Chapter 18She was still thinking about roles as they drained their pints and left the pub. Once off the high street, in the relative quiet of the harbour road, she asked, “Frederick, how can you be both man and...”
“Beast. I’m still both.” He clenched his jaw, then took a deep breath and said, “The curse, of course. Or did you want a more scientific explanation? There must be a genetic trait, passed down from my ancestors.” He turned up her street without any sign from her.
“How could a kiss reverse that?”
“Not just any kiss. Yours.” He hurried on at the disbelieving look she gave him. “It was near Beltane as well. Your touch on the right date must have triggered the reversal.”
“How could there be something in my genes that’s not in another girl’s?” she demanded.
“You’re applying scie
