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feelings—but yes, your appearance shortened his time as a demon.”
    Mikayla shook her head. “Nice try, but I don’t buy it,” she
said, a blush heating her cheeks. “I practically did a striptease for him last
night and he didn’t change back. If he was attracted to me, don’t you think
something would have been triggered?”
    “Last night was Halloween.” Tamsyn dismissed the protest
with a wave of her hand. “With all magic going haywire, there easily could have
been something in the air to counteract your spell. Today is the first day
we’re seeing the true effects of your incantation.”
    Wyn nodded. “Makes sense.” She glanced back at Tamsyn. “Are
you thinking what I am?”
    Tamsyn inclined her head, looking none too happy.
    “Hell,” Wyn sighed, leaning back in her chair. “She cast a
Beauty-and-the-Beast spell.”
    “I couldn’t have,” Mikayla argued. “They require time and
training. Not a two-sentence spell mumbled in the spur of the moment.”
    “Be that as it may, you did cast the spell on Halloween,”
Tamsyn said, her voice gentling. “It changes all the rules. You changed his
appearance into an unnatural form and made the condition of his release…”
    “No,” Mikayla whispered.
    Wyn placed a hand on her shoulder, finishing Tamsyn’s
explanation. “Love. He has to fall for someone before he can regain his true
form.”
    “It would explain why none of our reversal spells have
worked,” Tamsyn added. “Nothing can break a Beauty-and-the-Beast spell.”
    “Nothing except Ciar falling in love. And he’s made it very
clear that I am not a suitable contestant for that game,” Mikayla said.
    Tamsyn and Wyn glanced at each other. Neither sister had any
words of comfort to offer.
    Mikayla closed her eyes. As much as she wished this could
all be resolved with a happy ending, she knew the truth. Ciar hadn’t wanted her
before. Even if he was starting to see her appeal, even if it led to fantastic
sex, it wouldn’t be enough to break the spell. If this was a
Beauty-and-the-Beast spell it meant he had to fall completely and utterly in
love with someone. And it wouldn’t be the witch who had trapped him in such an
unforgivable way.
    “We have to find a woman he can love,” she said.
    “Mikayla,” Tamsyn breathed.
    Mikayla looked at her sister, forcing a smile to her lips.
“Will you and Wyn go to the Black Cat tonight? See if you can find any info on
Ciar’s previous relationships. Maybe there’s a woman in his past we can use.”
    Wyn tapped her fingers on the table. “I’m all for getting
this man out of your life, don’t get me wrong, but are you sure you want to do
this?”
    “This has nothing to do with me.” Mikayla gritted her teeth
and forced the words out. “This is about righting an unforgivable wrong.”
    “Maybe he could love you,” Tamsyn offered, ignoring Wyn’s
derisive snort. Mikayla shook her head even as her heart leapt at the thought.
“He already has a hang-up about witches and now I’ve gone and done this to him.
Demons don’t forgive. You know that.”
    Without another word she left the room.
    * * * * *
    It had been hours since the sisters had left and he was
still a damn dog. Mikayla sat close by, crossed-legged on the bedspread. She
appeared to be attempting to have a staring contest with him. His tail wagged
in annoyance, the movement still startling. He might have lived centuries but
having a tail was new even for him.
    “No one else is around,” Mikayla said, interrupting his
thoughts. “You can change back now.”
    He growled. If he could change back, didn’t the maddening
witch think he would have? After all, he was more than willing to pick up where
they’d left off. He wanted to find out if her naked body looked as good as it
felt.
    A tremor ran through him, like he’d touched a live wire. If
he’d been in his natural form he would have frowned. What the hell was that?
    Mikayla was oblivious to whatever strange powers were