"He loves her, or he loves her not."There's only one way to find out take a chance. For most people, Arithmancy is no more than a jumble of numbers. For Somnus Keep instructor Elspeth Valerin, those numbers are her refuge, her passion. Her magic her only magic since a painful incident from her past cripples her ability to unlock the inner power of the thrall. Today her calculations indicate change is in the air. That s not what she smells when she enters The Slaughtered Lamb, though. She smells ale. Smoke. And when she catches a glimpse of the owner of the Lamb, memories. Tonight there s a new face among the regulars in Connell Byrne s pub. The woman he once loved with all his heart before she left it in pieces. And one thing hasn t changed: she is still clearly inexplicably afraid of him. Elspeth s heart is racing. That she and Conn are here at this moment means her numbers were right. Beyond this moment, though, is a fate she cannot comprehend. The one equation she s never been able to calculate. The one outcome she cannot control love. "This title has been previously published under the title Everything Counts." Warning: Star-crossed lovers who need a little push to fully understand the phrase, The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Explicit sex with enough steam to prove the Chaos Theory."