Chapter 44
Days came by and passed in a blur of magical training, wedding preparations, war meetings, risqué rendezvous, school, and fundraising planning. As it went, temperatures dropped little by little, meaning no one was safe from the chill of the coming winter. Xaero and I shopped for more winter clothes because our collection from that season wardrobe was proving to be very sparse indeed. This time, I was saved from having to endure my cousin's lack of taste in nice clothes as Safiya accompanied us. It meant that he was her problem now and I was free to shop as I wished.
Watching the two of them was a study on the seemingly bottomless pit of patience Safiya Locke possessed. She never directly said she disliked what the articles of clothing that Xaero kept holding up to her face. As
