The man had smiled at her before he had cast the freezing charm... but, as fate would have it, that was not enough to melt the spell's effects, and Miss Noel had only half-finished the incantation before she was rendered frozen. (With her hair, she looked very much like a miniature snow fairy. She would look quite good on a Christmas tree.)

So it was left to Tybalt to do the unfreezing honours, and once she was able to move again, he declared brightly, "Mr. Mondragon takes the first round, then. Miss Noel, have at him!"

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