“You don’t have to bewitch me, Aiden. I like you already.”

“Lanith? Don’t bewitch the Church boys. Their disappointment is a mess to untangle when they follow you home.”

“Let us fly, Madam Harpy Queen. Show me how you dance on the wind.”

“I am only a dead Sciomancer, but I must warn you of fire and kisses.”

“Just roll me in fairy dust and call me a unicorn.”

“An Enforcer’s style is to destroy all magicians in sight and lap up their essence like a starved cur.”

“Wizard’s work was a pleasure and a madness. No wonder the university magicians rambled at times like daft bastards.”