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I need to.’ They’d been at the power plant that night, and Eve had accidentally taken in so much of the energy surging through the place that she’d blacked out the entire town.
    ‘Absolutely,’ Luke agreed. He sat down on the bench in front of the hardware store, pulling her down next to him. They had some time before the movie started. ‘So you’re not upset about anything?’ He had a new thought about what might be bothering her. He hesitated, then lowered his voice and continued. ‘You’re not still freaked about finding out you’re part demon, are you?’
    ‘No,’ Eve said quickly. ‘I mean, I was. It was hard to get my head around the idea that I have demon blood. I just thought … well, I was afraid that having demon blood meant I was evil.’
    ‘You aren’t anything close to evil,’ Luke assured her. ‘A little shallow maybe, a little obsessed with shopping,’ he joked, reminding them both of his initial impression of her all those months ago when they first met. ‘But you – you’re a force for good.’
    ‘It helped so much that you and Jess never doubted me, or acted like I was suddenly something different,’ Eve told him. ‘But honestly I think what finally made me stop worrying about it was when I found out my great-great-great-grandmother had demon blood too.’
    ‘The old Deepdene Witch,’ Luke said. Eve had inherited her powers from her ancestor.
    ‘Yeah. The demon blood is where her power came from – hers and mine. It made me realize that without demon blood, I wouldn’t have the strength to fight demons. And who would keep Deepdene safe then?’
    She definitely didn’t sound upset. Her voice was bright and happy. Luke didn’t want to do anything to kill her good mood, but he felt like he had to ask, ‘Aren’t you afraid that someone might have seen you zap that wasp and wonder about it?’
    ‘It was just a tiny zap. I’m not worried about it,’ Eve replied. ‘Lately, I’m just loving using my powers. It used to feel like something I had to do because no one else could. Now, it feels like this cool special thing that I’m so lucky I inherited.’
    Eve rushed on, her words coming out fast in her enthusiasm. ‘Remember that book I found that gave more info on her? It had some amazing stories. Once, she blasted a lake completely dry to kill some kind of aquatic demon that could create tsunamis and hurricanes. And another time she took possession of a demon body and made it eat sugar, because sugar was poisonous to it. She got back out of the body before it died.’
    Luke smiled. ‘She was like a historical Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’
    ‘Yup. I’m expecting to be starring in my own TV show any day! But I won’t forget the little people who knew me way back when.’ She knocked his shoulder with hers. ‘There could be some great eps based on stuff that my great-great-great did. One time she blasted a demon so hard, she turned it into a human girl. She made it completely harmless. I guess it still had some powers after that, but Granny knocked them so deep they couldn’t be reached. The demon could never use them again.’
    ‘I’d watch that,’ Luke said. ‘Especially if you wore leather pants the way Buffy did.’
    ‘I’ve noticed something about you,’ she answered playfully. ‘You never notice fashion unless it involves tight clothes.’
    ‘Or short ones,’ Luke added.
    Eve shook her head, trying not to smile. ‘Anyway, reading about the old Deepdene Witch made me feel even better about being her descendant, demon blood and all. Who knows what I’ll end up doing? I just feel like I’m ready for anything. Whatever badness comes next – if anything even does – I’m so ready.’ Sparks began to crackle from her fingertips. ‘Oops!’ Eve folded her hands together and the sparks went out.
    She was practically giddy with excitement just talking about it. Luke was glad she’d gotten over the revulsion she’d felt when she’d discovered she was part