[ To say things hadn't gone well with Erik and Raven was an understatement. She'd been in his bed and he'd told her she was too young and had given her what he'd assumed to be a sweet but platonic kiss, meant to infer that she should try to find a nice man her own age. And with a more similar temperament.

But perhaps he exacerbated things between them instead, because now she seems to be slightly upset that Erik has taken up an interest in her brother, which. Okay, fair, but it wasn't like she hadn't been interested in him either. ]

Mostly we played games. But nobody else wants to play chess with me. Just you, darling.

[ Sean cuts in to explain that it's because Erik's too good at chess and it's no fun to play against him. ]

You won't play me in Risk, either.