If they had to get all book-clubby, they could have picked The Catcher in the Rye at least, which had that awesome part about the ducks and the sore cabdriver. Sean lurked behind his laptop, one eye on Twitter, the other on the couch—he’d have to catch Eddy alone to tell her about his connection to Orne. If he even wanted to tell her right now. Dad had already depressed him by endorsing Marvell’s no-magic, no-mentor plan, and Eddy was such a Marvell fan girl, she’d probably endorse it, too. So when Eddy cruised, he stayed in the common room and talked to Daniel. He’d tell her in a day or two. Or three or four. Or more, as it turned out, because they fell into a routine too comfortable for Sean to risk upsetting it. Mornings Eddy went to the Archives, Sean and Daniel to class. Marvell had kicked off with a reminder that Infinity Unimaginable had presented the Outer Gods as myth, a benign lie to protect interested “civilians.” As potential magicians, however, Sean and Daniel had to learn the truth.
