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My breath comes in shallow pants, and I’m climbing and climbing and—

“Is my queen about to come?” Memnon says against my pussy. “Because”—he sucks on my clit, forcing me to cry out—“if so,”—another suck—“then I’ll just have to—” He reaches for something and—

ZZZZZZZ—ZZZZZZZ…

My eyes snap open.

I’m sweating, and my chest is heaving.

Great Goddess, did I just wake up from a wet dream? One starring Memnon the Cursed?

I feel flustered and oddly embarrassed. And hungover. Ugh. I grimace as I taste alcohol and last night’s bad decisions on my tongue.

ZZZZZZZ—ZZZZZZZ…ZZZZZZZ—ZZZZZZZ…

My phone’s buzzing rouses me from my thoughts. That must’ve been what woke me.

I rub my eyes with one hand and use the other to grope around my nightstand—wait, no,Sybil’snightstand—for my phone.

Then I pause.

Great Goddess, I had a sex dream in Sybil’s room? In her bed?While she slept next to me?

Just kill me now and end my humiliation.

ZZZZZZZ—ZZZZZZZ…

My hand brushes my phone, then knocks it to the ground.

“Fuck,” I curse under my breath, leaning over my friend’s bed. My stomach tumbles with the action, and I force down my nausea as I snatch my phone up.

Behind me, Sybil stretches. “Turn your phone off,” she moans.

I grab the phone in question, glaring at it.

I swear if this is spam, I will—

The thought stops dead in its tracks when I read the caller ID:Henbane Coven.

I accept the call so fast that I nearly drop it again.

“Hello?” I say breathlessly.

“Selene Bowers?” the woman on the other line says.

I clear my throat. “Yes, that’s me,” I say, trying not to sound as flustered and hungover as I am. Already, my heart is starting to gallop. Why would anyone from the school be calling me?

Don’t get your hopes up. Don’t get your hopes up—

“Hi, I’m Magnolia Nisim, from the Admissions Department of Henbane Coven.”

Next to me, Sybil sits up, her hair a wild mess around her head.

Who is it?she mouths.

I cover the receiver and mouth back,Henbane Coven!

“I and the rest of the admissions committee have read your paper on your magic quest, and…wow.” She pauses.