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dubbed as the witches’ bad part of town? Isn’t your life in danger while you are digging around asking questions about me?” I thought those were all extremely valid questions. I was a concerned girlfriend.
    “I can take care of myself.”
    He could be so stubborn. Irritation spiked. I sat up. “And I am just a weak, uneducated witch who can barely cast a proper spell.” Dry lightning cracked.
    His eyes flashed like the light I created. “Now you are putting words in my mouth. You know that is not how I think of you.”
    How had things gotten so heated so fast? Fighting was taking more energy than I had to give. He was right. That had been a low blow. We both knew that I could do some pretty wicked magic, including the little light show that was going on outside. My eyes traveled to the window, watching the sky light up. “I’m sorry,” I apologized.
    Gavin ran his fingers through his dark hair, stretching the material of his cotton shirt taut over the muscles in hi s chest. “I don’t want to argue; that wasn’t my intent when I came here. I just… missed you.”
    What girl on any planet could possibly stay mad after that? Not me. My heart softened and went all mushy. “Me too.” I reposition myself into his arms, sighing. “Can you get the lights?”
    His lips quirked up. “With my hands tied behind my back.”
    The room was suddenly engulfed in blackness, except for the occasional flicker of lightning. It was slowly dying, along with my temper. Lying in the dark, I asked. “What do you know about moondust?”
    Twisting his head, he looked down at me. “I’ve never heard of it. Why do you ask?”
    I shrugged. “It was just something the fortuneteller mentioned.”
    He exhaled, running his hand along my spine. “And you think it is important?”
    I shrugged. “I don’t know. It’s probably nothing. I was mostly curious.”
    For a few minutes , a comfortable silence unfolded between us. There was a security and ease I hadn’t felt in a long time that came with being wrapped in Gavin’s arms. Somehow my mind and body knew that, with him sleeping beside me, my dreams would be undisturbed. And I didn’t want him to leave.
    Just as I was about to succumb to sleep, I felt Gavin press his lips to my forehead. “Sweet dreams, Bri.”
    My eyes fluttered open. I couldn’t believe what I was about to say. “Stay. Don’t leave.” I stretched my arm over his chest, keeping him close.
    “What about your aunt?” he asked, running the back of his knuckles down my cheek.
    Winding my arms around his neck, I replied, “Can’t you just make yourself invisible?”
    He arched a brow.
    “Don’t worry.” I tugged him closer, suddenly not feeling so sleepy. “She goes straight to bed. After the hours she works at the shop, she always falls asleep as soon as her head hits the pillow. Where is your car?”
    Even in the dark, I saw his eyes glimmer with desire, doing crazy things to my belly. “On the side of the road.”
    I grinned. “Perfect. What about your parents?”
    He nibbled on my earlobe. “Jared will cover for me,” he murmured, his breath tickling my ear.
    The moment our lip s met, static tingled, and I jolted in shock. Our kisses were literally becoming electric. He ran the pad of his thumb over my lips. “That is wildly crazy. You pack quite a punch.”
    A short laugh escaped me. “Tell me about it.”
    His lips drifted over my cheek. “It’s sexy.”
    My eyes wavered shut as he kissed me again, but this time it was soft, heartbreakingly so. But it didn’t take long for the sweet, tender kiss to deepen. We were kissing, really kissing. The I-don’t-need-oxygen kind of kissing. One of his fingers hooked into one of my belt loops, yanking me to him.
    My lips parted. With the sweep of my tongue, I took it to a whole new level, evolving the kiss into a n explosive hotness. Gavin’s hands moved down to my hips, pulling me underneath him, leaving not even a millimeter of space between