Lita Burke

“Observing the wizard’s high magic was his biggest privilege as Kadmeion’s assistant.”

“You don’t have to bewitch me, Aiden. I like you already.”

“His harmonic words could weave the fabric of time or spin matter from nothingness if the mood suited him.”

“Wizard’s work was a pleasure and a madness. No wonder the university magicians rambled at times like daft bastards.”

“Lanith? Don’t bewitch the Church boys. Their disappointment is a mess to untangle when they follow you home.”

“I am only a dead Sciomancer, but I must warn you of fire and kisses.”

“Pick up a thing," [Wizard Kadmeion's]mother would say. "Touch, smell, and taste it. Listen to its nonsense. Then put the funny thing in its proper place.”

“An Enforcer’s style is to destroy all magicians in sight and lap up their essence like a starved cur.”

“We learned the seven traditional ways to make words unclear.""Seven? That many? Which was the most effective?""Poor grammar skills.”