“Aw shit,” Dake said. “What are you doing?” he asked Lula, who simply held up a finger, motioning for him to wait. He watched as she dipped her fingertip into one of the small vials in her purse and then pressed it against Edwina’s temple.
Edwina looked blank for a moment, blinked a few times and then smiled. “Oh hello, Dake. I must have been daydreaming,” she said with a tranquil smile. “I didn’t even hear you come in. Did you see Zebulon off on his trip? I do hope he has a good vacation. He really does work too hard.”
Dake just stared at Edwina, mouth agape.
“Dake?” Edwina looked at him curiously. “Are you all right?”
“Is…is Alfred around?” he asked cautiously.
“I’m afraid not,” Edwina said with that same calm smile. “Zebulon said Alfred tended his resignation and won’t be working here any longer. I see your lovely fiancée is here with you. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Lula.” Edwina extended her hand. “I’ve heard so many nice things about you.”
“Thank you, Edwina,” Lula said, pumping her hand. “I’ve heard wonderful things about you too. I look forward to working with you.”
“If you don’t mind,” Edwina said, “I’ll just go back to putting that new shipment of supplies away.”
After she went in the back room, Dake turned to Lula, aghast. “We can do that?” he asked, tapping his temple. “Make them forget and change stuff around in their memory?”
“Quite easily.” Lula nodded. “I believe it’s in chapter eight of our new manual.”
“Holy shit,” Dake said.
“What are we going to do about Alfred, Dake? If Cinnamus finds out, he’ll be terribly disappointed—and Cupid will be furious. Why, if the council finds out that I was so careless with the academy’s property, they might withdraw my goddess status and separate us.”
Dake sucked in a deep breath and laughed. He couldn’t help it because he had a feeling this was just the beginning of many such crises he’d encounter in his life with Lula.
“Looks like we gather up our gear, sweetheart, and find Alfred before he wreaks all sorts of havoc with your bow and arrows.”
“Oh Dake. I’m so sorry.” Lula leaned her head against his chest. “I’m such a…what is the term? A fuck-up,” she said mournfully.
“No you’re not.” He wrapped his arms around her, kissing the top of his adorable, capricious little nymph goddess’ head. “It’s okay, sweetheart. We’ll take care of it before anyone finds out what happened.”
“Thank you, Dake. I promise nothing like this will ever happen again.”
Dake heaved a sigh and chuckled.
“Dake?”
“Hmmm?”
“I love you.”
“I love you too, sweetheart.”
Nope, no doubt about it. Life with his darling Lula would never be dull or boring.
About the Author
Daisy Dexter Dobbs has a valid reason for lying when she’s asked where she gets the ideas for her books. She knows most people wouldn’t believe the truth about the madcap mayhem that goes on in her daily life. Case in point: Imagine frantically trying to file your way out of a locked bathroom door with a teeny nail file, dressed in nothing but a too-small towel while you're waiting for a real estate agent and a family with three small kids to arrive for a showing of your house. Okay, now picture the contents of a box of just-delivered sex toys (purely for research purposes, you understand) strewn on the bed just outside that locked bathroom door. Mmm-hmm, it really happened.
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