Page 33 of Sapphire Seas

“So…” Caspian sputtered, “so…so if you’re helping undress me that means we get to strip you next.”

“Awe, and here I was planning a strip tease for you,” Kes shot back.

“H-how is that a fair choice?” Caspian grumbled, looking to me for confirmation of our mate’s treachery.

“I don’t know what to tell you,” I replied. “Either way, I win.”

Caspian’s mouth opened and closed as he stared at me like a startled guppy, while Kes finished removing his pants and socks and I stripped off his hoodie and t-shirt.

“There, all naked,” Kes declared as he straightened up.

Caspian narrowed his eyes at me, then turned to face Kes, arms crossed, bare foot tapping impatiently on the cave floor. “Fine. Now you owe me a strip tease.”

Kes shrugged and tugged a corner of his t-shirt up enough to flash a swath of rippling abs at us before covering them again. “There ya go, a strip of skin to tease you with,” he replied, grinning like a Cheshire Cat until I stalked over to him and picked him up.

“Get his clothes, Caspian,” I said.

Kes giggled, dangling a foot off the ground while Caspian shook his head, laughing now too.

“I think I like this version of a double team much better,” Caspian declared as he unbuttoned Kes’ jeans.

“Me too,” Kes replied.

Once he was finally naked, after I’d peeled his shirt up an inch at a time, kissing the skin I exposed, I sent them into the hot spring while I turned on the projector.

“Your love of animation inspired me,” I declared as I started the movie. “I scrolled through the movies you’ve streamed so far and was pleased to see that this one wasn’t among them.”

“The Little Mermaid!” Kes declared as the opening scene unfolded, showing seagulls flying across a stormy sky, before dipping low, to where the dolphins were leaping in and out of the water. “This is one of my favorites.”

“I’ve never seen it,” Caspian said as he wiggled lower in the water and let out a contented sigh.

“This will be a first for me too,” I said as I slipped into the hot spring between them and stretched my arms out. “The moment we saw the image on the screen my dragon insisted that we watch it here.”

They curled against my sides and as I wrapped my arms around them and held them close, I realized that they fit perfectly. The Goddess truly had made them just for me. I kissed the tops of their heads as we settled in to enjoy the story.

“You’re dragon has a romantic side,” Kes murmured before he kissed my cheek. “I love this. Thank you for tonight. I don’t care how many times I’ve watched The Little Mermaid, nothing will ever compare to this.”

“Best first date ever,” Caspian declared.

“It’s my first date too,” Kes said.

“Then this is a special first for all of us,” I declared as one lone fish escaped the boat’s net and frantically swam toward the bottom of the ocean on screen.

I’d set a high bar for myself in terms of dazzling my mates, but after the hell we’d all been through to get to this moment, it was a blessing to lounge in the steaming water and enjoy a cozy night alone with them.

Chapter Eleven

Kes

Midway through The Little Mermaid, Mattias revealed yet another surprise. Chocolate covered cherries and strawberries that melted in my mouth every time he fed me one. There was sparkling lemonade too, the perfect blend of sweet and sour that was better than any soda I’d ever chugged. The whole night was better than any moment I could remember and I wasn’t ready for it to end, even after we returned to the house in our robes.

But was I brave enough to go for what I wanted?

I thought about it all the way up the stairs. By the time I reached the door, I decided it was now or never and dropped my robe the moment I’d kicked the door closed.

“I think we got the strip and the tease part out of the way earlier,” I said as I sauntered across the room in just my eyepatch and crawled up on the bed.

When I sprawled on my back in the middle of it, trying my best to strike what I hoped was a sexy pose, I was shocked to see my mates still stood in the middle of the room, staring at me like their feet had suddenly frozen to the floor.