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“Aww, that’s so sweet,” Lily said.

My heart did a silly little skip at his words, but I pretended not to be affected. “So why are all these others throwing themselves at me?”

Prax leaned back on the leather couch, looking smug. “Maybe it's because you haven’t accepted me yet. The spell and its request is still considered to be pending.”

“Yeah!” Lily exclaimed. “That makes sense. You haven’t been ‘claimed’.”

“She has,” Prax said firmly. “She’s mine.”

“You know,” I said, narrowing my eyes at him, “you sound just like one of those other guys. It’s kind of creepy. And you’re an incubus. You’re not even supposed to want forevers.”

He shrugged. “Can’t you be temporarily mine? Aren’t most modern relationships temporary anyway?”

“Touché,” I grumbled.

“But you were just recently freed. Don’t you want your freedom now?” Gigi followed Lily’s lead and grabbed a candy.

“Of course I do. There are many things in this century that I want the freedom to explore: fast cars, good music, new technology, modern cities.”

“I see.” Gigi nodded as if that explained everything.

It didn’t to me. Clearly, this spell was messing with Prax’s brain.

“Then I think it’s clear,” Griselda said. “If you want the spell to stop sending you random weirdos, just accept Prax. Simple. Once the spell is satisfied that it has found you a man, it should stop.”

Lily nodded adamantly beside her. Prax seemed deep in thought.

“If you say so,” I said, not fully convinced. “But first, I have something I want to test. I want to know if the spell is constantly lobbing men in my direction, or if it stops when Prax is around.”

“Oh, good point,” Lily agreed. “Maybe he has to be physically present. We can test that theory right now. It’s the perfect place for it. The two of you go back out on the dance floor together and see if anyone else comes by.”

“We’ll keep close just in case,” Gigi said.

And with that, we headed back out to the dance floor.

Chapter 14

Prax

Penny and I dancedthe night away, and it was easily the most fun I’d had in centuries. She moved her body against mine like a nymph to a faun’s flute. Gone was any trace of the sadness that I’d sensed when we first met.

No one else bothered her, though I did notice Gwendolyn-Gina grinning at us from time to time. I didn’t mind as long as she kept her sexual appetite to herself. I wasn’t interested in sharing.

As the night wore on, Penny’s behavior changed, and it did so quite suddenly. When she stumbled and clung onto me, she looked up at me, but her eyes didn’t look quite right. I leaned in and took a sniff. Sure enough, she smelled off as well.

I stopped her as she tried to dance again, swaying unsteadily on her feet.

“Penny?”

“Hmm?”

She leaned against me heavily.

“Are you feeling all right?”

“Yeah, of course,” she slurred.

I looked around for her friends who, true to their word, hadn’t strayed far from us. Lily caught my eye, and I carefully moved Penny over to her.

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