“Something.” Phaedra chuckled, her eyes dancing now with humor at the thought.  “Of course, I might need your help. He looks very strong and is likely to give us a fight.”  She sipped her own coffee and joined Sophie in that sigh. “This is worth all the angst of abandoning my books.”  No regrets, she told herself.  Snatch this moment because she would never see it again. She smiled brightly at Sophie.  “So you’re new too?  Have you looked around town yet?  If you would like to know the best places to shop, I could show them to you.”<br/><br/>Even as they sipped their coffee in the companionable warmth of two people finding a friendly connection, the deluge of coffee that chased Gregori took them by surprise, and Phaedra’s own coffee spilled as she squealed and jumped up to sit on the table just in time to avoid drenching her feet and her new high-heeled shoes.<br/><br/>Sophie’s feet, however, might have fallen victim— if Ky hadn’t entered the shop at that moment, and his swift reflexes had him snatching Sophie up in his arms while the coffee swirled around his booted feet.<br/>