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He looked to the ceiling like he might find a fresh supply of patience there.
“Not forever.” But before I could cling to that, he added, “After all, you are human. There can be no bargain with the dead.” “At least I have something to look forward to.” “Has anyone told you that you’re delightful, princess?” I smiled with mock sweetness. “Rarely.” I paused. “And if you die? Do I get passed down in a will or what?”
“Worrying is expensive. It costs you the one thing you can’t get back. Time.”
“What happened to you will be safe if you want to let loose?” “If you get any looser, they’ll be mopping you off the floor,” he said dryly.
I hadn’t seen Ciara after Bain’s painful speech, but judging from the fact that she did not sound like death warmed up in a microwave, she had not been guzzling ambrosia like water.
