She doesn't correct him from calling her Dorothy - probably because Emily's not her name anyhow, so either way he's wrong. Besides, he keeps it up, she'll have her Halloween costume in the bag.

The cake is vanilla cream layered with chocolate ganache, with a caramel-sugar crust. She's been working on it for about two months - getting the recipe right, and now's the first time she's tried it bigger than just one serving.

"Great." She tugs the notebook out of her purse - it's an ordering book she'd brought from work, because if she didn't have to spend the money, she wouldn't. "Ghosts, demons, devils, dragons? Oh, and do witches have familiars?"