“Our little secret?” He gave her a crooked smile, and a wave of excitement hit him when she opened a big smile. Holy fuck, he thought, she’s gor...eous.“Absolutely,” she said, her voice full of meaning as if she had recognized him to be on her side, or at least to be emphatic to her. Or maybe a sign that he liked her, he assumed. And she would be right. By that point, Daniel was trailing a path to wanting her just the way he dreaded when he first saw her. Diana sipped at the whiskey, letting out. ”“Don’t be too hard on yourself, hon. It wasn’t the smartest thing you’ll ever do, but if that was the worst thing that happens to you in your life, you’re going to be a pretty happy woman. You seem to have adjusted pretty well afterwards, and obviously have the capacity to be happy, and to love.”“I do, don’t I? Charlie, when are you going to make me Mrs. Cantrell?”“Sort of up to you, but I was thinking right after you graduate. If you don’t want to wait, we could sneak off after Christmas and. So off I went, down the hill and crossed over the bridge, persuaded the money changer to give me marks, actually not for the zlotties, he simply wouldn't take them, but I did have some sterling and he was very happy with that as you can imagine. So problem ended, all I had to do was walk back to the car. Unfortunately it wasn't that simple. As I went to pass the check point I was stopped and asked for my passport. Which I had, of course, left in the car.Of course it simply hadn't occurred to. "This is their world now. It's still recovering from the depletion of its resources. It might never recover completely. To get over this the ruling mages have created something called The Accord, all development of spells has been curtailed, Mages are restricted to White spells that uses their own power. Any Black books are removed from their libraries." Hold on if they're doing that ... then why aren't you doing the same? I've got plenty of Black Books in my library; you've never taken any of.