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I gazed at hi in love all over again I could thank the elves for that much

Perdita calanced at Owen, then at rinned and said, "So, you did listen to Florence"

"Yeah, I did," I said

"Good I’lad Now, I’ll have these out in a one, I whispered to Owen, "I thought she was on the verge of so there"

"It’s probably best not to snap her out of it in public We don’t knoho "

"Are we sure ant to snap her out of it at all? She’s not very good at being stealthy She reat diversion, but she can’t hide what she’s thinking"

"But she knows everyone She’d probably have access to half the prisoners here"

"Then we should save her for ant nuht noe need inforood point If we break the spell on her too soon, everyone will know about it"

Perdita returned a moment later to refill our coffee "Your breakfast should be ready in a sec" With a slad you listened to Florence You two just see coffee into , and then she frowned and blinked Coffee spilled over the riaped at me

And then she snapped out of whatever wonderland she’d zoned off to and ju out of her hand and shattering on the floor "Oh, sorry Miss–I mean Katie Letfor the towel tucked into her apron, she waved her hand and made the coffee disappear froasped and blurted, "Katie, Ohat’s going on here?"

So ing Perdita in until we knewI was sure that everyone had turned to look when the carafe broke I just hoped they hadn’t seen her ic away the spilled coffee

Owen reacted while I was still thinking He leapt out of his seat and caught Perdita like he was afraid she’d faint, then moved her to his seat "Take deep breaths," he told her loudly enough for those around us to hear