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couple, that
would work.
    “Thanks. I know it’s awkward, but I take
this stuff seriously.” She blushed, embarrassed to even ask. She felt childish,
even though she was a full grown woman.
    “I understand. I appreciate the honesty.
Do you still want to go inside, or have you changed your mind?”
    “I’d very much like to go inside.” Raven
felt the weight dropping off her shoulders and smiled at Derek. This might get
sticky, but for now at least they were on the same wave length.
    That’s when Benji popped into her head,
quite literally. Benji get out of my head!
    “Hey sis, I’ll just be a minute. Could
you stop and get some vanilla ice cream on the way home?”
    Not now, Benji!
    “Bad timing?”
    Very! I’ll bring you ice cream later.
Now, go away!
    “Thanks, sis!”
    She hated how he had that ability, but he
didn’t have many left now that he was stuck in bulldog form. She couldn’t take
that away from him. She just didn’t want to see his face pop up during…well,
you know! Talk about bad timing. It was hard to believe he’d been in animal
form for so long now. If he’d just learn to keep his pants on, this would have
never happened.
    Raven pretended he was a familiar, or pet
to the mortal world, but what else could she do? Benji didn’t need the entire
world to know he was a shape shifting falcon and man trapped in a dog’s body.
It was a curse, plain and simple, and there’d be no shifting until Charlene’s
curse put him through the paces.
    Charlene was way too harsh on him, even
if she was hurt by his dalliance with her sister. That’s a lot of seasons for
him to be out of his male witch form body….first a toad, then a dog. She made
her point.
    Benji moved in with Raven after their
split, but she truly hadn’t expected a talking toad when she got home that
first day.
    Raven put in a doggy door so he could
come and go. When the transformation took place to his next form, it seemed
appropriate. They were left guessing how long the rest of the spell would last
until Benji finally confronted Charlene.
    Unfortunately, she had her father lock
the spell in place, and he’s a high wizard so you couldn’t just undo something
like that with a simple potion. He’d made his doggy bed, and now he had to lie
in it. They weren’t quite as harsh on Charlene’s sister, but she got into her
own mess of trouble.
    Derek unlocked the door and led Raven
past the living room, down the hallway, and straight into his bedroom. He wasn’t
wasting any time. Raven happily followed along, ready to surrender her body,
mind, and soul to him.  Sex in the mortal world was slow and passionate. It was
a complex dance of feeling out your partner and working toward an apex of
pleasure. It’s not that witches didn’t have sex; it’s just that it was
different.
    Usually a caster uses a potion which
causes the couple to fall in love. The process is immediate. A mate is
selected, or they have one selected for them. The potion puts the lust and
desire within them. It seemed so basic and drab. Raven liked the slow,
lingering buildup that mortals enjoyed. Once she had a taste of the delicious
tension that grew between a couple, she was hooked.
    Ziara didn’t understand. She never felt
the sensual seduction of a new love. She relied on a love potion and chose a
suitable male witch. Just like that, they were connected. Of course their
parents were pleased with her choice. Jork had been crushing on Ziara most of
his life, anyway. When she finally decided she was ready for a family, a love
caster gave them a potion and it was love for both of them. To her, it was a
matter of following the witch’s code. It’s just what you did. The idea of Raven
wanting to waste her time with mortals was something she couldn’t relate to.
    Benji and Charlene fell into each other’s
graces at a witch gathering. Honestly, it probably had more to do with Charlene
trying to rebel against her powerful father. Choosing Benji, a more common
witch,