Page 29 of Beneath the Surface

He released Kannon’s cock and surfaced. The tube of lube floated close by. He clicked softly and Kannon looked at him. Desire, lust, and a bit of uncertainty flickered in Kannon’s eyes… but no fear.

Then Kannon saw the lube floating close by and blushed. He grabbed it. “Yeah, it got away from me. I, ah, was a little distracted.”

Nisha nodded.

“Um, why did you stop?”

Nisha grinned. His mate didn’t want him to stop? Then he wouldn’t. He stepped back. He kept moving away from Kannon, going deeper in the water. It slid past his stomach, up to his chest, and finally water touched his nose.

He took a deep breath.Here goes nothing.

CHAPTER NINE

ALLKANNONcouldseewas Nisha’s eyes. It was more than a little unnerving thatallhe could see peeking at him from above the water were those odd blue eyes. Then Nisha ducked under the water, and Kannon lost sight of him completely. Now he truly was unnerved.

Where Nisha once stood the water churned. It roiled and spun. Kannon took a step back. His nerves danced. His heart fluttered. Uneasily he glanced over his shoulder at the sandy beach. What the devil was Nisha doing out there?

Maybe it would be safer if he… a body exploded from the water—a long and lean body that glistened a silvery pale. Kannon caught a flash of blue as the creature tossed his head back in a spray of water.

A large splash in front of him sent out a torrent of small waves powerful enough to send him stumbling back. Once the water calmed, he found himself facing Nisha, but this wasn’t the Nisha he knew. Memories flooded him as he stared.

Suddenly he was back, back to where he was fifteen years ago, staring at a face across from him that wasn’t quite human. His heart pounded as he remembered looking upon those features years ago… and he was still fascinated with those pointy ears.

His fingers twitched to trace them even as he struggled to breathe. His chest was tight. The water around Nisha moved gently, and he wondered how it was doing that. When a large iridescent blue tail cut through the water, he knew.

“Holy cow.”

Nisha grinned at him.

His breathing did stutter when Nisha swam closer, but he stayed still. Curiosity drove him. He wanted to touch Nisha, to see if his merman would be warm to the touch or cool like a fish. When Nisha reached out and ran his hand up Kannon’s arm, he breathed easier.

Nisha was warm to the touch. Thank God. While his skin was smooth, and looked silvery, it felt really no different from human skin. He looked down at Nisha’s hand… Nisha’s webbed hands. They were wonderfully creepy and awe-inspiring.

Slowly, ever so slowly, Nisha pulled him closer until Nisha’s arms circled him. Kannon didn’t fight. Even though his heart pounded in his chest, he wanted to know what Nisha was capable of. Common sense told him he should be scared out of his mind, but he and common sense never did get along all that well.

Instinct said Nisha wouldn’t harm him, and he was going with that. Once Nisha had a good hold on him, he propelled them backward, and Kannon felt that massive tail brush against his legs.Nisha took them farther out into the water.

Kannon wasn’t sure what Nisha had planned until he noticed his merman had angled them toward the side of the cave. As they drew closer, he noticed a shelf that projected slightly out of the water.

When they reached it Kannon quickly rested his arms on it so he didn’t have to tread water or depend on Nisha to keep him afloat. Nisha ran his hands up and down Kannon’s side, and the water churned around them as Nisha’s tail moved.

Nisha reached around him and gently pried the lube out of his hand. Kannon was surprised to see he still held it. When Nisha opened it and squirted some on his fingers, Kannon figured out right quick what was about to happen.

A hundred questions ran through his mind, then scattered to the winds. A thousand different scenarios played out in his mind, but he couldn’t grasp one of them. One question forced its way to the front of his mind. Did he want to do this?

All thoughts ended as Nisha sank below the water’s surface, and Kannon felt a slick finger caress his hole. Kannon jumped, clutched at the rock’s edge, and then shuddered. His stomach fluttered as Nisha touched him.

A gentle nudge encouraged him to spread his legs, but he froze. Could he do this? Should he? Was it evenpossiblefor the two of them to do this? But the last thing Nisha would do was hurt him, so it must be possible for them to make love.

He spread his legs and waited to see what would happen. Nisha’s slick finger worked its way into Kannon’s depths, caressing the inner walls. Kannon clutched the ledge again. Nisha took his time, working his finger in and out, loosening Kannon.

His body writhed, and the need for more grew. Almost as if he understood, another of Nisha’s fingers entered Kannon and stretched him more. When Nisha pegged his hot spot, fireworks exploded through his system, sending little bursts of pleasure through his body.

“Oh my God!” He jerked and let go of the ledge.

Immediately he sank under the water. Seconds later, his head broke the surface, and his fingers scrabbled at the ledge again. He spit water. Now he understood where “sinking like a rock” came from. He struggled to hold his legs open, and his desire faded.

Then Nisha’s shoulders pushed between his legs, and he didn’t have to strain so. Nisha’s leverage also braced him, so he didn’t have to worry about keeping his head above water. Nisha even patted his ass, as if to say he had everything under control.

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