As she turned her face to speak to him, Gideon was struck by a feeling of keen recognition—she was not her sister, of course, but the healer was quite certain that this was the younger Miss Urquart (the one who was out in society, not the one who was restrained on the full moon).

"A romantic, then?" Gideon teased with an easy manner. "You would get along well indeed with my sister." The healer did not add that he himself was a bit of a romantic at heart, thinking it rather a forward confession to make.