" I doubt you are any more excited about it than I am. But perhaps you have a girl you wish to come. Tell me her name and I shall be sure she is invited.” “I think she is already on the invitation list.” As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he wished he could take them back in. “That is . . .” His face burned. "

― Melanie Dickerson , The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest (A Medieval Fairy Tale, #1)