𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅, descendants.

𝟎𝟎𝟗. the love-spell

❝𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞-𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥❞

{THIRD PERSON POV}

Later that night, the Vks were in the kitchen, Mal had a bowl of mixed ingredients in front of her.

"Alright," Mal said, "It says that we need one tear and I never cry," she said as she looked down at her spell book.

"Let's just cut up some onions," Carlos suggested. He sat on top of the counter with Dude next to him.

"No," Blake told him, "It said we need one tear of human sadness and I've heard that this love potion gets the best reviews, so we have to follow it exactly." Mal nodded in agreement with him.

"A tear's a tear," Jay argued.

"That's not true, Jay," Evie told him, "They both have antibodies and enzymes but an emotional tear has more protein-based hormones than a reflex tear."

"Listen to you," Mal and Blake teased Evie.

"Yeah, I knew that," Jay lied. Carlos hit him on the arm.

"Did not," Carlos said as Blake raised his eyebrows at him.

"Yeah, I did," Jay argued.

Suddenly, the door opened and Lonnie entered. Blake quickly covered the spell book with a napkin.

"There you are, Blake and Mal! I was looking for the two of you," Lonnie said, "You know, all girls want the two of you to do their hair!"

Mal and Blake gave her a fake smile as Mal continued to mix.

"Midnight snack, huh?" Lonnie asked as she looked down at the bowl, "Whatcha guys making?"

"Nothing special, just cookies," Mal lied.

Lonnie reached out, dipped her finger in the bowl and tasted it before anyone could stop her.

"No, no, no! Wait!" The Vks called out but it was already too late.

Lonnie looked at them, confused, "What? I'm not gonna double dip."

Evie looked nervous, "Feel... anything?"

"Yeah, like it might be missing something," Blake added as quickly as possible before Evie could blow their cover.

Jay walked over to Lonnie with a flirtatious smile, "Hey, there."

Lonnie looked at him, even more confused, "Could use some chips," she suggested before walking over to the fridge.

"Chips?" Jay wondered as everyone let out a breath of relief.

"And those are?" Mal asked Lonnie.

"Chocolate chips," Lonnie explained, "Just the most important food group," she picked a glass bowl filled with tiny chocolate pieces from the fridge and set it in front of Blake, "Wait, didn't your moms ever, like, make you guys chocolate chip cookies?" she asked them as she put a handful of it in the bowl Mal was mixing.

The Vks looked at her like they didn't understand what she meant.

"Like...when you're feeling sad and they're fresh from the oven," Lonnie continued, "with a big old glass of milk and she just makes you laugh and puts everything in perspective-"

All the Vks looked at her with a sad expression while Blake looked down sadly. Lonnie stopped when she saw the five descendant's sad looks.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Lonnie asked them.

Blake shook his head, "It's just different where we're from."

Lonnie hesitated, "Yeah, I know. I just, you know, I thought... even villains love their kids," she stopped when she saw the Vk's faces, "Oh," Lonnie said quietly, "How awful," Lonnie placed her hand on Blake's as a tear slid down her face.

Mal looked up and saw the tear. She quickly caught the tear from Lonnie's face and flicked it into the bowl, "Yeah, well, big bummer, but we have to get these in the oven. So, thank you so much for coming. Have a really, really good night. See you tomorrow!" she called out as she shoved Lonnie out the door. Blake continued to mix for her.

"Evil dreams!" Blake called out.

"Good night!" Lonnie called out as she closed the door.

"Okay. Boys, cookie sheet," Mal ordered, "Evie, Blake, oven."

"Yes, ma'am!" The other four replied as they got to work.