I did have regrets these past six months,โ he told me quietly. โI found it a curse as much as a blessing, all that time to think. About the things I could have said, that I should have told you . . .
Karen ChanceHe smiled at that, and then his gaze shifted to a spot over my shoulder and it faded. 'These doubts wouldnโt have anything to do with the company youโre keeping of late, would they?' I didnโt get a chance to answer before the shop door was thrown open and a furious war mage stomped in. Pritkin spotted me and his eyes narrowed. 'You shaved my legs?!' Mircea looked at me and folded his arms across his chest. I looked from one unhappy face to the other and suddenly remembered that I had somewhere else to be.
Karen ChanceNot really hungry." "Sheโll eat." Pritkin said curtly. "I said โ" "If you starve to death it would damage my professional reputation." "I eat plenty." "The same does not apply should I strangle you in understandable irritation, however." "Iโll have a sandwich," I told Nick. "No meat.
Karen ChanceIโm driving,โ Louis-Cesare said, sliding into the low seat as easily as if heโd done it a hundred times. โYouโre drunk.โ I wished. โI had all of two beers, mostly for the water content.โ โIf you needed water, why didnโt you drink water?โ โI donโt like water.
Karen ChanceMy one-time roommate Claire had inherited the house from her uncle, and when she went off to bigger and better things, sheโd left it in my care. And it needed a lot of it. Most importantly, it needed a new roof. There was a worrying stain on the ceiling of my bedroom that had started out roughly the shape of Rhode Island, but now looked more like North Carolina. Another few more days of rain and it was going to be Texas. And then it wouldnโt be anything at all because the battered old shingles were going to cave in on my head.
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