Maybe I shouldn’t mouth off to the elemental I kinda hoped was my future mother-in-law.

Reth looked exasperated. “When is something ever not wrong in your life?” I frowned. “That’s my line.

I open my eyes to see Ry staring at me, and my desert soul erupts with turquoise water, floods and cascades and waterfalls rushing in around my rocky parts, pushing and reshaping and filling every hidden dark spot.

Any other iron on you?” he asked impatiently. “Just my tongue stud.” His look was a mixture of curiosity and horror. “I’m kidding, you idiot. Let’s go.

What a lovely balance. Lend shows whatever he wants the world to see and you see through whatever the world wants to show you.

Re-forming after the chaos,” I said, remembering Raquel’s words. “Choosing what we’ll do with how things are now, who we’ll be in this new world where the only magic left is what we make ourselves.

Be careful. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to the worst Spanish student in the history of the language.” I laughed. “No problemo.