Nevertheless with this amazing power, there is a cost: Cecy and those of her kind cannot marry or love a mortal. Her parents warn: "We'd lose our magical powers if we did" (#). Yet she ignores these warnings and finds a loophole with her powers deciding that she'll experience love through another if she can not experience it herself, completely ignoring the costs she is placing on those all around her. This feeling of entitlement as well as Cecy's disregard for other people implies that the pursuit of love is truly an act that is completely self absorbed and opportunistic. In this case, Cecy is in complete disregard of the warnings that her parents give her about the negative aspects of love as well as the affect she may be presenting on the humans she decides to experience love through. This inattention and ignorance foreshadows that of conflict and unwarranted hopefulness. .
As the story continues, Cecy finds a victim to force her wishful thinking upon. This victim of Cecy's pursuit is a young woman named Ann. Ann is one of the few people depicted who does not have any interest or desire to fall in love, evidence seems to support that she has already experienced it and does not want to experience it any time again in the near future. However, Cecy possesses Ann's body to experience her own wish to fall in love by literally taking over and forcing Ann to do and say the things Cecy thinks. Along with Ann, Cecy takes advantage of a man, Tom, who is extremely fond of Ann already. Although Tom feels strongly for Ann, it is evident that Ann does not like or appreciate Tom, immediately telling him to "get away" upon seeing him (#). Cecy later forces Ann to accept Tom's proposal of attending a dance with him, and it is at this point that Ann realizes she is being taking advantage of by an unknown force. "Ann Leary shook her head.'I've rented my body to an April witch, for sure'" (#). Stepping back as a reader, we realize how blatantly selfish Cecy is truly being to fulfill her own wishes of love.
