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romance of the Arthurian legend on
    this." Bolivar's expression brightened as he looked past her. "Ask Aunt Zara. She'll
    tell you I'm right."
    Olivia glanced over her shoulder and saw her aunt walking toward them across
    the scarred wooden floors of the old factory loft. Olivia hid an affectionate smile.
    A former soap opera actress, Zara still knew how to make an entrance. Today she
    was a vision in a silver-studded denim jumpsuit and a pair of strappy, high-heeled
    sandals. She had put on some weight since her retirement from the long-running
    daily drama Crystal Cove , but she managed to look voluptuous, not plump.
    Zara wore big shoulders and big hair with an aplomb that awed Olivia.
    Her years in Hollywood had endowed her with a fine eye for flashy design, which
    had proven invaluable to Light Fantastic.
    Olivia saw that Zara carried two plastic-covered latte cups decorated with the
    logo of Café Mantra. The tiny, hole-in-the-wall coffee shop and espresso bar
    occupied premises on the first floor of the building.
    "You're a life saver, Aunt Zara." Olivia seized one of the latte cups and ripped off
    the lid. "I hope you made mine a triple?"
    "Yes, dear, just as you requested." Zara handed the second cup to Bolivar.
    "Although I really do think you're drinking a little too much caffeine these days."
    "Are you kidding? It's the only thing that's keeping me going. You try sorting
    through Uncle Rollie's business affairs and keep track of things at Glow while
    running this operation."
    Zara frowned in concern. "You've been pushing yourself much too hard since
    Rollie died."
    "Not like there's any option." Olivia took a healthy swallow of the triple-shot
    espresso-revved latte. "Until my so-called silent partner decides to return from his
    summer vacation, I'm stuck. Everything is in limbo until he shows up."
    "Be careful what you wish for." Bolivar gave her a troubled look. "This Sloan guy
    owns fifty-one percent of Glow now. Who knows what he'll want to do with it?"
    Zara nodded in somber agreement. "Rose says that everyone at the firm is
    speculating Sloan will want to sell or merge Glow. That would be a disaster."
    Olivia had been dealing with her family's fears about the future of Glow since an
    hour after the news of Rollie's death had reached Seattle. Everyone's first reaction
    to the prospect of having a stranger at the helm of the family firm had been instant
    panic. Not without reason, she reminded herself. One way or another, most of the
    Chantry clan had a strong, personal interest in Glow.
    She took another sip of the latte and prepared to give Zara and Bolivar the same
    reassuring patter she had given all the other Chantrys who had besieged her lately.
    "Sloan's a venture capitalist," she said mildly. "He arranges startup and
    expansion capital. He doesn't actually run the companies in which he has a stake.
    All he'll care about is getting his money out of Glow. Don't worry, I'll arrange a way
    to pay him off and get rid of him."
    Zara sighed. "I certainly hope you're right."
    "Trust me on this," Olivia said. "I may not know much about legendary passion
    and romance, but I do know business."
    "Speaking of romance and legend," Bolivar said deliberately. "What are we going
    to do about the Camelot Blue fog?"
    Zara looked at Olivia. "Bolivar's absolutely right, dear. You must go with the
    romance and passion angle here. This is King Arthur. The Round Table. Knights in
    shining armor. It cries out for a dreamy, atmospheric feeling."
    Olivia eyed Merlin's Cave. "You're sure?"
    "Positive," Zara said.
    "Okay, okay," Olivia said. "When it comes to that kind of thing, you know I rely
    on your opinion, Aunt Zara. Let's punch up the romantic angle for the whole event."
    Bolivar grinned. "Good plan."
    "I still say we should be going for creepy, not romantic," Olivia said.
    "Don't worry," Bolivar assured her. "The new cold light fibers I've installed inside
    the cave will give you both an eerie and a romantic quality. The