Page 127 of Gift from the Nexus

“I didn’t tell her about the waterfall. I swear,” I say instantly, holding my hands up in innocence when Tillman sends my ass a withering look.

“Really? It’s just a coincidence that you’ve been asking for a waterfall for years and out of the blue she said it too?”

“Yes, really. I didn’t mention it once,” I swear. I didn’t say a single word. I might have thought it, but I doubt she was listening.

“You don’t have to put a waterfall in if you don’t want to. I was just remarking on the resemblance,” Willow says, wading her way over to him and wrapping her arms around him.

“He got his motivation for your bathroom from somewhere, princess,” Corentin cuts in, waving his hand around the pool like it’s obvious Tillman copied this layout.

“Do you want a waterfall?” he asks, looking down at Willow.

“I’d like one. Only if we can do it together, though,” she says with a bat of her long lashes and I nearly erupt out of the pool.

Fuck yes. I’m getting my waterfall.

My little wanderer laughs, smiling over at me while Tillman rolls his eyes and Caspian walks over to join them.

“You have to have more than an earth element to have a waterfall Primary,” Caspian says when she looks at him with questions brewing in her eyes. For a moment there, I was scared he was about to tell us no.

“You’ll be able to use your water to make it constantly run?”

“My water will only be needed for the initial formation. After that, the pool and internal system will know what to do. This pool has been here for hundreds of years. It knows what to do to function. Tillman likes to spruce it up every now and then, but it’s a hobby, not a necessity.”

“That explains a lot. So what do we do to make a waterfall?” she asks excitedly, clapping her hands and turning to face the rock structure.

“If you have extra earth element just lying around, princess, I expect some real shorts. Not whatever the hell you have me in,” Corentin says, coming to stand behind her with his arms crossed.

I can’t help but die fucking laughing again. Half of his ass cheeks are out, and there’s not a thing left to the imagination in terms of his dick. I’ve never seen him in something so skimp, so revealing, and it’s hilarious. I wish someone could paint a picture of it.

“They’re called speedos.” Willow gasps through her laughter. “They’re popular in the nonmagical realm.”

“Popular for who? Females?” he asks incredulously.

“No. Men.”

At that, the four of us exchange glances ’cause there’s no way in hell any of us would walk about with our junk just on full display for any female, aside from Willow, to see. But hey, to each their own. If you got something you’re proud of, do you.

With a wave of her hand, Corentin now has shorts that match the three of us and he visibly relaxes. He may have been a little uncomfy, but he’s still smirking at her little joke, so no harm.

“There. Better?” Willow chuckles, wading over to him.

“Much, princess. Thank you,” he says, pulling her against his chest and pinching her chin. “Now go make your waterfall.”

He sends her back to Tillman with a tap to her ass and comes to sit beside me on the stairs. We both lean back and enjoy the show.

It’s not sexual by any means, obviously, but watching Willow manipulate the elements is its own sight to see. Throw in Tillman and Caspian working alongside her, it’s fucking amazing.

Tillman obviously decides to give her instructions mentally for her to hold her concentration better because neither speak, but they both randomly nod and wave their hands in the air, pointing at the rock formation and drawing out a design.

Corentin and I watch and wait with unfiltered excitement. Other than me being over the moon about finally having the waterfall I’ve been asking for, for years, this is the first thing Willow’s changed or put her own touch on since being here. Corentin may be a control freak and want everything to go his way, but he still wants her to have a say in it or at least feel comfortable enough to tell him what she’d like to have.

This is the first time she’s done that and he’s fucking ecstatic right now.

Simultaneously, we sit up and hold our breaths as the rock formation begins to creak and move around. About six inches down from the top, a horizontal slit begins to open and although we can’t see it, we hear the rock shifting on the inside until there’s a subtle shake throughout the floor of the pool.

As soon as Caspian feels that, he lowers his hand into the water, concentrating hard on the rock. Slowly, water starts sputtering out of the opening until finally a gush of it comes rushing out and doesn’t stop.

“Fuck yes,” Willow cheers, jumping up and down, wrapping both Tillman and Caspian in a hug. Well, as much of a hug as she can manage with the size difference.

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