SHE SMILED UP AT ME as she slipped into the final garment and tucked her weapon into the waistband. “I wasn’t sure that would actually work.”
Charming. But I was grateful nevertheless.
She inspected the gore around my neck, turning my head in both directions as she looked for a hole or a scar. “I even impress myself sometimes.” She leaned over and kissed me. “No hard feelings, right?”
My head dropped forward. Not because of any lingering pain, but because I was starting to have some hard feelings.
She laughed. “One of the side effects, I’m afraid. You’ve picked up bits and pieces of his powers. This one’s not quite priapism, but it’s pretty close. You’ll also find that you now have a certain animal magnetism, and that the opposite s*x will find themselves drawn to you.”
“So no real ch
