" So,” Haley said around a mouthful of Danish. She took a sip of her coffee to wash it down. “What you’re saying is that on top of Brannoc being murdered, the pack is a mess, they’re seemingly angry with you, Brid dumped you, you’ve been drugged with magic or something, and there’s an insurrection at your house?” She ticked these things off on her fingers. “My, you have been busy. No wonder you were late.”

  I threw my straw wrapper at her head, which she dodged. “No reminder of transgression after consumption of apology coffee.”

  She held up her hands. “Fair enough.” She gazed thoughtfully out into the café for a few moments. “Well, it sounds like the insurrection has been quelled for now, yes?”

  “If by quelled you mean they aren’t openly trying to bite my face off, then yes, it has. "

― Lish McBride , Necromancing the Stone (Necromancer, #2)