Christmas Magic by Cecilia Tan

Author:Cecilia Tan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books
Published: 2015-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

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Back at the apartment Kyle gives me an odd look. "Did you take up smoking pot when I wasn't looking?"

It's been a while since Kyle's days of cluelessness about the magical world and I feel almost nostalgic as he stands there in the sitting room, puzzled.

"Sage, love, sage," I explain. "Brandish thought maybe purifying the place would dispel my unease."

"Ah, okay. I couldn't quite place the smell." He inhales deeply now that he's not suspicious of the scent. The tree on the table is contributing an evergreen essence to the air, as well. I take a deep breath almost in spite of myself and the hint of smoke from the common room fire that clings to Kyle's flannel shirt seems to ignite a sudden need in me to be held close.

I move tentatively toward him and he holds still, the way you do when a wary cat is trying to sniff you.

I slip my arms around his waist and bury my nose in the soft cotton. He embraces me gingerly at first, then lets himself relax. I match my breath to his, trying to do the same.

But there's tension rising in me, and it's not nervous tension. It's an inexorable sexual tension. Dawn is many, many hours away.

He is finely tuned to sense this sort of thing, and in such close contact it takes me very little effort to hear his thoughts. But in this case his thoughts are a jumble as he struggles to find appropriate words for the situation.

"If you want to be alone for a little while..." he finally says, trying to be polite by not directly stating I should just masturbate to take the edge off. As if hunger for an orgasm were the sole reason I might feel lust.

"Do not think you can absolve yourself of responsibility for this," I growl.

He's startled. "I...I thought you don't want me to acknowledge you're female." And confused, given what we just talked about: how can we have sex without that?

"I don't. But..." Why is it so hard to admit aloud? I opt for telepathy instead. I'm needy, I tell him without meeting his eyes. I need you. I can't do it by myself.

Whatever you need, love. Just ask.

Kiss me?

My eyes are tightly shut as if that will help me find the core of myself under my skin. I feel Kyle's hesitant touch of mouth—no, not hesitant, merely gentle. He has one thumb against my chin while his lips explore mine. Do they feel different, taste different, because I'm female at this moment? His are comfortingly familiar.

You taste the same, he tells me as he moves his mouth to my neck, sending shivers down my skin. He speaks aloud, murmurs it against the join of my shoulder: "We have a new bed to break in."

"Don't be coy. I can't handle coy. I'm confused enough as it is," I say, even as I'm moving his hand to the small of my back. I want to feel him pressing

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