“I’m short on patience today.” Okay, so she probably wouldn’t leave him but she might hold him up by the covers and give him another good shaking if he didn’t behave. And Lezard did kind of help her get out of this mess, didn’t he? Darn. One of the last things she wanted was to end up obligated to another magical man; a large part of the reason she’d had to exorcise that second demon back home was being indebted to Aidan.

“Practice? I don’t intend to make a habit of carrying you around.” Really, her life was already weird enough without toting around a magical tome that was actually an irritating mage in disguise. But she would admit he had a point about it being warmer; the shivering and chattering teeth had stopped once they made a connection.

Lily started walking again, moving downhill. The base of the mountain was starting to come within sight but she had no idea how far they might have strayed to either side. Hopefully, she could find the tent again considering how she had gotten all turned around because of the storm and those yetis. Stopping to squint at the terrain below, she muttered, “Where’s that tent?”