Sherwood Smith Quote

A wager? I repeated.Yes, he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ...Stake? I asked cautiously. He was still smiling, an odd sort of smile, hard to define.A kiss. My first reaction was outrage, but then I remembered that I was on my way to Court, and that had to be the kind of thing they did at Court. And if I win I don't have to collect. I hesitated only a moment longer, lured by the thought of open sky, and speed, and winning.Done, I said.