Chapter 10

Lenny and Tasha’s worlds changed when they met Alison in the woods behind Laurel’s house in the middle of the night. Were it not for her wings and tail, Alison would have come across as a cover girl for some sorority magazine, or perhaps a model for a party college’s pamphlets. Her blond hair was in a ponytail. Her smile was sincere and blindingly white. A simple olive backless top hugged her slender body, and a gray miniskirt with a geometric pattern hung from her hips. But two large bat wings were affixed to her back, and a snake-like tail swung below her skirt.

Whatever doubts Lenny and Tasha had about Laurel’s claims of magic were dashed in an instant.

“Holy shit, so demons are real too?” Lenny asked. “Do you like, kill people?”

Alison smiled sweetly. “I go to great lengths to avoid it,” she said. “But I’m sort of forced into a particularly lifestyle. I don’t exactly fit in at the coffee shop or cubical farm,” she added, pointing to her wings which stretched and flexed.

“She’s cool. Trust me,” Laurel told her friends. “She’s taught me all kinds of cool magic.”

“And now I’m going to teach you girls to work together so that Laurel can work more powerful spells. And in the process maybe we’ll see about getting you girls a little action,” Alison said with a wink. “Now, this is sex magic, so you girls are going to have to get to know each other pretty well. Is that going to be okay?”

“I don’t know...,” Tasha said.

“Come on, Tash! It’s all for you,” Laurel told her. “Once we get good at this stuff, you’ll have your pick of any guy at school. It’ll be worth it, I promise.”

Tasha nodded. “Okay.”

“Well I’m in,” Lenny stated. “No way I’m going to pass up an opportunity to learn actual magic.”