Page 14 of Enchanting Him

“Duncan will be happy to know that,” Serenia says with a laugh and I’m pretty sure Dylan will be too.

“And the last gift?” I ask Aphrodite.

“You won’t have to worry about your daughters’ hearts ever being cold. Their fathers’ hearts will protect them even morethan your fathers’ did with you. You were each born of the man who truly loved the woman your mothers should have been, which is why your powers were greater, your ability to resist the cold deeper. None of it will ever touch your daughters and you will get to spend lifetimes with your mates because once your child is born, that is when my last gift to you will come. A shared lifespan created through your shared blood,” she says nodding at the questions in our eyes.

“They’ll share our immortality?” Celestia questions.

“And every time the others claim another mortal life, it will strength them the same as you. My own little payback for them ignoring my gracious gift so many centuries ago,” Aphrodite says getting up, giving us smiles before she heads out the door, leaving a trail of drool in her wake that makes me giggle.

“Should we tell them together?” I ask and at the nod from them, we make our way out of the diner to find our men. I grin seeing the three of them talking until we’re outside and I jump into Dylan’s arms as I reach him, laughing when his hand slides onto the back of my skirt, keeping it down. Yeah, he’ll be extremely happy to know no one else will see anything when we transform now.

“Done already?” Dylan asks, his brow lifting a bit as my stomach rumbles. “You clearly didn’t eat enough, angel.”

“We actually only got around to ordering drinks,” Serenia says pulling a grumble from Duncan as she slips into his side, resting her head on his shoulder. She’s just slightly taller than Celestia and me. I think it’s from her living on land the first four years—that or her being born full-term unlike us.

“Everything okay, baby?” Dane asks Celestia making me grin at the pet name towards my friend.

“Well, we wanted to tell you all something…”

“About where we grew up,” I add when Celestia pauses.

“You can tell us anything, angel. Whatever it is, we’ll be here for you,” Dylan promises, and I snuggle deeper into his hold.

“Do you think we could go to the house and explain, Dunc?” Serenia asks, telling Celestia and me about the lake on his property telepathically.

“Of course we can, honey,” he tells her instantly.

“Let me grab some groceries so I can cook my girl some breakfast and then we’ll be there,” Dylan states and I won’t argue that at all, and it seems his friends aren’t going to either.

We enjoy the food before we head outside, Serenia leading us down to the lake and the guys follow with ease. Serenia, Celestia and I share looks as we try to figure out how to explain and Dylan pulls me into his arms, warming every bit of me as he cups my face gently, his eyes filled with worry.

“Whatever it is going on, just tell us, angel,” he urges, and I nod taking a step back from him as Serenia asks if we should just get in the water and show them.

“This might be simpler,” I tell him as the three of us toss aside our dresses, leaving us in our bikinis, and we dive into the water while the guys are momentarily stunned.

There’s a tingle all over my body as the water closes around me, it’s color brightening as the lights appear, and can’t help but giggle seeing both Serenia and Celestia as they pop out of the water, looking at me and each other in just as much shock. Serenia’s body looks like it’s wrapped with silken water, blue along her torso with white foam creating a bikini top hiding her breasts. Celestia looks like the night sky has wrapped her in layered clouds, darkened with no sun lighting them, creating a feathery look along her torso and over her breasts. Mine definitely reminds me of my tail, iridescent gemstone looking scales, and I love it so much as it comes up forming an off the shoulder looking top.

“What the fuck?” Duncan gets out first and we turn towards them, our breathing shallow as they come down the dock to meet us.

We each take a side and my heart calms when Dylan sits down not caring that he’s still wearing his shoes and socks and jeans as he slips his legs into the water. I slip up between his spread legs, pushing myself higher in the water so he can see more of me.

“So definitely not an actual angel…” he teases, his eyes warm and adoring still and I press a kiss to his lips in relief. “I wondered where you could have been living to not know what the internet and TV was but this…”

“Never saw this coming,” Duncan said from beside him and I grin seeing his arms possessively around Serenia, while Dane is kissing Celestia hungrily. It goes on for several more moments and I giggle then moan when Dylan’s hands tighten on my waist.

“Dude, can you stop long enough for them to explain?” Duncan states, and finally, Dane lets Celestia up to breathe.

“Okay, this might take a bit so…” I pause with a glance at my friends, and they nod before we push ourselves up out of the water onto the dock with them. A shock hits when almost instantly, the tail and covering disappear with just the slightest tingle, our bikinis returning, and I grin when Dylan pulls his shirt off and slips it over my head in the next heartbeat.

“I like the tail more than the bikini, even if it’s just in front of my friends, angel.”

Now that the worst of it’s out, we settle in, telling them about us with ease.

“Sirens, like the beings that lure sailors to their deaths on the rocky shores?” Dane asks and we nod. “I thought they were half birds not half…fish…”

“We used to be,” Celestia says making his brow lift even higher.

“Sirens once roamed the skies, singing their songs, getting men to follow them, on the sea and on land. Others grew jealous, and when a siren lured a man a muse wanted, they went to Hera and claimed the sirens thought they were the greatest beings in the world. The smartest, the prettiest, the most talented, which also upset Athena, because she felt she was the smartest,” I tell them, resting in Dylan’s hold until he leans back a bit, his brow high as he looks at me in shock.

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