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But I also couldn’t have anyone think that I was being extra hard on her because I’d fucked her. It wasn’t just her future on the line—it was minetoo.

I threw her abone.

“But, you are all wrong. We will never lower our standards. Not for the Frog Princess or for any of you fools. And I’ll tell you what. The Frog Princess showed you all up tonight. If you can’t do as many leg lovers as a girl, none of the rest of you have the right to be here. ‘Lady’ and Gentlemen, it’s going to be a long, cold, wet night.”

I threw down my microphone and walked away. Inwardly, I winced— she’d made a fool out ofme.

But I knew how to make her crack. How to make her doubt herself.

I knew her Achillesheel.

She would never pass the “O” course because she would never master the Dirty Name obstacle.

When I heard that sweet chime of the bell that she would ring, I would breathe a sigh of relief. For that sound would mean that I’d never have to see her again.

The sooner, the better.

She could try to pass BUD/S, but she wouldfail.

I was a Navy SEAL, a Triton, a god of thesea.

And she would never be part of my world.