"Good boy." Lillith patted Lock's head as he got situated on the floor. "Stay."

Agatha tried not to stare as the vampiress ordered her restrained boyfriend about like an animal. One the one hand, using chains and leashes to keep unruly children from wandering off was hardly abnormal in the town, and "unruly" was generally an understatement when it came to the tricksters. On the other hand, Lock was hardly a child, and shouldn't two people in a romantic relationship be treating each other as equals? 

The teen witch took a moment to feel relief that at least Barrel was a true gentleman, and she would never have to choose between breaking up with him or maintaining their relationship through control and demeaning behaviors.

"In any case," Lillith interrupted her reverie, "there's still business to attend to. Did that shipment come in that I ordered?"