Page 82 of Leveling

Chapter 58

He madeit to the ship and looked up.

Captain Aria called down, “Okay, Romeo, hold your horses, we’re sending down the sling for you.”

A few minutes later the sling, on a pulley system, was lowered, and Beckett was instructed to flop into the loop of fabric and hold on with his shoulders and arms as it lifted him up and out of the water.

Trouble was, as he raised, the ocean pulled his elastic-topped pants down below his butt cheeks.

Buzz and Seggy bent over laughing.

Sky gave a low appreciative whistle. “Luna, that ass is something to see.”

River said, “An ass like that would be worth giving up the ocean for.”

Luna said, “And did you see those dimples when he smiled?”

Sky smiled, “I literally couldn’t see anything past that ass.”

Luna tapped the end of her paddle against Sky’s and then River’s, the Waterfolk version of a high five.

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