Don't mourn might-have-beens . Magic can't work backwards , only forward . I taught you better than that . - C. J. Cherryh

But there was someone she knew who could speak with a special knowledge on the Cross-Lexcorp controversy. Someone she’d rather not deal with. Someone she’d as soon not see again as long as she lived. Her former fiancé. Lex. Lex Luthor. – Lois Lane

You know its shape, since you have it. Give it up, and be paid. Or don’t — and be paid, hani, be paid then too.

But it was safety he had found at Uwen’s back, at long last, after long running. Uwen offered him protection, a trusted, a kindly presence, strong enough to chase the shadows for him.