Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1)

by Jim Butcher

“All right,” he sighed. “She kissed me, and my brains melted and dribbled out my ears.”

Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when his gaze flicked toward them, his face lit with a ferocious smile. “Uncle Bernard! Uncle Bernard!” he shouted, pointing at Doroga. “He followed me home! Can we keep him?”