On all fronts

Neven had been forbidden from walking around. Since his energy risked undoing Vera's protective charms, he had to stay sitting on a chair and not move.

So he did, but he felt like an abandoned puppy.

She would chat with Mike, comfort Tanya, do some magic... All without glancing at him once. Observing his wife at work was sure fascinating, but wasn't there some place for him in all that? Just a glance! Or a smile, if he got lucky.

But all he could do was sit in a corner and count the coins. His wife seemed to love coins, so he could collect them for her from then on. Maybe she would like ancient coins more than modern, even though she would use the latter kind more often.