A Pirate's Dream by Marie Hall

Author:Marie Hall [Marie Hall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mythology & Folk Tales, Romance, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Science Fiction & Fantasy, twisted fairy tale romance, mermaid romance, once upon a time, Captain Hook romance, Neverland
Amazon: B00U5RTY8C
Goodreads: 25053234
Publisher: Marie Hall Publisher
Published: 2015-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Danika shook her head. Two weeks had passed since that stupid snake had been placed in Nimue’s room. Grinding her teeth, she watched as the girl moved dispassionately between kelp fronds to help her grandmother pluck at snails.

“Still the snake?” Jericho asked, handing her a cup of warm chamomile tea.

Taking it from him gratefully, she snapped, “Aye. And let me tell you, Jer, if I ever find out who did that, I’ll skin them alive! Blasted mermaids.”

“So you don’t think it was Stygia.” He sat, studying the scene with a soft frown on his face.

“No, I do think she had a hand in placing it there, but my gut tells me Peter Pan was the true architect behind it all. Only Tinker could have spelled that snake to breathe in the deep as it did.”

“And still, Hook cannot find them? The Lost Boys, that is.” He took a slow sip of his honey-sweetened tea.

“No. Ruddy bastards went and hied themselves off to only Goddess knows where. Trishelle vows they won’t stop looking, but I know they’ll not find them, not with Tink hiding them within a veil. And it’s no coincidence, I tell ya.” She wagged her finger beneath his nose, furious all over again. “Tinker’s handiwork, no doubt. Not just anyone can slip into Seren uninvited. That... that... witch!”

Grinning, warmly, Jericho sat his mug of tea aside then arranged himself so that he could lay his head on her lap. “That was hard to say.”

“Well...” She curled her fingers through his soft hair. She loved rubbing his head, always such a soothing task. “I did want to call her something much worse, but I didn’t think it proper. I am a lady now.” She sniffed, and he laughed.

“They will work it out, love. They always do.”

“Aye, but it was going so well.” She stared pitifully back at the droplet. “Now Nimue is convinced that Sircco can’t love her, and Sircco is going half out of his mind with rage and lust and need that he seems incapable of realizing is the true beat of love. Gods, we weren’t this difficult, surely?” She glanced down at him.

Taking her fingers into his, he dropped a tender kiss onto each tip, making her wings buzz with desire.

“Nay, but we did have to battle our fair share of scheming shrews along the way, not to mention a curse that kept us apart for centuries.”

“Well, when you put it that way.” She bent and rubbed her nose against his. “Did I ever happen to mention how worth it you were, though? Because you are, my moon.”

He smiled, and her heart quivered, full to bursting with so much love that sometimes she thought she might die from it.

“As are you, my wild one. As are you.”

“They’ll work it out, right?”

He brushed his fingers across her bottom lips. “They always do.”

*

A month, an entire month had passed since he’d gotten a chance to be alone with Nimue.

She’d pulled away from him after the snake, and he didn’t know why.

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