"What, you think I haven't already taste-tested it?" Gabriel asked with a grin, waving the bowl slowly in front of her nose. "I'll tell you a secret--only about three quarters of the icing actually made it onto the cake."

He didn't wait for her to decide whether to trust him or not. He just spooned out a dollop of his own and leaned back against the wall to suck at it contentedly, eyeing the cake.