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challenge—but in the long run, she hoped the challenge would be a good thing.
“This rock will do wonderfully.”
Rising up onto her toes, she gave Rave a lingering kiss upon the lips.
“Mmmmm…” Rave sighed, smiling. “Maybe I should go find you a couple more rocks.”
Leesa grinned. “You don’t have to fetch rocks to get me to kiss you, handsome. All you have to do is ask.”
Rave raised his dark eyebrows. “Really? That’s all? Okay, can I have another kiss, then?”
Leesa laughed and drew him into her arms. “I thought you’d never ask.”
She kissed him again, harder this time, pushing her tongue against his mouth. Rave opened his lips and welcomed her tongue with his.
Leesa gave herself over to the rising heat between them. All thoughts of magic and making rocks grow disappeared as their mouths and bodies pressed against each other. She grabbed the bottom of Rave’s shirt and pulled it up over his head. He responded by picking her up and depositing her softly upon the bed of pine needles. The rest of their clothes quickly followed Rave’s shirt as they once again consummated their love, surrounded by the thick pines and with a bright blue sky above them.
An hour, or a lifetime, later—she couldn’t really tell which—Leesa reluctantly slipped back into her T-shirt and jeans. Their lovemaking had left her feeling relaxed and satisfied and very much in love. Now it was time to get back to work.
The dark stone Rave had fetched for her waited patiently in the center of the clearing. She studied its irregular angles and sharp edges, trying to picture what they would look like as they grew larger. When she had the image firmly in her mind, she cast her spell.
“ Blitha morun sumuss ,” she said loudly. She was not about to try to make this new rock grow by merely thinking the spell inside her head. That would come later, after she had enlarged the stone several times.
Nothing happened. Leesa pushed down her disappointment. She had hoped her proficiency with the spell would transfer immediately to her new target, but she was not really surprised when it didn’t. The old rock had become very familiar—she was easily able to picture it growing, since she had seen it do so numerous times. She had no such experience with the new one. Getting it to grow the first time would be her biggest challenge. This was almost like learning a new spell—she would need to be patient.
She tried three more times without success before deciding to call it a day.
“That’s enough for today,” she said, looking up from the rock. “Let’s go home.”
Rave popped back up to his feet from where he had been sitting and watching. He motioned toward the dark stone.
“Are you bringing that with us? Or do you want to leave it and come back here tomorrow?”
Leesa levitated the rock until it was floating in front of her waist. She reached out and grabbed the stone with both hands.
“This thing goes where I go,” she said determinedly. “It’s not leaving my sight until I make it grow at least once. The more familiar I get with it, the sooner that’ll happen.”
Rave smiled. “Fair enough.”
He scooped Leesa up into his arms. A moment later, they were racing through the forest toward home.
11. KISSING IN THE RAIN
THE NEXT DAY, a major storm front swept across the area. Gone were the pleasant temperatures and bright blue skies of the past week; in their place had come chill winds and leaden gray clouds filled with moisture. The forecast called for two or three days of intermittent rain, heavy at times.
Leesa didn’t care. She was still going to work on her magic. Indeed, she felt that using her powers to keep herself dry while performing other spells would be a useful challenge. The foul weather was of no concern to Rave, either. His inner heat kept him warm and dry no matter what the weather. The heavier the rain, the more he simply turned up the fire inside him to evaporate the
“This rock will do wonderfully.”
Rising up onto her toes, she gave Rave a lingering kiss upon the lips.
“Mmmmm…” Rave sighed, smiling. “Maybe I should go find you a couple more rocks.”
Leesa grinned. “You don’t have to fetch rocks to get me to kiss you, handsome. All you have to do is ask.”
Rave raised his dark eyebrows. “Really? That’s all? Okay, can I have another kiss, then?”
Leesa laughed and drew him into her arms. “I thought you’d never ask.”
She kissed him again, harder this time, pushing her tongue against his mouth. Rave opened his lips and welcomed her tongue with his.
Leesa gave herself over to the rising heat between them. All thoughts of magic and making rocks grow disappeared as their mouths and bodies pressed against each other. She grabbed the bottom of Rave’s shirt and pulled it up over his head. He responded by picking her up and depositing her softly upon the bed of pine needles. The rest of their clothes quickly followed Rave’s shirt as they once again consummated their love, surrounded by the thick pines and with a bright blue sky above them.
An hour, or a lifetime, later—she couldn’t really tell which—Leesa reluctantly slipped back into her T-shirt and jeans. Their lovemaking had left her feeling relaxed and satisfied and very much in love. Now it was time to get back to work.
The dark stone Rave had fetched for her waited patiently in the center of the clearing. She studied its irregular angles and sharp edges, trying to picture what they would look like as they grew larger. When she had the image firmly in her mind, she cast her spell.
“ Blitha morun sumuss ,” she said loudly. She was not about to try to make this new rock grow by merely thinking the spell inside her head. That would come later, after she had enlarged the stone several times.
Nothing happened. Leesa pushed down her disappointment. She had hoped her proficiency with the spell would transfer immediately to her new target, but she was not really surprised when it didn’t. The old rock had become very familiar—she was easily able to picture it growing, since she had seen it do so numerous times. She had no such experience with the new one. Getting it to grow the first time would be her biggest challenge. This was almost like learning a new spell—she would need to be patient.
She tried three more times without success before deciding to call it a day.
“That’s enough for today,” she said, looking up from the rock. “Let’s go home.”
Rave popped back up to his feet from where he had been sitting and watching. He motioned toward the dark stone.
“Are you bringing that with us? Or do you want to leave it and come back here tomorrow?”
Leesa levitated the rock until it was floating in front of her waist. She reached out and grabbed the stone with both hands.
“This thing goes where I go,” she said determinedly. “It’s not leaving my sight until I make it grow at least once. The more familiar I get with it, the sooner that’ll happen.”
Rave smiled. “Fair enough.”
He scooped Leesa up into his arms. A moment later, they were racing through the forest toward home.
11. KISSING IN THE RAIN
THE NEXT DAY, a major storm front swept across the area. Gone were the pleasant temperatures and bright blue skies of the past week; in their place had come chill winds and leaden gray clouds filled with moisture. The forecast called for two or three days of intermittent rain, heavy at times.
Leesa didn’t care. She was still going to work on her magic. Indeed, she felt that using her powers to keep herself dry while performing other spells would be a useful challenge. The foul weather was of no concern to Rave, either. His inner heat kept him warm and dry no matter what the weather. The heavier the rain, the more he simply turned up the fire inside him to evaporate the
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