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her desk to get back to work she used a bit of magic to lob a paperclip at Daniel, clipping him lightly in the back of the head.
    “What was that for?”
    “You’re about to owe me your eternal gratitude,” Jade said.
    “Eternity is a long time.”
    “Okay then weekly gratitude and maybe some coffee. Henri’s going to try to get you to booty yoga this week. Day after tomorrow at seven. Make plans with someone else or suffer the consequences.”
    Daniel frowned. “What the hell is booty yoga?”
    “I’ve no idea but, apparently, I’m going to find out. Save yourself.”
    He nodded, already pulling out his phone and texting someone to make plans, she assumed. “Someday they’ll sing songs about this act of friendship.”
    “I’m a peach. I know.”
    Jade settled back into work, stopping only to grab something from the cafeteria for her lunch and eating at her desk, for which her keyboard suffered mercilessly. She used a quick air spell to blast out the crumbs that she lost under the keys, but couldn’t get a lonely staple out from underneath the ‘CTRL’ button. She didn’t have enough finesse with the magic to focus that finely. Yet. She was determined to keep at it. She’d get it. Someday.
    At the end of the day, her boss, Josef, came out of his office and headed straight for her cube. Jade immediately checked that all browser tabs she had opened earlier looking at boots and some leggings were closed and the only programs she had up were email, word processing and link in to the Coven library database. Not a shopping tab in sight. 
    “Jade, I was hoping to ask you a favor.”
    With his impressive height, he towered over her even when she was standing, and she was five-ten. While she sat at her desk, she felt a little like Alice in Wonderland - looking way up after taking the ‘drink me’ shrinking potion. Josef was one of those super fit older guys - like a Patrick Stewart or Clint Eastwood type. Tall and lean. But he wasn’t one of those men that used his bulk to loom over people. Jade never felt that he was trying to bully her with his size or his attitude. In fact, she was surprised by how comfortable working with him was. She really liked the vibe he put out. He’d asked for her specifically to join Counter-Magic after she’d decided to stay with the Coven. She’d never officially asked him why, but Paris had indicated that Josef had said he got a ‘good feeling’ off Jade and was impressed with her power.
    “Uh, sure,” she said, feeling a little nervous. She liked Josef, but when your boss asked you a favor, was saying ‘no’ ever an option? She was pretty sure she would be committed to whatever he wanted before he even asked.
    “Most witches have never had a chance to see a familiar in person. I was wondering if you would bring your lizard by the Coven.”
    “Bruce?” she asked inanely, as if she had more than one lizard. “You mean for a show and tell?”
    Josef nodded. “If you’re both okay with it.”
    Jade shrugged. “I guess so.” She had a horrible thought. She’d have to ask for a ride from someone. There was no way she’d be able to get Bruce on the bus. It was too crowded in the morning and he’d get stepped on. Or squished. Or he’d hiss and spit at people. “Oh crap,” she muttered.
    “Problem?”
    Jade waved her hand. “Uh, just logistics. But, yeah, I’m sure I can bring him in. And then just… show him around?”
    “If that’s okay by you. I didn’t get a chance to learn much about him while he was here briefly before,” Josef said, which was a nice way of putting it. When Jade had rescued Bruce from the sewer, he’d been stuck in a pipe, causing a magical kind of blockage. Jade happened to be the witch that freed him and he sort of imprinted on her, breaking away from Josef and Counter-Magic and finding his way to Jade’s cottage. He’d been there ever since. “I understand he’s fairly tame?” Josef asked.
    Jade nodded. “Definitely. He