"No one's tried to assassinate him yet," Kieran answered darkly. He did not have an abundance of faith in magical Britain. He took a sip from his beer. "I dunno, I guess it's going well. He's incredible, you know?" Jude was — inspiring and charismatic and unstoppable, and looking at him was like looking into the sun. Kieran was almost jealous to share him with the rest of the wizarding world, especially as people dismissed him — or reluctantly came around to some of Jude's ideas. They didn't deserve him. Kieran didn't deserve him, either — but the rest of the people certainly didn't.

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