Book Five: Chapter 169

“These feelings you have are very real.” Mike leaned forward, his breath hot against her lips. “And why fight them?”

He kissed her, and she felt a surge of magic flow through her body. It traveled down her throat and radiated outward from her heart, warming her limbs. At that moment, she could tell that it was Neferisfet’s best estimate of what Mike’s magic actually did. Though she had never experienced it first hand, she had both seen it in action and heard talk of it later.

This wasn’t magic that connected her to him. Rather, it was heightening her senses and filling her to the brim with sexual energy and a strong desire for release. It was nothing like Mike’s magic, a mere imitation created as a best guess effort. In pushing the issue, Neferisfet had overplayed her hand.

Beth felt the magic spin through her body as her belly muscles fluttered. Asterion lifted Beth off the ground to help Suly penetrate her from behind, the cold radiating from his body mixing with