Am I interrupting something important?” Teague asks and winks. “Like the start of an intergalactic conflict between Uhna and Teryn?

It’s simple really. I don’t worry about things out of my control. I live only in the moment. Like this one. What could be better than being in the company of a beautiful girl at a festival, celebrating the arrival of spring?

I’m not going to admit to him that I needed help. “I was doing just fine without you.

It’s not my fault your beauty makes it difficult for me to focus.

Don’t rush, my dear. It is not fitting for a ma’hana, and only makes you look guilty.

I feel as if he is judging me, only to find I’ve fallen short of his expectations. I recognize it, because I've seen such a disappointing look before. Father’s.

You live on an island, surrounded by the ocean, and you don’t like seafood?”“Yes, the irony is not lost on me.

I thought I would give you all a taste of how caring Uhna has been to us. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

I wish people would stop confusing the Magical Cleanse War with detox, as if it were a self-induced diarrhea and not a bloody battle. It is really not the same.

The road to power is forged with lies and lives,” Loch says. “I have no regrets.