Even below the water, I could hear her wanton cry, and I lapped at the little bundle until I had to come up for air. Then I went right back to licking her sweet cunt, feeling the water churning around me as she rocked back and forth, grinding herself against my mouth.

She was close, and when I pushed a finger inside her and felt her clenching around it, I lifted my head. Dragging air into my lungs, I rose onto my knees and kissed up her spine before nudging the tip of my cock against her entrance.

“Are you ready, Coraline?”

“Yes,” she hissed, shoving her hips back and taking the first inch of me. “Oh god, that feels so good. Give me more.”

I took my time working myself into her tight sheath, gritting my teeth against the need to come. This wasn’t going to last long. She was already squeezing me with her inner walls, and I wrapped my hands around her hips and sank in to the hilt.

Rolling my back, I slid out and back in, my strokes long and measured as the water swirled around us. Her legs were bound together by the tail, so she felt extra tight around my plunging cock.

I braced my hands on the rim of the tub beside hers and covered her back with my body, softly kissing the side of her face. “Coraline?” She turned her head and looked at me questioningly. “Do mermaids mate for life?” I asked.

Her eyes widened for a second, and then her face broke into a shy smile. “They do.”

“Then you’re mine,” I stated, reaching one hand up to cup the back of her head as I took her mouth in a searing kiss.

As my tongue slipped deeply into her mouth, Coraline lifted her fin from the water and pressed it against my ass, urging me to take her harder and faster.

I gave in to the animal urge to rut, to claim her, and the crown of my erection found that spot inside her that made her knuckles white. She bucked against me, sending water splashing onto the floor as we devoured each other’s moans of pure bliss.

Please come,I silently begged her as my balls tightened up against my body, and as if she heard my unspoken plea, she cried out into my mouth. As a shudder shook through her frame, I twisted my fingers in her hair and finally allowed myself to release inside her.

Later that night, we’d just finished round two, this time in my bed and without the tail. Lehra’s body was plastered to mine, her neck buried in the crook of my neck.

Gently, I tugged her hair until her face was visible in the soft moonlight streaming through the cracks in the blinds. “Sweetheart, can I talk to you for a second?”

Her lips pressed together, and she nodded. “Is something wrong?”

I kissed her forehead, my hand sliding soothingly up and down her spine. “Nothing’s wrong. I just…” A heavy weight settled on my shoulders. The next role playing fantasy would be hers, and then our little agreement would be done.

“What is it, Cruz?” she asked, tracing her fingers along my cheek.

“It’s about your next fantasy.”

“Oh.” Her chin dipped, and I could feel her body stiffen against me. “If it’s not something you’re comfortable with, I can choose something else.”

A smile played across my lips as I tilted her face back up to mine. “No way. I’m looking forward to that one.” Her body relaxed in my arms. “I don’t want it to be our last time, Lehra.”

My heart thumped so hard, I was surprised it wasn’t shaking the bed as she processed my words. “You have another fantasy you want to try?”

“No, I mean, yes,” I fumbled. “I have lots of them, but…” My inhale cut through my windpipe before I finally said, “I want us to last beyond the role playing thing. I want us to be together for real.”

She gnawed on the corner of her lip. “Like a couple?”

“Yes. We can still play any time you want, but I want a real relationship with you. I’m…” I almost blurted out that I was in love with her, but she would probably think I was crazy.“You’ve become my best friend the past couple of years, and I’ve developed more feelings for you, deeper feelings.”

Her answering smile stilled my heart with hope, as did her next words. “I have too. I didn’t want to say anything in case you just viewed this as a sex thing.”

My heartrate galloped a hard cadence in my chest. “I love what we have, but it’s more than that to me, Lehra. I’m crazy about you. I really want to try and make this work between us. Is… is that what you want?”

She snuggled her face back into my neck, and I could feel her lips tilt up into a smile. Then she spoke a single word that was like a beam of sunshine, lighting my entire world.

“Yes.”

Chapter 29

“Hey, Mama.”