The best part of being spun like that – other than showing off – was getting to feel his arms coming around her again, which was probably completely sappy, but Vex felt sappy tonight. And it wasn't as though everyone in the room didn't already know she and Percy were mad for each other.

"On the other hand," she picked up the conversation as though there'd been no interruption, mimicking his posh speech fondly because she could, "One needn't bestow a coin every time one wishes to hear the song."