Magic and Mayhem: Have Wand, Will Travel (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Teresa Reasor

Author:Teresa Reasor [Reasor, Teresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-10-16T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

SHE HAD NEVER seen a vampire barbecue before. She’d always believed they were afraid of fire. Chris turned to get another package of burgers to put on the grill, and she glimpsed the front of his apron. A small red devil decorated the top corner of the apron, and below it read HOT STUFF.

She laughed aloud, but agreed with the assessment. In fact, when she stepped out the back door onto the patio, she checked out his jeans-covered ass, and damn if that part of his anatomy didn’t look as good as the rest of him.

“Hey, Hot Stuff. Nice apron,” she greeted him.

He grinned. “One of the girls bought it when I sent them to the market for food.”

She laughed. “I bet they all flirt with you and compete for your attention.”

“They’re too young for me.” He dropped his deep voice to a rumble. “And too human.”

“That makes for a lonely existence, Christophe, when they’re the dominant species. Don’t most men take their opportunities where they find them?”

“When you have an eternity to live, lonely is a relative term. I’ve been married to two humans, and I’ve had to bury them both. I avoid them now.”

Something in his face gripped her throat with emotion.

“You smell delicious.” He leaned over to nuzzle her neck. His silver eyes gleamed, the look in their depths arrowing straight to her hoohaw and in an instant she was wet with need. He ran a hand down her spine. If she leaned into him, they’d be ripping each other’s clothes off right in front of the grill and light a fire much hotter than the lava rock.

A crash inside drew their attention and reminded her of the students. “I’d better go check on that.”

“Maybe so,” his voice sounded husky, and his expression held regret.

The sound of young people’s voices carried through the house as she climbed the stairs. The group of ten students had shown up at his door at eight o’clock, just as she was leaving for home to take a much-needed shower.

Unlike vampires, witches sweated just like regular people. She and Chris had worked almost all night and gotten most of the downstairs cleaned up. And now the students worked on the bedrooms upstairs.

With one wave of a hand, she could have done it all, but there was a price each time she did magic. It borrowed from something in the environment, and the cost was cumulative. So for her to use magic it needed to really matter.

“Need some help?” she asked as she poked her head into one of the bedrooms, where five of them had congregated with garbage bags and shovels.

“Naw.” The red-headed young man she’d seen at the diner, Andy, answered. “This box spring seems to have survived intact. We’ll prop it over in the corner. Professor B will only need a mattress here.” He frowned. “Well, and a new bed.” The frame of the cherrywood bed was hacked to pieces.

“I’m sure he’ll be pleased to know something survived.”

One of the girls approached her.

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