She locked eyes with me, leaned into him, and kissed his cheek as my insides boiled.

“Damn.” She took a step back. “Settle down, pretty one. I won’t bite him.”

“Likosa, get this over with,” Metice ordered.

“Yes, sir.” She winked then pointed at me. “You’re going to have to get naked.”

“Excuse me?” I took a step back from her.

“Don’t be afraid.” She held her hand out to me. “I need your tits out for this to work.”

I looked at Metice and he shrugged, but I had a feeling he knew exactly what was going on.

“You knew about this, didn’t you?” I asked him.

“I knew it was a possibility, yes.” He nodded.

“I can’t believe you.”

“Don’t tell me you’re shy about your body,” Likosa chimed in. “There’s no reason to be embarrassed. Besides, look at you, your curves, those tits and high ass. Most human women would kill for your body. Trust me, I know firsthand.”

“No, I just…” I took a deep breath to calm the building nerves. I also wondered what body Likosa was referring to. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my body, but I also had cellulite, love handles, and this weird petal-shaped mole on my hip that randomly appeared. The doctor said it was nothing to worry about, but the thing was ugly.

“It will be fine. A few minutes in the nude, then you’re safe to go home. I think it’s a good tradeoff.” She leaned down to look me in the eye. “Don’t you?”

“It’s not looking like I have any other choice, so yeah, okay.” I stripped and handed my clothes to Metice, shoving them into his chest.

“Bra and panties too,” Likosa ordered as she walked over to the pool of water.

“Seriously?” I couldn’t believe she needed that much access to my flesh to make her magic work.

“Do you want this to work or not?” She put a hand on one hip and straightened her headpiece with the other. “I’m waiting, cutie.”

I took my panties off and gave them to him.

“Let’s go.” She pointed to the pool. “Into the waters.”

With Metice watching my every step, I headed for the pool. The cool ground did nothing to help my nerves. When I passed Likosa by the water’s edge, she placed her hands on my shoulders to guide me.

“I promise to be gentle,” she whispered in my ear as she ushered me forward.

“What’s going to happen?” I asked as we entered the sloping edge of the pool. With each step, we went deeper into the water. The rippling surface moved against my skin, giving a comforting massage.

“Tell me, have you ever been with a woman?” She brushed my hair away from my face.

“A woman?” I shook my head and glanced back at Metice. “No.”

“Don’t worry, he isn’t going anywhere,” she reassured me. “So, the thing about what I do is I work with sexual magic. I feed off the subject’s energy and use that to fuel my spells.”

“The subject meaning,” I pointed at my chest. “Me?”

“Yes.” She smiled. “I assume your demon thought I would be using him, but for the nature of this spell, it has to be you.”

She ran her finger down my spine as we moved deeper into the pool, and it was like electric pulses going from the tip of her fingertip into my body.

“The thing about my magic: I need you to be aroused. So, you may want to do more than just float here. You may want more from me. I just might give you what you want.”

She led me to the deepest part of the pool, where my feet no longer touched the bottom. She wrapped her arm around my waist and urged me to lean back.