Page 16 of Whispering Waves

“Yes, but you are tired and exhausted today. A lot of new.”

“Um. You can say that. How long until food? I can run to the station and get something else to wear.”

He used a quick wrist flip and smiled. “Here is your omelette. I will be back in a minute.”

She blinked, and he disappeared. The food was in front of her with a napkin and a fork. She took a bite and exhaled the vapour. Kimo returned with a tee that said Whales do it deep with two frolicking blue whales.

She looked at him. “You have got to be kidding.”

He shrugged. “A friend of mine opened a shirt shop. It will cover everything.”

She snorted and took the shirt from him. “If my brother sees me in this, I am taking you apart from the knees up.”

“Yes, Nerina.”

She sighed. “So, you like that, do you?”

“That your name means water nymph? Oh, yes. I have always wanted my own nymph, even if I didn’t know it at the time.”

She sat back down in the knee-length tee. The towel was draped over the chair next to hers.

He took the towel and sniffed it while walking wherever he had gone when he took her swimsuit.

She was halfway through the creamy goodness when he returned and made his omelette with half a dozen eggs. “Wow.”

He chuckled. “I usually consume the entire egg output in a day.”

“Wow.”

“So, when you inevitably fall into my clutches, I will need a few more chickens.”

She looked at his broad back. “So, you are serious.”

“Deadly. The aspect of me that controls the water is also convinced that its mate resides in your body. It is insistent, and you do not want to know what his thoughts are as regards your person.”

She swallowed but carefully took another bite. “I think I have an idea. Demons kidnaped a friend of mine, and they blinded her to force her to be dependent on them.”

He turned and looked at her in horror. “Nothing like that, just keeping you in the house and under him until you are receptive.”

“Oh. So, standard possessive new-alpha stuff.” She shrugged.

“How is your friend?”

“Oh, she killed one of the demons and ran for it. Now she has her mates lined up, and when the last arrives from out of town, they will finally be able to complete their set. He was due any moment when I came here on vacation.”

He sighed. “Well, that is something.”

She nodded. “Yeah. When she gets her mates, she will be able to use their senses to navigate. She might even regain her eyesight if the acid burns repair.”

“Ah. Well, nothing that violent on my end, just using water columns for restraint and positioning.” He gave her an innocent look as he sat with her.

She blushed and finished her food. She put her fork down and swallowed.

“So, what do you like in a lover?” His words ripped through the air.

“Consent. I definitely like consent.” She glanced at him.

He held one hand in the air, palm out. “I hereby consent to anything you want to do to me, in perpetuity, nymph.”

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