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She shook her head pityingly “That’s not a supervillain na”

“I’ht But he had done sos already; he had to admit that

“Of course you’re a supervillain Mind control isn’t really a hero thing, it’s a villain thing” She was nodding now, nodding and looking at hi “The Dominator? Mastermind?”

“Seriously?” He laughed, getting into it “A to need a special outfit?”

“‘No capes, dahling,’” Saffron said, using a movie line that warmed Dillon’s heart “Definitely no spandex No, I see you in so to conjure an outfit out of the air—“soeous to want your face covered by a mask”

Again she had used that word, “gorgeous,” and it sent Dillon into a hazy, happy sort of fugue state No one—not even his adoring eous He felt the unseen audience growing i on it!

“Gorgeous, huh?” he said, hoping to get her to repeat it He doubted he’d ever get tired of hearing it

“You’re what randmother would call a real charers “That’s it! That’s your name! The Charmer!”

“The Charmer” He tried it out and liked it And as soon as he had absorbed the na kind of classy was called for “You want to co ant, and there’s a mall downstairs”

“I don’t like shopping, usually,” Saffron said “But in this case?” She plucked the collar of her Venetian robe “I need so to wear, too”

Dillon had to restrain the urge to dance with pure joy He had his first henchht away, she had a sense of humor, and she was obviously attracted to hih any ht here in the casino—and take literally anything And he could do it all with Saffron on his aras with a beautiful underwearmoney like water

A!

“Yeah, let’s go shopping,” he said “Then we canwell”

Saffron’s voice was pitying “You don’t knohat to do with it, do you? The power, Iwaves of pleasure through him

“Maybe we could figure it out together?”