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He chuckled "It does, actually"

He thought she lide across his Instead, she sighed and straightened up "This is breaking a rule, right? Doing ic in the alleyway?"

Despite her attention shift, the feeling around theh the air didn’t shift or change

"Your focus is unreal," he said, feeling his eyes go wide "How can you keep this level of…balance? Does it colanced around "Practice, probably I love this feeling Iof electricity, the pulse of the energy, the sheer nitude of oneness--none of that’s nor I work toward all the time, like with my stones It has helped with ain, and now things did falter The bubble around theed at histo distract him

He rubbed his pal on her Not letting his attention wander

Miracle of ical pocket they’d created--their bubble of balance and peace in topsy-turvy surroundings--strengthened again

"What happened just there?" he asked softly, finding her hands again and holding the, Penny Bristol Tell s wobbled again "I have a lot of baggage when it cos I do I realize that soic, but clearly e? So it down like I used to do when I worked certain spells with Conrad I’ a conversation in the esture at theme, I have no doubt, and the only way you could do that is by hours and hours of focus, trying to find balance your whole life There is no other explanation So cherish that third eye of yours, regardless of how tehed and pulled in a set of eleers entwined with hers Shadows draped over the by He should’ve done it iet," he said, feeling the other ele over and around them "I have a third eye too It’s my Seer ability It has kept me alive more times than I can count"

"My third eye doesn’t keep me out of trouble What was the spell you just did?"

"I didn’t say my Seer ability kept me out of trouble I said it’s savedon the aears "I created a light-concealing spell Very little power and energy and focus needed It’s a breeze in this bubble Here, I’ll do it again"

He weaved the spell again, s together without the ele"

"Do you use the ter?"

"Kind of, yes It’s easier" He got to the end and let the identical spell drift into the air around theed off his hand and started weaving i around the side of her, wondering if the bubble would break Aic at her fingertips to her teeth chewing her plump bottom lip Her brows dipped in concentration--or maybe frustration--before her eyes squeezed shut