The wine was just as Lily had remembered it, sweet and heady, with notes of black cherry and roses. It was made even more heady by the company she was currently keeping. John Harrison was a constant reminder that true magical power was never very far away. Both he and it were both within her reach, she just had to go about it the right way.
"Perhaps you could give me some private tutoring, once school starts again," Lily suggested, ignoring the fact that she wasn't enrolled in the class he taught.
"I'm sure there's plenty we could teach each other."