Page 49 of Light Magic

A growl started deep in his chest. He rolled us around and glued his body to me. “Consider this me groveling, sweetheart.”

He closed his lips around mine, and before I could think, he was inside me again. I gasped against his mouth, worked on building some walls around my heart and just enjoyed the ride.

12

Levi and I were the last ones to make it to the dining room for supper, and it was entirely his fault.

Well, sort of.

After we had sex for the second time in the gym, we went to my bedroom, where we had sex a third time! The man was almost insatiable and his stamina incomparable. I bet he could keep that up for a couple more rounds, and by the Light, my traitor body wanted it, but I didn’t want to give a reason for the witches to come looking for us.

We took our usual places across the table from each other, but Lacey kept staring at us, her eyes knowing. Heat spread over my cheeks and Levi winked at her.

Oh, Light, I wanted to hide under the table.

Tonight, Belinda was tired and Magnus was his usual pleasant self. But other than that, everything was the same. The sisters talked about their lessons, Trent talked about his hide-and-seek game with the animals, and then Maggie explained about our discovery that could potentially bring my magic back.

“And the best part of it all,” she said, “is that if this Kaz guy agrees to it, Ariella will see dragons!”

“Let’s hope Kaz agrees,” Abbie said. “He can’t be the only obstacle for this.”

“Right,” I muttered. I hadn’t spent much time with Kaz, but from the get-go, he had kept to himself. I was a little worried about his answer. If there would be one at all. He might never call or text me back. What if he had changed numbers like I did? He seemed keen on going into hiding with the dragons again.

“Ariella already saw a dragon,” Levi said.

I looked at him and the shine in his eyes told me he had felt my sudden spiraling feelings and he had come to my rescue.

My heart squeezed and the damn bond tugged.

By the light, I was torturing myself here.

“Really?” Trent’s voice pitched high.

Despite the fact that I had lost my magic, it had been a pretty fantastic sight.

I told them about our quest and how we had to fight demons who were chasing the dragon. Trent leaned closer, almost coming over Gwen and Britt, who were between us, his mouth agape, his eyes wide in wonder.

However, I lost Trent for the chocolate brownie with salted caramel that was served for dessert.

“It seems you have a new fan,” Levi said, his voice low.

“New fan? You mean my only fan.”

His eyes narrowed slightly, but I tried not reading much into it.

“Let me enjoy it while it lasts.” I glanced at the little boy, who devoured his dessert in huge spoonfuls. “Well, I think it’s already over.”

Levi offered me that lopsided grin and my heart skipped a beat. I focused on my dessert and almost moaned when I took a bite.

“Okay, I agree with him. This is much better.”

I glanced around the table, suddenly feeling a lot lighter, a lot happier. Everyone looked happy and well. Trent smiled with his teeth covered in chocolate, Abbie chided him, though she couldn’t contain her laughter, and the other sisters laughed too. Like me, Belinda observed the others with a smile on her lips. After two glasses of wine, even Magnus seemed to have relaxed a little, though he didn’t say much.

Lacey smiled a lot, and Levi seemed less like a menacing demon and more like sweet temptation. Whatever Levi and I had, it was fun and I would enjoy it while it lasted.

Seeing everyone like this brought a certain longing to my chest. I missed my friends—Farrah, Wyatt, Kayden, Lavinia, Killian, Raika, Shane … there were so many. And I had left them all behind.

Maybe it was time to stop being stubborn and let them know I was okay, things were looking up, and I would have my magic back.

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