Beneath Broken Waves: Including In the Spirit (Kotahi Bay Book 2) by J.C. Hart

Author:J.C. Hart [Hart, J.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Etherhart Press
Published: 2017-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

When they came up for air, Jake was surprised to find that the Bay still looked the same. He was different now, and he'd expected to see it with new eyes.

The eyes of a killer? He wasn't sure if it could even be called murder, seeing as Benjamin had offered his life, but he'd surprised himself with how eager he was to see it happen, eager to see the blood flow, to feel that connection with Moana, to purge some of the poison from the ocean.

"Are you okay?" Moana asked. They were on the beach, heading to his house, now that he'd figured out how to make clothes for himself and remembered that the car was still in the middle of nowhere. They could go and get it later, and deal with the last of the petrol while they were at it. "I know this is all...new, and I might not be quite what I seemed."

There was an edge of vulnerability in her voice and he caught her hand, making her turn to face him.

"You never lied about who and what you are. Everything I saw today, I saw the first time we met." His lips pulled up in a grin. "And I'm still here."

She laughed, soft and low. "You are. I just... I feel guilty, like I trapped you into this. You didn't choose it."

"But if you'd asked me, I'd have said yes." He kissed her then, a soft kiss, one that held a promise. "Trust me. You've got nothing to feel bad about."

"And what exactly are we going to tell your family?"

"That you swept me off my feet and made an honest man out of me?" He quirked an eyebrow and she laughed.

"We're a complete mess."

"But we're a mess together." He said the words with certainty.

"And we'll figure it all out eventually." She slipped her hand into his and pulled him down the beach.

"Eventually." He paused, considering her. "I guess it's too much to hope you might be able to stay at my house some nights?"

"We can make a bed in that cave if you want?"

He grimaced and she laughed again.

"I don't know why you think that's so funny. If you think cars have come a long way since you were last on land then you're going to be pleasantly surprised by modern beds."

"What else will I be surprised by?"

"Television, and movies! Oh my god, you're not going to have seen anything good. I can't wait to fix that. And games, I bet... Hang on. Have you ever seen a computer?"

She thumped him on the arm. "No teasing about my age."

"I don't even want to try and guess it, and we're not bringing that up with my family either. Melody is already going to freak out." He was trying to keep the conversation light, but he could see the bigger questions looming over them. And not just them but the whole Bay.

They'd thwarted this particular plan to destroy one of the gods the Bay protected, but it

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