Now, if that isn’t an excellent examle of a perfect beginning for a short story – jump right into the action. I love it, and I adore how you manage to write steaming hot NC-17 and somehow still manage to maintain some degree of decorum for them. Thank you for this lunch break entertainment; my productivity is going to reach a record high this afternoon.

I loved the sandalwood-scented darkness, the reference to the Charms OWL, and most of all:

“No, she'd lifted her head defiantly and topped it with a stuffed vulture” That’s Gus.