After dancing with Emilios, other young men had asked Athanasia to dance, and she’d happily twirled around the floor with them. When her stomach started growling, she excused herself from her current partner and went to seek refreshments in the other room. Picking up a plate, she began filling it with savory delicacies. Spotting one shrimp pastry sitting alone on a tray, she reached for it just as somebody else did the same.