Jacin offered his dagger to Cinder, who cut a little hunk out of the cake. Cress waited eagerly, forcing herself to sit still as the others took chunks of the buttery yellow cake.
And then, Thorne was passing her the dagger and she was carving a piece of the cake and tentatively putting it into her mouth and oh! there was lemon and buttercream and spongy-soft creamy heaven and the flavors were mingling and her taste buds were dancing with sheer bliss…
She closed her eyes and swallowed her mouthful of cake and frosting, licking at her fingers for the last traces of confectionary paradise as she passed the frosting-covered dagger to Scarlet.