title: This Wicked Magic
author:  Michele Hauf 
description: Michele Hauf lives in Minneapolis and has been writing since the 1990s. A variety of genres keep her happily busy at the keyboard, including historical romance, paranormal romance, action/adventure and fantasy. Find her on Facebook at: Michele-Hauf-Author, and on Twitter @MicheleHauf, and also on Pinterest at: pinterest.com/toastfaery<br /><br /><br />Visit her website: michelehauf.com<br />Email Michele at: toastfaery@gmail.com
zlib_text: Wicked Angels
  
  Sequel to
  
  Dark Rapture
  
  By
  
  Michele Hauf
  
  Copyright by Michele Hauf 2007
  
  Michele Hauf
  
  2
  
  **Prologue**
  
  Slowly, gracefully, the rhythm starts as a gentle lull as sleep struggles to
  capture the semi-reverie state of dreams. A vision of enchantment dances into
  his peripheral view.
  
  Skirts of brilliant
  
  crimson sweep across the stone floor in a wide brushing arc as she twirls. The
  music of his guitar urges
  
  her on. It is the farruca flamenco, a song danced and played from the heart of
  the gypsies.
  
  One with the music, her arms stretch above her head. Her hands twist and
  rotate sensually upon
  
  her wrists. Crimson lips part in silent exaltation.
  
  The guitarist closes his eyes, his head nodding to the rhythm of the song. He
  can envision her
  
  dark, sweet-smelling hair pulled away from her face, save a long black curl
  that spirals across her cheek,
  
  underlining the brilliant emerald sparkles in her eyes. But her eyes are
  closed too, as she divines the
  
  music into her soul and 