The carollers finished their song, and Kate felt Cress breathe a sigh of relief. He barely turned away before one of the carollers started a new song and the rest burst into harmony again. Cress’s jaw tightened, and he glanced at the sky like he was trying to keep from rolling his eyes. “What in the faeborn-cursed human world is wrong with these people?” he said loudly. “I like it,” Shayne said with a shrug. Cress grunted. “Of course you would, you tone-deaf fool.”
