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between us in high school,” I finally said.
    “That’s not completely true.”
    “I’m a witch.”
    “Yep,” he said.
    “You’re a bear Shifter.”
    “You aren’t wrong about that either.”
    “How is this possible?”
    He gripped the steering wheel tighter. “Do you think I know?”
    “We come from two different worlds. It would never work.” It didn’t stop me from wanting to climb him like Mt. Everest and enjoy the view from the highest peak. But like Mt. Everest, the chance of me surviving the climb was slim. He was one big, boy…er…man.
    “I have made my peace with being alone.”
    My chest clenched. Why did I feel so guilty? It wasn’t my fault he thought I was his mate. Hell, I’d been an awkward nerdy witch during my teen years, better with math and science than witchcraft. I couldn’t have magicked a pimple away, let alone cast a love spell.
    As we pulled up to the party, there were at least twenty cars lining the gravel road on both sides, three kegs sat in the open field, along with metal tubs full of ice and harder alcohol. I spotted Lily near an organized group. She jumped in the air with her hand up and gave me the “hurry up” wave.
    I looked at the rowdy crowd and back to Ford. “I hope you brought your gun.”
    When I got to Lily, she pointed at the spectacle at the center of the crowd. Tizzy was circling a beaver, and he was making all kinds of hissing and growling noises at her. She kept dancing around like a prize fighter, jumping and moving every time the beaver tried to whack her with his tail. A woman, wearing an inside out red sweater, faded blue jeans, smeared coral lipstick, and a frantic look on her face, kept yelling, “Leave her alone, Frank. It meant nothing. It was nothing. Just some harmless fun.”
    Goddess, Tizzy. What the hell had my familiar done now?
    Lily quickly said, “Tizzy was doing shots with Colleen, and for a five-pound animal she was holding her own, let me tell you. Then Tizzy told Colleen she was the most beautiful woman she’d ever laid eyes on, and that she’d always wanted to kiss a beaver, which I thought was funny at the time, but the next thing I knew, Colleen had shifted, and she and Tizzy were rolling around in the grass.”
    “Then Frank showed up.”
    Lily nodded. “Yep. Then Frank showed up.” Her eyes were haunted. “I tried to stop it, Haze. I really did, but you have no idea how hard it is to get between a squirrel and her beaver.” She giggled.
    I think my BFF had been doing shots as well. “Tiz!” I shouted. The squirrel snapped her gaze to me, which gave Frank the Beaver the opening he needed. His flat tail whacked Tizzy upside her little squirrel head and threw her a couple feet.
    “Hey!” I shouted. The crowd parted for me. I think they were just excited that someone else was joining the fight.
    “Break it up,” I heard Ford say. “I’d hate to have to run you all downtown on a Friday night. Judge don’t arraign any cases until Monday. It’d be a shame to screw up your entire weekend.”
    People backed up. But Frank, that little rodent would not be deterred. He lunged at Tizzy, who was still dazed from the smack.
    “No,” I yelled. “Leave her alone.” I grabbed at his back, his fur slick and really hard to get any kind of hold on. He squirmed away from me, but not before I zapped his ass.
    He shifted back to human, a sorry excuse for a man, naked and nursing a butt burn from my lightning bolt. “That really hurt, you stupid witch.” He stood up, posturing like he was going to do something about it, but suddenly backed down. “Keep that rat away from my girl,” he said then turned his venom on Lily. “Unless you all want to end up like Danny.” Before I could zap his stupid mouth, too, he hurried off after the rest of the group.
    “What a douchenozzle.” I looked behind me, and a very imposing Ford stood with his arms crossed, and his eyes trained on the running man. I’m sure he was the cause of