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.
![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](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/sherwood-smith/a-wager-i-repeated-yes-he-said-and-gave-me-a-slow-smile-bright-with-challenge--stake-i-asked.jpg)