"Are you ever going to learn, Rian?" She grins, letting out a long breath and shaking her head. "I always keep my best tricks hidden up my sleeves. You know that." She swings their hands with Rian, delighted by the simple motions. She gives him one of her patented, Lexi looks. "It takes a hell of a lot more than magic to scare me away."

"Well, luckily for you, I'm an optimist and fond of strange things," she tells him. "Even on tour, though? You never met witches on tour at all?"

Lexi is all-too human, but she likes to believe that fact serves as her own magic.