“You spend years illuminating manuscripts,” said Baptiste, working off one boot, “and singing hymns, and tending the monastery gardens, but all anyone wants to talk about is the one time you fucked a werewolf.” “Three times,” said Vigga, “in fact.” “Once could be considered a mishap,” said Baron Rikard, in a sermonising tone, “but three times begins to look like deliberate sin!” “How can even once be a mishap?” asked Sunny, confused. “Cardinal Zizka, I must confess,” sang Baptiste as she pulled off her other boot and leaned back, wriggling her bare toes at the fire, “that I slipped while
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