The options Dempsey presented to her appealed to her in turn — the garden, which was sure to have some romance to it, and the library, which would surely be full of interesting books she would want to read. Sera had to remind herself that he didn't really know her, that he was using her just as certainly as she was using him — but then he mentioned the roof.

Sera lit up, delight clear in her expression under the mask and in the way she held her shoulders. She tamped things down a bit. She didn't mean anything to Dempsey, but he had kissed her in the moonlight — and, well, wasn't she allowed to be charmed that he was proposing the roof to her?

"Oh, that sounds lovely," Sera said, forcing her tone to be mild. "I don't suppose there's a way for guests to go up there?"