You can trust me to keep my word. I always keep my word, promises or threats.

Al was standing a bare three feet away, his mood almost jovial as he took the paper and it vanished in a wash of black sparkles. “Thank you, Rachel,” he said, carefully reaching for my hand as Trent stiffened. “Welcome back, my itchy witch.

Just so you know, I’ve trusted you since camp.

You think Ivy's a planner? She has nothing on a motivated elf with too much money.

I didn’t know what I was going to say, a feeling that was compounded when the line clicked open and Trent’s very muzzy voice murmured, “Rachel? Mmm, hi.

Trent looked me up and down. “Is that all you’re going to do?” My pulse quickened, and I gazed at the front of the basilica where the scratching was coming from. “I might have a snack later if nothing comes through those doors.

If it was up to me, I’d choose the hard path with the easy ending, not the easy path with the hard end.