Page 28 of Entranced By the Nakken
Casey petted the lump, filling his soul with the feeling of how much he loved Tsunis, and how right it felt to love them.
“Mine,” Tsunis growled in Casey’s mind.
“Yours. Don’t you dare fucking forget again.”
The clump of weeds grew heavier. A sheen of magic like what he’d witnessed when Tsunis shifted from their dragon form blurred Casey’s vision.
“Take that ridiculous thing off and kiss me,” Tsunis commanded, their humanoid form a trembling bundle in Casey’s arms.
Casey scoffed then laughed, then cried a little, but couldn’t deny them. He wriggled out of the tank and wetsuit awkwardly, refusing to let go of Tsunis. The vortex of magic formed around his head, but he barely noticed as he slanted his lips over theirs, stealing their next breath.
“You’re mine,” Casey said in his best imitation of their stern voice. “You know that? Mine. Fuck! You know what? I’ve changed my mind.”
“About?” Tsunis tried to lift their head, but Casey wrapped them up tight, rocking side to side.
“I do care. I care where you go after this. I don’t want to watch you leave. I don’t want to feel that hollow, and it would be worse this time around because you’re a part of me. You’re mine. Fucking mine,” Casey practically growled, harsher than he meant to, glowering down at Tsunis’ wide, pale eyes. “Where you go, I go. Got that, brat?”
Webbed fingers cupped his jaw. Tsunis gave a feeble nod. “Affirmative.”
“Good.”
Casey bundled them closer, rubbing hands along their spine, their legs, through their hair. His. They were his. They were safe, and they were his. They might’ve been down there for hours before Casey was capable of releasing Tsunis.
“It didn’t work, I take it?” Casey nodded toward the portal.
Tsunis shook their head.
Casey had planned to tell Tsunis of the renowned scientist with a somewhat shady past he’d found while deep-diving the internet, and of her cryptic words in a scientific article about some eerily familiar-sounding sea creatures. Seeing them in this state, he decided to keep it to himself for now. He didn’t want to accidentally cause more damage with false hope. He’d wait until Dr. Billings responded to his email to decide if it was worth bringing up.
Casey kissed their knuckles and drew them in for one more embrace before standing. “We’ll figure it out. Come on.”
“I haven’t missed it?”
Their voice was strangled and full of relief, like they thought they’d missed the show. Casey took their face in his hands and rested his forehead on theirs. “Are you fucking crazy? My mate needed me. I wouldn’t just fuck that off.”
“You are goddess-sent.”
“No, babe, I’m just a boy smitten with a dragon. Speaking of that, Sophie’s waiting for us. May I ride you?”
“You’re begging to be mounted and bred,” Tsunis rumbled.
A flutter glimmered through Casey’s belly. “Technically, I’m asking to mount you.”
“Kiss me.”
Not a request, a demand, which Casey obeyed with enthusiasm. The kiss quickly got out of control. Hands roved. When the extra wide, webbed version of their hand wrapped around his cock, Casey hissed. He latched onto the lobe of their earfin with his teeth.
Casey ate the moans before they could pour from Tsunis’ pale lips. He slipped his hand between their thighs and palmed the smooth surface there, running his thumb up and down until a seam appeared, slick and hot.
Tsunis ended the kiss with a savage chomp on Casey’s bottom lip. Casey’s hand rose to his lip, but their fresh, snowy taste distracted him from any lingering pain. He licked his thumb clean under their watchful gaze.
“You will atone for this later,” Tsunis stated.
“Not if I make you pay first.”
Casey smirked at the growl that reverberated through a swarm of magic, continuing in his mind as Tsunis shifted forms.
“I will deal with you later,” Tsunis growled into his mind.
