Page 27 of Get Kraken

Mike had a talent for that himself, which was why he currently still had hands and feet to work with, despite the head of a shark that watched and breathed for him.

A difficult form to maintain, which was why he couldn’t go too deep in the water.

But it also allowed him to keep a net handy, to have a holster strapped to him with his spear and blades ready should he need them.

The eyes of his goblin shark, and the gills, were all he needed.

If that thing was in the water with them now, he was going to take care of it.

Washe the only one watching? Right now, he hoped so. Aside from Chase with all his computer and tablet monitors, that is.

Mike couldn’t imagine anyone not being drawn to Olivia. Had she not been a kraken shifter, she would still have been the perfect bait. The attacker couldn’t resist her. The sway of her hips, the motion of her hair floating in the water in the current she made around herself with each twist and dive of her body.

He shook his head, blinking, and then went back to circling her.

Focus. Idiot. Don’t lose your focus.

He couldn’t move as quickly with just his legs. The flippers he’d put on before going under helped, but not much.

He sensed the other animals and marine life nearby. Smaller game. Curious and nocturnal. Creatures that, had he not been here, would potentially get closer for another look.

Even when he was just a shark head and a human body with flippers, he was still a badass, alpha son of a bitch.

But maybe they wouldn’t get close anyway.

Olivia might not look like it, or act like it, but she was every bit a predator as Mike was. The way she moved in the water, even pretending to enjoy herself and search for food and other trinkets, was a thing to behold.

Her tentacles behind her swaying in the current like a ghostly red gown, her hair that same blood-red color haloing her face…

How could she think she was ugly? How could she think she wasn’t tough?

He was ugly. In both full human form, Goblin shark form, and his current form.

She was exquisite.

Stop it. Get your head back in the game.

Christ, he finally had her once, and he was already being led around by his cock.

He was supposed to be working.

Try as he might, Mike couldn’t stop his mind from wandering. He couldn’t understand how she could think so little of herself.

They had been in this same spot for nearly twenty minutes. Olivia must have realized the time and decided to move on, to continue pretending she was only there for her own amusement, or to hunt for fish and crab.

She only had so many of those tiny cameras in her bag, and their radius only went so far. She and Mike couldn’t stray too far.

Chase would attempt to follow them down the coast in the car, but there was still a risk every time they moved.

Mike followed her. He stayed down below, keeping his distance uncomfortable between them.

At least she was swimming slowly. Shit, this water was cold. With a mostly human body, he felt it even with the wet suit.

If anything happened to her because he was not fast enough to protect her, not only would that be entirely on him, but it would tear his heart out on top of everything else.

It would destroy Chase, and Chase might just kill him for failing.

Stay focused. Stay calm.

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