Valentine's day.
Jorick stared blankly and Katelina felt a dash of disappointment. She hadn't expected him to do anything, not with helicopters and killer vampires, but she had expected him to apologize for not being able to. That he didn't even know what it was-
Loren rolled his eyes. "You're supposed to get your girlfriend presents for Valentine's. You know, to show her that you love her."
Jorick cocked an eyebrow. "One assumes she already knows."
"Yeah, but it's a thing, you know? You buy chicks jewelry and give them mushy cards and all that crap."
Some sort of understanding flickered across Jorick's face. "Velnya gave me a card with a poem once."
At the mention of Jorick's first wife, Katelina looked to her feet. Wrong or right, Velnya was a name that still made her stomach clench.