Cai snorted in amusement. "Resplendent," he said, approving of his vocabulary. "I'll take you up on the offer of looking at the books, too. I should probably wait till after exams, though."

"After exams," said Zoe. It had become a bit of a chant among the four of them at school, this promise of freedom, after exams. "Hopefully that's not too late."

"Hopefully," Cai agree.