Don't believe in no-win scenarios

And what if the teacher isn't trustworthy? She wants to ask. What if he has already been consumed by the temptation of darker magic? These are the questions behind her smile, curling like the tightening coils of a snake. If she asks, she cannot accept the offer. If he answers, she won't believe him anyway.

"Let me think about it," she says instead. Maybe she can talk to Harrowheart. Or someone else in her family. Some kind of expert on death knights or the temptations of darker magic.