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nonetheless. You would never be able to leave for fear of Ichiro’s descendants.”
    “They don’t know I’m in Masato’s body. And we all know part of my powers are still housed in the barrier room pool. I have to assume they need all three of us together -- the pool, Masato, and I -- for the negation spell to work. They might even need you as well thanks to your blood and the ritual that bound me to Masato’s body.”
    “That’s assumption only. I don’t want to bet our futures on that.”
    Masato said, “We would have to shut down and clear the hotel to set up the new barrier. Since we don’t know which employee is the sleeper, it’s best to make them all leave.”
    Hotsuma nodded. “With the family coming in a few days, we could use the excuse of the Mizuno family gathering for a rare reunion as the excuse we need to close without it seeming suspicious.”
    “Good thinking, Uncle.”
    Lulu snapped, “I can’t believe you two are actually thinking of doing this. You don’t know how a barrier around the entire hotel will affect you -- either of you.”
    Masato said, “Yeah, but we do know how it’ll affect us if we stand around doing nothing. You did a good job trying to protect us and the Mizuno family, Lulu. You’re a true head wife, but now it’s time for more drastic measures that only Uncle and I can carry out.” He reached out and pulled her to him for a quick kiss before returning to the water.
    Hotsuma crossed to her side and cupped her head between his hands. When he kissed her, his lips were light against hers. She barely felt them and yearned for something more. He said, “We’ll handle this. Continue with Richard as you’ve been doing. Don’t let on that you’ve told us or that anything has changed.”
    “Okay.”
    “Good.” He released her and left the room.
    Lulu stared at the closed door, confusion and disbelief holding her rooted to the floor. Act like nothing had changed? Everything had changed!
    Everything would change. She couldn’t let Hotsuma and Masato put up that barrier. But she couldn’t stop them, either. The barrier might be the only thing that could keep them and the ageman power safe.
    “This isn’t fair,” she said to the air around her.
    She had power too, but it served no purpose if she didn’t know the person trying to hurt the men she loved.
    Wait…
    Men?
    She didn’t just think that. It was a slip of the mind. She meant man she loved. Singular. Masato was nowhere in that equation. As far as she was concerned, he was the same as Richard -- a blackmailing manipulator out for his own gain.
    Except Richard didn’t make her pussy tingle the way Masato did. Richard left her feeling cold while Masato could get her hot from the sound of his voice.
    Lulu shook her head. Lust. That was it. Not love. She loved Hotsuma. He was the only one. And she wasn’t going to waste energy thinking about this now. She needed to find a way to use her powers to protect her family.

Chapter Eight
     
    Saturday came sooner than Lulu wanted. Both Hotsuma and Masato busied themselves planning the reinstatement of the barrier. The three of them hadn’t spoken since the day she told them about Richard. Not for lack of her trying, but because Masato and Hotsuma were too busy planning. Lulu had spent the last few nights alone in bed, worrying herself into an exhausted sleep.
    Having nothing better to do, Lulu helped the staff placate the guests who had to cut their vacations short or cancel them outright. Lulu was able to coordinate with Voda to take on some of the guests and upcoming reservations. Everyone was offered a free stay voucher for the inconvenience. But through it all, no one complained much, and there was no huge outcry in the papers or on the Internet.
    Lulu marveled at the ageman power at work. Any other hotel would have been buried under speculations of closure and such after turning away all guests and sending home the staff. Instead, people reported about the huge