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a witch wasn’t a wise move, even when you were a witch yourself.
    Lily plucked the phone from inside her backpack and flipped it open. Then she turned away from Griffin’s seductive stare. “Hi, Anica.”
    “What’s happened?”
    “He’s here.”
    “And?”
    Lily decided not to mention that Griffin had run all the way to the bar from his apartment and that he was wearing very few clothes. “He invited me to come home with him.”
    “For goddesss’s sake, don’t do it!”
    Lily felt as if she’d been paraded in front of a display of chocolate truffles and then told she couldn’t have any. It wasn’t fair to have a man like Griffin panting for her and have to turn him down. But Anica had made some potent arguments.
    Lily didn’t want to be a pariah in the wizard world because of this. Griffin’s response to the elixir was exciting but might be difficult to control if she let things go any further.
    The thought of not having sex with him tonight was killing her. But she had to remember that doing magic always clouded her better judgment. Anica was watching out for her. Anica probably knew what was best.
    “Okay,” Lily said. “I’ll shut him down.”
    “And you’re not just saying that because you’re high on magic, right? You know how you tend to be more agreeable when you have a magic buzz going.”
    “I mean it, Anica.”
    “Just remember that in another nine hours, he’ll be back to normal. Then you can ask him to the engagement party and find out if there’s any real connection between the two of you.”
    Lily had the most horrible feeling that Griffin wouldn’t accept an invitation to Anica and Jasper’s engagement party once the spell wore off. If she let him go now, that would be the end of her chances with him.
    “Lily? You’re with me on this plan, right?”
    “Sure.” Lily glanced back at Griffin and her heart thumped in triple time. It would be so sweet if only—but no, she wouldn’t go through with it. “You bet.”
    “Good,” Anica said. “And remember, he’ll try to talk you into going to bed with him, and you have that tendency to be agreeable when you’re like this, so watch out.”
    “Okay.”
    “I just wish I knew whether you’ll agree with me now and turn around and agree with him later.” Anica sighed. “Anyway, I’ll talk to you tomorrow. If we’re going to have the engagement party at the Bubbling Cauldron, we have plans to make.”
    “Absolutely.”
    “Be strong, Lil.”
    “I will. Talk to you tomorrow.” Lily closed the phone and tucked it into her backpack.
    “Your sister?”
    Lily turned, enchanted by the sexy resonance in his voice. She would love listening to him murmur sweet words in her ear while they were making . . . no, she wasn’t going to do that tonight. “Yes, that was Anica.”
    “I met her and her fiancé here.”
    “That’s right.” She could ask him to the engagement party now and he’d say yes. He’d say anything to gain his objective of luring her into his bed. The invitation to the party was on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn’t ask him to the party and then refuse his advances tonight. That would seem weird.
    Sherman came over with money and credit cards to settle the last of the bar bills.
    “Let me pay for my beer now, too.” Griffin pulled some bills out of a hidden pocket in his sweats.
    Lily waved away the money. “It’s on the house.” Paying for his beer was the least she could do considering that she planned to deny him satisfaction when she’d created the craving in the first place.
    “Thanks.” Griffin put the money away.
    Sherman glanced at Griffin, then back at Lily. “If you two have plans, I’ll close up tonight. All I need you to do is take care of the register.”
    Lily sighed with regret. “That’s okay, Sherman. I can do it.”
    Griffin lifted his eyebrows in a silent question.
    “Suit yourself,” Sherman said. “I’ll start stacking chairs. Let me know if you change your