"You certainly had me convinced." She should have known better. How many people had once thought that of her own father, never knowing of his magic or his past? Cullen had no grand secret (none that she could find, anyway), but he was still far from boring, no matter what anyone said.

"The pleasure's mine. Really, it is." She smiled. "I'm glad you suggested it in the first place. I don't think I've laughed or eaten so well in a long time." That latter comment was possibly a joke. The former was not.