“She is swimming, Your Majesty. Her Majesty has been down there a while, so she should be right back.” The Water nymphs that sat by a nearby rock jumped into the water, and within minutes, Melina stood up by the water’s edge.

“Good morning, sleepyhead.” She smiled as she stepped out of the water. Her body glistened as the rising sun hovered over her skin. The few scales she had instantly retracted as a nymph came by and gave her a blanket to cover herself. “Did you sleep all right? I’m sorry I couldn’t sleep longer. I’m still angry about that stupid Alissa.”

Melina came over and straddled my lap as I inhaled her scent. The towel was covering her breasts, but I couldn’t help but pull it down so I could feel them on me. “Osirus! Someone may see!”

“You’re right,” I sighed. “But I’m here, and no one will, or I will rip them to pieces.” She giggled and kissed my mark.

“How are you feeling?” I rubbed the mark she gave me last night. The memories replayed like a broken record over and over. My length hardened as my hands gripped her hip and breast tighter.

“That good, huh?” She rubbed her core over my dick as I moaned.

“Yes, that good.” I pecked at her lips.

“Good, now no other unmated chick will come near you. You are mine now.” She grinned mischievously. “Now come, I want to test something.” Melina pulled my hand and led us to the water. “Turn around, you sneaky pixies!”

The pixies started laughing and replied with, “We won’t look, Your Majesty!”

“You will too, you perverted little dolls. I heard you talking last night about how amazing our sexcapade was. Now shoo!” They let a series of groans out and flew off into the forest.

Wait.

“Can you hear them, darling? You can hear their language?” Before, all she said she could hear from the pixies were small bells tinkling in the air. Now she could understand them?

“Yeah, I heard them talking as you were talking all dirty to me last night. They said it was such a turn-on, but I was too caught up in the moment I didn’t say anything.” She blushed. “I’m sorry, I just wanted you to impale me right then because people keep interrupting!” I let out a large laugh as we entered the water together. Damn, my mark must have completely taken over her human side.

“I want you to breathe underwater,” she spat.

“What?” I laughed lightly as I pulled her close.

“I’m serious. I want you to try. It will feel you are drowning at first, but after the first large breath, you will be fine. I thought Lucca was trying to drown me. If I can fly, I don’t see why you can’t breathe underwater.”

“Darling, I’m not sure if this is a good idea,” I hesitated.Shit, now look who is scared.Sensing my hesitation, she sucked on my earlobe.

“I’ll give you a surprise if you at least try.” Licking her lips, she glanced down at my erection in the water. A large groan came from me as I nodded my head and she led me into deeper water.

“Let all the air out from your lungs and dunk your head under. I will hold you. If anything happens, I know CPR!” She beamed.

“That is not comforting, darling.” Fae didn’t spend a lot of time in the water. This was insane. I shouldn’t have even been swimming. Melina’s lower lip went into a pout, and I jumped at the chance to suck on it while she laughed hysterically.

“Don’t change the subject. Come on!” She pulled me underwater before I rejected the idea again. Opening my eyes, I could already tell the water was different from my vision. I could actually see, and not the blurry mess I saw as a child when we went swimming in our local watering holes.

Melina came in front of me, smiling. “Breathe.”I could hear her voice in my head. My shocked expression made her laugh as she nodded her head. “Just breathe.”I took one breath in and was surprised I wasn’t choking. “You did better than I did. I tried to fight it. It took Lucca and Horus a good few minutes of fighting to keep me down in the water.”

I was not too fond of that. She was forced to breathe instead of trying it on her own. “My love, it’s all right.”She patted my cheek.“Talk to me.”

“Like this?”I spoke in my mind to her, and she laughed again, wrapping her legs around me. We spent the rest of the morning under the springs. There were beautiful fish, a few old boats that sat at the bottom, and even a cavern that she thought led to the ocean. We were far inland, but if she could sense it, I wouldn’t question her siren abilities.

“We should head back.” I nudged her as she was petting a few baby otters that had followed us. Heading to the surface, I could immediately breathe the air with no problem as we swam to the shore.

As we got dressed, Primrose came and landed on a nearby branch. “Your Majesties, I’m sorry to intrude.” Primrose was out of breath as she came to sit down.

“It’s all right! We are both marked now, so I think the tension is lifted,” I joked while Melina grabbed me and kissed me again.

“I’m sorry, this can’t wait.” Melina and I turned to her, now worried. “It’s your friend, Melina. Tulip has escaped!”

Chapter Forty-Eight

Daphne