Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea, #1)

by Rebecca Thorne

For anyone who really needs a cup of tea and a nice book. Take a break. You’ve earned it.

“Run away with me,” the mage had said, her eyes alight. “You like tea. I like books. Let’s open a shop somewhere remote and forget the world exists.”

“You are as fierce as an ice leopard, and just as beautiful.” “Flattery won’t change my preferences,” she replied pointedly. He shrugged. “Can’t fault a man for trying.”

It’s one of the reasons her nobility tolerates her … other quirks.” “‘Quirks’ is kind for that witch.” Reyna paused. “Is it offensive to call someone a witch, as a magic user yourself?” The mage snorted. “It’s because I’m a magic user that I can get away with it, love.”

You know I wouldn’t choose someone for their coin. I love you because you’re amazing. You find worth in me, not my title or magic.”

“Troops that adapt, survive. Troops that don’t … well.” She pressed a hand to her heart.

A person could work and work and work, and still never “earn” their dues.

“I respond a lot better when I’m approached as a friend, not a tool in your arsenal. And my magic isn’t going to make you someone important in this town.”

“You shouldn’t carry the weight of inhuman expectations. You’ll never meet them, because like it or not, you aren’t the Stone of Seeing. You’re just a person with a job, same as any of us.”

You’d keep it quiet, pretend it didn’t bother you, but it would. You’d wonder if there was truth to it.”

“I know you fancy her, and I do appreciate a love story—however uninspired it may seem.

“Pirates are people too! Just because I pillage doesn’t mean I’m breaking the law.”

Simple to you, perhaps, swathed in magic and untouched by reality.

Is this a date? Would you like that, or do you prefer to take things slower? Hang on, are you single? Because you seem fantastic, and I’d love to take you out—but if you’re in a relationship, this will get really awkward—”

They say the stories we love share a bit about ourselves,”