"She refuses to admit that this entire relationship idea is silly. Even if he wouldn't sell her out to get into the good graces of his horrible father, he has a history he can't escape. They have never noticed each other, but when the Coombs family is unstable, there's love, suddenly?"

Aoife removes the anger from her voice, remembers where she is and who's her company. "She won't give up on me, she won't give up on him. We don't discuss him, I never ever visit the Thornton house again just so the patriarch can make fun of us ..that is how it is. Right now."

Her voice turns even flatter when she has to reply to the rightful allegations Moira doles out. "I love playing with fire. Getting Thor was like losing every 'No' and 'Not like that' I've heard since I was eight. There's never enough magic right now, and I need it so much more right now. There's not much else. But yes, it was very dumb of me. Magic doesn't allow itself to be enslaved."