"They wouldn't do it," Shock pointed out. "Potions that affect others like that are highly regulated, and we're not on the clearance list."

She smirked.

"Wonder why."

Shock watched the serpent snack on the mouse, then headed back in the direction of the tree house.

"Besides," she said, "as much as he deserves it sometimes, there are lines we don't cross with each other. Fucking with his relationship like that is a line."

A devious look crossed her face.

"That said, there are [i]other[/i] ways to mess with the love-bats. Garlic flowers would make that fancy tomb even [i]more[/i] romantic, don't you think?"