Lukas threw open his bedroom door, his senses on high alert.
He saw nothing, but heard shuffling from the direction of the dining room. He immediately retrieved his [Cursed Blade] from his spatial ring, crossing the living room in three steps.
He came into the dining room with his sword ready and found Melody standing over a broken glass cup, her shoulders drawn up.
On her face was an expression that was a mix of guilt and embarrassment.
She looked up at him.
"Sorry," she said quietly.
Akira burst in from the kitchen a second later, both hands raised, wearing a pair of oven mittens.
She looked at Lukas, then at Melody, then at the glass on the floor. "What happened?" she asked.
Melody gestured at the pieces. "I dropped it."
Akira stared at her. "That's what all that noise was?"
"I didn't mean to."
Lukas exhaled, returning the sword to his spatial ring before looking around the dining room properly for the first time since entering it.
