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“Says you.” She leaned back in his arms as he swam them in the opposite direction. “Have you seen all the sharks in the ocean?”
He snorted. Somehow this woman made him laugh even when he was exhausted. “No.”
“Then you don’t know that there aren’t that many. Maybe they’re all waiting in the shadows for you to drop your guard.” She crossed her arms over her chest, letting him carry her weight with so much trust it humbled him. “I think you have a lot to learn, Imber.”
“About my own home?”
“About everything.” A warm spark in her eye nearly set him on fire. “About me.”
Ah, and there it was. The warm scent of her in the water that turned his entire body into pure muscle and anticipation. He wanted her. He could still taste her, even though he’d tried very hard to ignore that fact.
Now, as he swam them toward a coral grove with a winding labyrinth to get to the center, he had all the time in the world to explore her. “You aren’t too tired?” he asked, making sure that he was taking care of her at the least. “We can still rest.”
“I’ve been trying very hard to be polite to your family, but I haven’t stopped thinking about you since the moment you touched me in the kelp forest.” She looped her arms around his neck, drawing him down to press a lingering kiss to his gills. And oh, he fluttered.
He fluttered so hard that he could see the sand moving from how hard he shifted the water around them. He was creating a current all of his own because of how badly he wanted her.
But first, he really should tell her how they were different. Or at least, he assumed there were differences. After all, she looked nothing like the females of his species. She didn’t have a single tail. There wasn’t a small slot in the front like there would be for his females. And he didn’t have to wrap his tail around her to hold her in place.
She’d stayed right where he wanted her. Almost as though the weight of him was welcome as he’d feasted upon her flesh.The experience with her had been entirely about pleasure and without an ounce of pain.
“I am...” He cleared his throat. “Not like your kind.”
“I know,” she replied with a gleam in her eyes. “And I’m looking forward to seeing how different you are, Imber.”
Chapter
Eleven
She knew that he was worried. She’d been worried when he first touched her, because she knew how different they were. Alys had been afraid to disappoint him. She had worried he might see the differences and find her ugly.
But he hadn’t. Imber had looked at her and reacted like she was a goddess and he was the lucky bastard who got to spend a few minutes with her. That reaction, more than anything else, gave her the courage to take control.
If he needed her to prove that she wasn’t afraid, and in fact elated to have this moment with him, then she would happily do so. Nothing would distract her from this. Especially now that he had laid her out, surrounded by a rainbow of coral, and he was right here. Ready for her to do whatever she wanted with him.
Biting her lip, she eyed the nervous expression on his face before deciding she knew what to do.
“I’ve been waiting a long time for this,” she whispered, planting her hands against his chest and giving him a little shove. He didn’t fight her.
Imber rolled onto his back, allowing her to straddle him and to gently move their connection to her right. She wanted thatcord within sight, but she also didn’t want to think about it. Distractions had no place here.
Then she forgot about the dangers of being underwater and instead focused on the handsome creature splayed out underneath her. She skated her fingers over his chest, letting her fingers dip into the hollows where muscles created shadows. He was warmer than she expected. Normally, he was a rather chilly creature to touch.
But every time she pressed down on a new muscle, or moved farther down his body, he seemed to radiate even more heat. As she watched, the gills on the side of his neck flared out, shaking just a bit with nerves or perhaps with want.
“Alys,” he murmured, licking his lips as his eyes went even darker. “I don’t know that you’ll like what you find.”
“Hm?” She leaned down and flicked one of his rib gills with her tongue. “I don’t know why or how you’re still thinking.”
Although he didn’t seem to hear the words she said. Because he was arching into her, his spine curving as her lips and tongue descended on one of the most sensitive parts of his body. He shook against her, this massive creature quaking in her arms all because of her soft lips and darting tongue.
She could get used to this. Having him come apart underneath her was surprisingly empowering.
Perhaps this was how he’d felt when she lay beneath him as well. Writhing in the sands because he’d brought her to such an incredible peak that she’d seen stars.
Again she hummed, and his tail thudded hard against the sand as she slid her lips a little lower. Tracing the lines of his abs with her tongue and then biting down on his side with a sharp little nip that had him hissing out a breath. She looked up at him, one eyebrow raised as he clearly tried to get control of himself.
“What are you doing?” he rasped.
