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And when he leaned over and gave me a kiss, I melted.
Caught up in the wonderful feeling, I tightened my legs around him and stroked his face, opening his mouth to his tongue.
Everything inside me pounded as a mixture of lust and affection galloped through me. I clung to him, stroking his face, and tilted my head to give him better access to my mouth.
His tongue swirled across mine, and when he lifted his head, he stared at me with a look I could only describe as love. Like, he adored me for who I was and who I might be in the future. As if he couldn’t imagine a world without me in it.
The same feeling crashed through me, and it scared the wits out of me.
I dragged my gaze from his, pressing my face against his shoulder, struggling to regain control.
Why was I thinking of my jerk of an ex and how he used to tell me I meant everything to him while checking out whatever woman happened to be walking by?
I bet Aizor wouldn’t even notice if someone passed us as long as I was there with him.
Comparing him to a jerk only made him more appealing, and that scared me too.
“I—”
The puffer fish grounded on something hard, jolting us forward, though Aizor barely shifted his feet in the yuck.
I bit back whatever I was going to say as the fish slowly turned to face our destination. Its great maw stretched wide, and Aizor walked up the throat slope and out into pure sunshine.
As the fish slid back into the lake, he walked into the water up to his knees, where he was swarmed by tiny fish who licked off every bit of the gook coating his gorgeous blue skin.
With a grunt, he walked back up onto the shore and placed me on my feet.
“There, my pretty mate,” he said. “Wasn’t that a pleasant journey?”
Chapter 16
Aizor
My mate had been so stunned by my world, she’d collapsed. Perhaps she was seeing everything my clan and I could offer, and it had overwhelmed her with joy. Before I could lift her, hold her, she woke and rose to her feet, I swept her up and carried her into the caipareel. I’d enjoyed holding her while we traveled, and I hoped she’d allow me to hold her again soon.
When I placed her on her feet after emerging from the caipareel, she peered around in amazement. I entered the water to cleanse my legs and returned to her.
“I . . .” She stared at me, stunned. “We’re not inside your home but I understand what you’re saying.”
I wasn’t surprised. “This is a sacred place for us, some say the birthplace of our gods.”
“You see your gods?”
“In everything they do, but as far as I know, they’re not physical beings like you or me.” I swept my arm to the center of the island where the tall crystal structures were clustered. “Some say the godly structures were here from the moment our planet formed, while others say they arrived here in ships much larger than yours. My clan elder believes the latter.”
Because I was eager to speak with the gods and go home, I took her hand and led her along the path from the shore to the courtyard entrance.
“The stones on the path look like glass,” she said. Stopping, she stooped down to touch one. “They’re gorgeous. So many colors. They’re much like mosaics I saw in a museum once except these are slightly rounded instead of flat. And they’re smooth.”
“Many have walked here before us.”
Straightening, we continued on the path, her stopping to marvel at the vegetation growing on either side.
She pinched a branch on a tree covered with pink blossoms. “It feels almost like glass as well.” With a snap, she broke the end of the limb. “Oh, oh.”
I took it from her and licked it.
Her eyes widened and a low laugh bubbled up her throat. “It’s edible?”
