7
Everybody at the table looked at me, not pretending to believe me anymore.
"So you're Martinus' Novak's fiancée," Moira said. "I thought it was strange that a young female high magician would be alone."
"I told him no," I said, dropping the pretense. They'd learn the name of Martinus' supposed fiancée soon enough, right?
"But you're compatible with each other," Arlene said.
"We are," I said.
"Then you'll say yes," Moira said, cynically, "eventually. There is no resisting the pull of magical passion."
"I don't see why not," I replied. "He doesn't seem that attractive to me."
"That's how you feel now," Arlene said. "I didn't initially like Edric that much, either."
"Hey!" Edric exclaimed. But then, calming down a bit, "I didn't like you that much at first, either."
"Until we kiss
