There is a corridor between her room and yours and it is very cold and very empty at two in the morning.

IsoldeIf you say one word about the Seal I will hex your tongue out.

You say nothing. You put her against the wall instead and she hooks a leg around you like she has been waiting all term.

She bites your shoulder to keep quiet and then does not keep quiet, and the frost on the windows goes a little further.

IsoldeFine. Fine. Come to the ball with me or don't, but decide before the Seal does.