Josefina Exposito is your average eccentric, elementary-school teacher who makes candles in her free time and absolutely loves all things spooky, much to the chagrin of her father who doesn't believe in anything supernatural. When Professor Panty Melter enters her vendor tent at the Renaissance Faire on her 25th birthday, strange things start to happen. Wisps of shadowy smoke wrap around the man like a caress she can feel as if her hands were the ones touching him. Each time the tendrils of shadow manifest after that, however, they aren't as innocuous, yet, he always seems to be there to make things better. Until, one day, he's not. Alistaire Seagal has a job to do, and teaching basic pharmacology to Master's students isn't it. He recognizes her from the moment he steps into that lecture hall to observe. The pull of her aura calls to him, and try as he might, he can't stay away. Coven be damned, she is his to protect, not theirs to contain. He knows it, and worse, his demon knows it. Together, they will destroy everything to keep her safe...to keep her.