered with a formal decree while at the same time building the case to strip him of his title.