Hex And Kisses by Milly Taiden Page A

Liani a sad smile. “I’ll come by tomorrow with some pie if you’re still down in the dumps.” 
    A few minutes later, Liani couldn’t believe she’d eaten five cupcakes in the blink of an eye. Though she was a big girl, it wasn’t because she ate unhealthy foods. She just had lots of curves in her family. A short, Latina witch with too many curves wasn’t usually the one men sought out, but because of her ability with fire, Liani got a lot of attention.
    “Why so sad, little Liani?” Came the voice of her Godmother, Cleopatra.
    Liani was getting ready to stand when Cleo made an appearance in her living room. She rushed over and hugged her Godmother. “Check you out, you sexy thang!”
    Cleo laughed and patted her shoulder. “How are you doing, darling?”
    “Not as good as you? Where are you off to in that?”
    Cleo slid a hand down her curvy body and scrunched her nose. “You don’t think it’s too much?”
    “You? Dressed as catwoman? That’s never too much!” Liani giggled. “But why are you dressed up?”
    Cleo shrugged. “The council is having a costume party.”
    “Isn’t it a little late for that? Halloween’s passed.”
    Cleo lifted a brow and folded her arms over the low neckline of her leotard, pushing her large breasts up. “Like that matters around here? You know they have these at least once a month.”
    True. She flicked a long lock of dark hair over her shoulder and offered Cleo a cupcake. “Wanna wallow in self-pity with me by eating cake?”
    “Ah, darling!” Cleo took the cupcake out of her hand and pulled her in for another hug. “Are you not over Seth yet?”
    Figured her Godmother would know what was going on with Liani. Her mother was too busy being an elder in the council to care what her daughters did unless they did something to embarrass her. “No. I’m not. He messed me up. Possibly for life.”
    “Sex was that good, huh?”
    Liani threw herself on the sofa again. “It wasn’t good. It was fucking amazing.”
    “That darn furball!”
    “Tell me about it. I can’t close my eyes without thinking of him,” she grumbled.
    “So go find the shifter and tell him he belongs to you.”
    It wasn’t that simple. “I can’t do that.”
    “Why the hell not?” Cleo huffed. “I thought he wanted you.”
    She scrunched her nose and winced. “He did. He bit me and it was all great until I got out of the sexed up haze and told him what we did was wrong. That I couldn’t be with him.”
    “Darling, nothing you do that comes from the heart is wrong.”
    Liani shook her head. “You don’t understand. I went there to try the perfect kiss spell. I wasn’t looking to have wild sex with Seth. His pack is known for being dominant males.”
    Cleo sat across from her. “Aren’t they also known for being loyal, loving and damn good in bed?”
    Yeah, that too. “I panicked. I told him I never wanted to see him again.”
    “So? You changed your mind. Go find him. Or do you want another woman to lay claim to your man?”
    What? She hadn’t thought of that.  Since she’d rejected him, he could do that. But would he? There was nothing keeping him from finding himself someone who would want him. Her mother had given her a warning when she’d found out about Liani and Seth.

Chapter Two
     
    “Mother said I need to stay away from the shifter. She said she and the council felt it was best that I should keep away from him since I already broke the rules.”
    Cleo rolled her gorgeous dark eyes. “Zarai is a stick in the mud. One of these days she’s going to get her own ass in trouble and we’ll see how she likes it.”
    Liani snorted. “Wouldn’t that beat all? For mother to hook up with a shifter. I’d pay to see that.”
    Cleo cleared her throat. “Well, she’s had her wild days in the past. We all have.”
    “Oooh, Cleo! What aren’t you telling me?”
    Cleo shook her head. “No. You’re not switching this to me. We’re talking about you and your