"You've not been with people in the past who understood your magic?"

"Nope. Oh, it's not like I hid it from them, but most of them..." I say "most," but it was more like three, including the most recent, Stephen, who was in thrall to a master vampire and tried to kill us last year. Not the most robust of relationship history.

"Most of them thought it was weird and were happier if I didn't mention it or do anything 'mystical' around them. Well, except for Stephen, and we know how that ended."

"I hadn't thought of that. I guess I had assumed you had mostly dated other warlocks."

"Hardly. There aren't that many of us and finding  one who is both available and gay is damned hard."
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