An Unkindness of Magicians (The Unseen World #1)

by Kat Howard

“You do know your blood should generally stay on the inside, yes?” “Normally I keep it there, but there’s a broken bit of magic that has other ideas. How’s your healing?”

“Intellectually, of course I understood this was possible.” He slumped into a chair and dropped his head into his hands. “But this isn’t what’s supposed to happen.” “ ‘Supposed to?’ ” Verenice set her teacup down. “The last time I checked, you were an adult with some degree of awareness as to how the world works. Unless you’ve also become an oracle, I don’t think ‘supposed to’ enters into it. “Now, if you mean you’re frustrated by having only a bad choice, well, I can understand that. But the fact is, you do have one.

It’s patently untrue, as nothing like that happened when Verenice did, but if Grey says it loud enough, it won’t matter if it’s true. People will believe it because it’s the easier story.