Chelsea’s breath catches and a slight moan escapes her lips. Her free hand grips my forearm, nails digging into it.
She squeezes my hand, and I squeeze back, steadying her.
Pressure builds inside as the ball forms between our hands. I can’t stop this, and the next thing I know?—
A surge explodes in my body—pleasure so intense it wipes out my vision—and I come hard, shuddering from the force of it.
Chelsea’s entire face is red, and she lifts up on her tiptoes, body trembling, before sinking back down with a shaky exhale.
We stare at one another, faces flushed, breathing hard. Neither of us speaks.
What the fuck just happened?
And there, hovering above our still-joined hands is a ball—half gold, half black, swirled together like a galaxy. All magic. All us. Proof of what we just did. Together.
Chelsea's eyes are wide, shocked. Her chest rises and falls rapidly. She looks at the ball. At me. At the ball again.
I need to say something. Apologize. Explain?—
She steps back first, her hand leaving mine. Cool air drifts over my palm, extinguishing her heat. The loss of contact feels wrong. Like I just severed something that should stay connected.
Who turned the air-conditioning on? If it was Nancy, she’s going to get it.
“I—” she starts.
“That was—” I begin.
We both stop. Neither of us knows what to say.
A thousand thoughts run through my mind, to explain where that came from, but we’d better be careful, because if that’s whatone touch and our magic combining does, then what happens if we?—
Do it in real life?
Kiss,I was thinking.Kiss.
You’re so disappointing.
Butwhat happens if we do more than kiss? The thought should terrify me. Instead, all I can think is—I want to find out.
“Chelsea, I?—”
The door opens and Stave steps in. He looks at Chelsea. Me.
His eyebrow lifts and I scowl. “Yes?” I ask impatiently.
“Dinner is served.”
Chelsea
As soon as Stave announces dinner, I grab the ball and hold it out for the shadow dog to smell. It sits up, ready, and I toss it.
Straight out of the room.
The dog bounds after it, and I follow, my cheeks burning with humiliation.
What just happened?
I had the best orgasm of my life through magic.
