The casual and almost humble way he played off the massive (and beautiful, she had to admit) cake gave her some pause. True, she'd only met him once, but from that time, her general impression of him was not someone who was incredibly modest. Or even a little, to be honest. For that matter, if anyone could learn something like this in days, that'd really be something.

Elena eyed him before cautiously accepting the spoon. "It's not poisoned, is it?" she said, only half-jokingly.