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Lexi’s ebony hair shimmers with her nod. “Take your time and check everything out. All my products are made from body-safe materials, so if you’re wondering about insertion in any or all possible orifices, the answer is, yes, you can.” Her laugh seems to bounce in the small shop. “If it fits, of course. Some of the models are rather large, after all!”

My gaze drifts to a massive, heavily ridged, dark-green dildo on a nearby shelf. It must be twelve inches high, and that’s not including the big set of balls at its base. It makes Constantine’s cock look average in size.

Following my focused stare, Lexi moves to the shelf and strokes the appendage lovingly. “Forest giant. Isn’t he marvelous?” A blissful sigh leaves her lips. “Vern moved from Fate’s Falls a few years ago, unfortunately. But his licensing agreement is indefinite, so at least we’ll always have his majestic cock in stock.”

Wait, what? I can’t get any of the questions out because my bottom lip is hanging down.

“Show her what they do, Lexi.” Ro gives me a shoulder bump. “This is the coolest.”

Lexi gives up caressing the huge dildo to position her palms on either side. “The motions will vary, adapting to the user’s physical responses during each use, so this is just for demonstration purposes.” The next words she says are in another language. Then the big green dick begins rippling and moving side to side.

“There are no batteries,” Ro says. “It’s infused with magic.”

“But…how? And I mean that in every sense of the word. How?”

A brief utterance later, the dildo stills, and Lexi smiles over at us. “All the models are anatomical replicas created from live volunteers who’ve entered into a licensing contract. Some people choose a set term, others go infinite, like Vern did. Forest giants live a long time, but by signing an endless agreement, his estate will receive the royalties as long as Every Witch Way is in business. It’s all legally airtight, and the licensors are paid generously. A mold is made of whatever body part we’ll be selling, then the products are individually hand-poured by moi, and imbued with a pleasure-giving spell.”

“And you sell enough of them in a town as small as Fate’s Falls to make a living?” The struggling artist in me can’t wrap my head around how that’s possible.

“Not even close!” Lexi laughs again. “The big money comes from the website. Humans can’t get enough monster-inspired sex toys, but you probably know that, right?”

Once again, my cheeks heat. Thank god this particular witch doesn’t read minds. Nobody, not even Ro, knows about the tentacle toy I bought last year, after reading a series of super-steamy Kraken romance books. That hunk of silicone went from box to bed to bin in a matter of one day. The definition of disappointment.

“How do you sell to humans outside the protected area without being discovered? And without you there to start them with a spell, how do the products know when to move? And when to stop?”

“The website uses a standard URL humans can access, and the Oracle’s magic makes it impossible to track back. The outpost sits just outside the boundary area. It has a variety of valid shipping addresses. They process all the packages going in and out of Fate’s Falls. There are lots of businesses here that do very well beyond the border. As for how the magic works… witchcraft doesn’t have to be doom and gloom. Human customers believe they’re cordlessly rechargeable on the dock provided with each unit, and activated by body heat. It’s bullshit, but nobody questions it because the products always work perfectly. Lots of very satisfied customers out there!” she says with a wink. “I’ll leave you to explore the goodies.”

I wait for Lexi to return to whatever she was doing, ducked down behind the counter, then drag Ro to the farthest corner of the little store. “This is—” When words escape me, I throw my hands up.

“Wild, right? I was so tempted to send you something from here, but I could never decide what kind of monster dick you’d prefer.” Again, Ro wiggles her eyebrows at me, then turns her head toward the counter, and calls out, “Lexi, do you have a Minotaur model?”

“Ro!” I hiss under my breath.

“Sure do, ladies!” One green arm shoots up, pointing toward a shelf on the opposite side of the shop. “It’s one of the bestsellers!”

Ro drags me in the direction indicated by Lexi’s finger. She scans the decorative placards sitting in front of each item, her lips moving as she silently reads the creature descriptions until she gets to the one I’m already staring at. “There it is, Nat. The Minotaur. That’s pretty damn big.”

“It is.”

“There’s no name on it—for privacy reasons, I’m sure—but maybe it’s Constantine’s.”

“It’s not.” Shit!

Her head whips in my direction, her eyes popping wide open when she sees what I’m sure is a crimson blush on my face. “You’ve seen his cock! And had a good enough look to know it’s not this one,” she says, snorting, dodging when I try to cover her mouth with my hand. “No more withholding—did you fuck?”

“Can you please keep your voice down?” A pointless ask, I know. Rolling my eyes, I sigh. “None of this—” I make the hand gesture for intercourse. “But yes to other stuff. Good stuff. Really good.”

The high-pitched squeal Ro makes has Lexi popping up behind the counter. “If there’s celebrating happening, I want in!”

“Natalie and Constantine are mates!” Ro hugs me tight enough that I’m gasping for air within seconds.

“Not,” I sputter, “officially.” I take a deep breath when she pulls back, holding me at arm’s length. “Don’t get your hopes up for me to stay.”

“Why wouldn’t you stay? You hit it off before you’d even met. You’ve obviously got physical chemistry if you did ‘really good stuff’ with him the first night, and you never get down with a guy on the first date. Hell, you rarely even get down with a guy.”

“Thanks, Ro. Always nice to be reminded I’m uptight.”

“Stop that.” She gives me a mock slap on the face, complete with sound effects. “I bet it’s because you’re his mate. Part of you has been waiting for him all this time. And now you found each other. Just…fall in love, make adorable furry babies, and stay here forever. Please…”

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