Page 10 of Marked By the Sea

Then he descends upon me. He was always above me, but now he towers above me, glaring down at me.

“What I know is that you are mine. It matters not what you like. I know what you want and what you will get,” Riftan snarled. My gaze darts to the horns sitting on his head like a crown.

“And what is that?” I spit back, refusing to cower beneath him. I don’t know where it comes from, but I do know I won’t sit by and let them knock me around. Just like when I was riding him, I took. Maybe not as much as I was given, but I still took. I won’t let him, or anyone else here, use me and take from me until I’m nothing but trash they can toss into the sea. I’ll use them right back.

My vision blurs, but this time with unshed tears. This is my only option. Anything else, and I might crumble. I can’t, won’t break in front of them. His eyes darkened. You wouldn’t think they could, what with how light they were, but they did. In their darkened state, they were a breathtaking baby blue. He lowered himself until his lips were by my ear.

“You’ve fought for control with your parents—”

“What do you know of them? You don’t know anything!” I hissed through clenched teeth.

The balls on this man!

I hated thinking about my parents right now. Because even though they’d been cruel to me, even though they forced me onto the boat, and even though I knew why they did what they did—I couldn’t forgive them. I was here, with a merman, a kraken, and a whatever he is, because of them. None of this would have happened if they had left me at home.

“You acted like you wanted it. No, maybe you believed you did, but I know the truth, Gem. You never wanted to be in control. I felt it when I had you pinned beneath me. You put up a fight, but the way you relaxed around me said otherwise. Why? Because you wanted me to win. You wanted me inside you; you enjoyed it. You want me to do what I want with you. You want to be free of all these choices. Without the burden of decisions weighing you down.” His breath was warm on my skin.

“You’re insane,” I spat.

Half in and half out, his cock twitched. Note to self: try not to turn on the merman.

Riftan moved back. I had no choice but to lift my chin and tilt my head back to look at him. There was no smile on his lips, but I saw the light in his eyes. It was like he was laughing at me.

“Maybe, but I was right.”

Chapter 9

Amora

“C-can we just… rewind for a second?” I pushed against his chest, but of course, my efforts did nothing to force any distance between us. I might as well have tried to shove a brick wall away. The merman tilted his head and arched an oddly perfect brow. Of course, he found amusement in my struggles.

“You’re still grappling for control,” he murmured.

“I’ll never stop,” I hissed.

“The sooner you realize you have none, the easier it’ll be.” I couldn’t help but wonder who it would be easier for—him or me. Despite his words, my kidnapper didn’t sound like he wanted it easy. And I had a feeling I was right. I refused to make things easier for him.

“You couldn’t speak on the boat. Why?” Ignoring his stupid advice thrust me into uncharted territory. I didn’t know what would set him off, but I had to figure out where the lines were. It felt like a game, and I wasn’t going to lose.

“There’s nothing I can’t do. I chose not to,” Riftan corrected.

“You’re so co—”

“I bore of your antics. The two of you can argue about whether Riftan can or cannot speak later. I’ve better uses for her mouth.” The kraken sounded bored as his crass words rolled off his tongue.

Turning to him, I had full intention of leveling him with a look of pure disgust and telling him he could kiss my fat ass, but that’s not what happened. Instead, my throat went dry, my lips parted, and my mouth fell open. Because the kraken’s tentacle-like cock was hard and long. A purple tentacle was wrapped around the base, slowly twisting around his girth. Liquid pebbled and oozed down his tip; the miniature suction-like length made me wonder what it would feel like inside of me.

Would it be like Riftan’s sucker?

It was their cocks that were distracting me. That’s why I was thinking these ridiculous thoughts. I wasn’t focused on the right thing, and once again, I felt like I had to be dreaming. It was the odd shape. That’s why I couldn’t help but hyper-focus on it instead of reacting normally.

I blame them for my insanity.

Feeling better about my mental state, I squeaked as Hex floated toward me. No, that wasn’t right. He wasn’t floating. The way his tentacles moved below him only made it look like he was. I wanted to run, but I knew there was nowhere to go. I felt trapped, and there wasn’t much I could do. So I resorted to my only option. I turned to Riftan, but he wasn’t looking at me. He was watching his brother. Hex came to a stop behind me, and I was almost thankful that Riftan was still inside of me.

They couldn’t both fuck me.

“I’m going to stretch your other hole,” Hex murmured.

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