I had been working with Serena to better understand my magic and felt like I was making progress. Most of the magic was connected to my emotions, and once I cleared my mind to connect deep within, things came fairly easily. Digging into the journals of my ancestors was helpful as well. I was finding all sorts of useful information for channeling my gifts and controlling my abilities. It was thrilling! I still regularly popped a “s*x bubble” around Xavier and I because I just couldn’t help myself. Xavier played my body expertly, and sometimes I was unable to control things in the heat of the moment. I also used the shield once or twice when I got tired of interruptions. Sometimes I just wanted to finish a conversation! Xavier knew what I was doing, but he pretended to not care. Fortunately

