‘But, Uncle Thom! There’s no one else WORTH bothering. ‘
Let’s see how he liked it when that bloated sense of self importance was turned back around on him. He might be the brilliant magical genius, but Aly was sly and slick, and she could get anyone to have a little fun. E V E N her grumpy grouch of an uncle who her mother even had a hard time getting to smile.
Her so-called ‘compliment’ was not just that, and they both knew it. In spite of her heritage, which he, of course, blamed largely on the commoner’s blood in her veins, she was no fool. The girl knew exactly what she was saying. And he did not like it one bit.
❛ Believe me, I know. But you must be used to it. ❜
















