Page 51 of Warrior Witch

“Treasure.”

My ears came back online a few moments later. When had I closed my eyes? I blinked them open lazily, slowly swimming up through the layers of dopamine flooding my system.

“Something’s happening to Ranto.”

That got me moving.

Sitting up quickly, I barely missed headbutting Hendrix, who pulled back just in time.

At the foot of the bed, Ranto stood, arms wide as sparks danced along his skin.

“I didn’t do it,” I blurted, wondering how he could look so full of power. Had I accidentally discharged during orgasm? I snorted. Technically, yes, I definitely had, but not electricity.

“What…?”

“I think my powers just came in.” Ranto’s voice was full of wonder, and it occurred to me I knew nothing about raiju.

“Another gap in your knowledge?” Hendrix asked.

I glared at him, silently asking for an explanation without the judgment, thank you.

“Raiju come into their powers when they find their mate. Usually after sexual intercourse.” Beneath his curls, his ears colored. He could have a filthy three-way with us, but the mention of sex made him blush? Be still my heart, that was adorable. Because I had to do something to save the poor guy—or possibly make him blush harder—I decided to go to my tried-and-true coping mechanism. Humor.

“So what I’m hearing is I have a magical pussy. We should all get matching t-shirts. I’m sure Lindsay would be happy to bedazzle them for us.”

A sharp jolt hit me in the butt, and I turned a scowl on the super-powered raiju in the room as I rubbed my poor, abused posterior.

“No. That’s my trick. No zapping the zapper.”

Ranto chuckled. “Turnabout is fair play, my love. Deal with it.”

Shrugging back into the stupid Pikachu hoodie, he pulled up his pants and left with a wink while I turned a dumbfounded look on Hendrix.

The ass was no help. He shrugged and began collecting his clothing before he, too, left with a quick kiss goodbye.

I lay back on the bed, completely naked and sated as my brain started to run hard, obsessing over the one little word I never expected to hear.

Love.

Ranto

“So, explain the plant thing to me again?” The buzzing in my veins felt almost as perfect as slipping the little ILY to Harlow after a mind-blowing orgasm. Ok, fine. So I hadn’t said I love you specifically, but the sentiment was the same.

“I’ve literally been talking about it since the moment we met,” Kylen groused.

Instead of pointing out the fact I’d spent ninety percent of the last week napping while he blathered, I focused on pushing small pulses of electricity through my fingertips.

“Look! Sparkler fireworks!” I grinned at the small crackles of electricity that bounced through the air at eye level.

“Ugh. Show off.” Addie scowled from her slumped position against one of my many napping trees. When I sent her a questioning look, she rolled her eyes. “You’ve had powers—out of nowhere, BTW—for, like, five seconds, and you can do neat tricks with it. It’s sus, dude.”

“Sus?” I asked Kylen, who just shrugged.

“I don’t speak teenage girl. Do you actually want to know about the plant?”

Not really, but I was good at solving mysteries. Maybe if he found his miracle cure, we could get on a roll and solve this curse thing, too. My gut told me he was right about us being here for a reason, because fate existed—fuck you very much, Hendrix—but I couldn’t figure out the how of it all.

“Sure. Tell me while I try to make sheet lightning between my hands.”

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