Zeb watched the young woman being led from the school. His fists clenched and he burned so hot he was surprised the stones didn't melt under his feet. Here was another caught all unawares in the mage's trap. He'd worked with the people all week getting the building ready for this day. Giles had talked on and on about how Lady Marriette was going to change the city for the better. After some prodding, Daniel had confirmed that this Marriette was the noble girl that Arthur had been seeing.
Zeb didn't feel anything different around her. He still didn't understand this love people kept talking about. Hal seemed to fall in love with a different barmaid every night. Joan declared that he was her brother whether he knew how or not. Love or not, Zeb found some people were more pleasant to be arou
