Having the option of not being part of the season was a choice that had never been offered to Minnie and for a brief moment she was not entirely sure what she might have done if allowed the decision. When she had left school, what felt like a lifetime ago now, she had been terribly envious of Ivy getting to become a healer but had never questioned that her lot in life was to go to her aunt’s newly founded finishing school and be made ready for society.

Minnie wasn’t entirely sure she would measure up to her aunt’s exacting standards but at least she had not left a man at the altar or been abducted abroad by a rogue, so she was probably doing better than most.

“It’s hard to say whether having a troll put one in hospital was as disastrous as being attacked by a flying carpet but I live in hope that things can only get better,” she replied with a wry smile, taking a sip of her champagne for good measure. Merlin, when put like that it was no wonder lady luck had not yet led her to the happy state of matrimony!

“Lord that sounds bleak doesn’t it? If you’ve never been involved before I don’t think I’m recommending the wonders of the season to you very well am I?”

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no, really MJ is just showing off at this point