"Good thing," he says, no trace of irony or jest in his voice. He might be the wrong necromancer, and she might be the wrong cavalier, but they're still friends. When they had first all arrived at Canaan House, Palamedes hadn't expected Gideon to become one of the people he trusts most in the world, but that's what she has become.

It's a hell of a lot better than being alone.