Beneath The Surface by Church M.A

Author:Church, M.A. [Church, M.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: OmniLit / All Romance eBooks, LLC
Published: 2016-04-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Nisha watched as the redheaded merman swam away. The wound his friend inflicted wasn’t much—just bad enough to make a point that this was Nisha’s territory. The only males he allowed here were friends.

The temptation to go after him was great, but now wasn’t the time. Besides, he had more pressing matters, namely the human swimming hell-for-leather toward the shore. With a flip of his tail, he took off after Kannon. Kannon was still a good, strong swimmer.

His mate was still over his head when Nisha grabbed his ankle. The suddenness of the action pulled Kannon under. Kannon twisted around. Nisha threw up his hands, hoping to show he meant no harm.

Pulling him under had been an accident. He hadn’t meant to do that. Sometimes he forgot the humans weren’t as strong as his kind in the water. Kannon surfaced, and Nisha followed him up. As they bobbed in the water, the other merman and Brooke slowly swam toward them. Brett had his arms around both their shoulders.

The glare Kannon flashed at Nisha should’ve left him writhing on the ocean floor. Finally Nisha sighed, tired of the stare-off. “Kannon, I need you to remain calm. I’m not going to hurt you. Surely you know—”

“Holy shizzballs, you can speak like… like… like that?” Kannon blurted.

Bewildered, Nisha could only gape at Kannon. “Of course I can speak. Why wouldn’t I be able to speak? You speak.”

“Ah… ah…ah…” Kannon’s eyes widened as he treaded water.

“Should I assume just because you’re human you can’t swim?” Nisha hiked a perfectly shaped blue eyebrow at Kannon, who just happened to be treading water.

Kannon blinked at Nisha. “I-ah… yeah, okay. Um, you’re part fish. So no, I wasn’t expecting you to speak in perfectly clear English like that. Whatever was I thinking?”

A strangled cough came from behind Kannon, and he swung around to face the other merman who was helping Brooke and Brett to the shore. Nisha also looked at his friend. Marcus had the same long blue hair and pointed ears as himself, but his eyes were a pale, pale blue. He had a scar that ran through his right eyebrow.

“Yes, I can speak also. I know my ABCs and 123s, and—”

“Marcus, behave,” Nisha warned.

Kannon swung back toward him.

“Just pointing out I can speak. Oh. Forgot to mention I know my colors too.” Marcus flashed a toothy grin.

Kannon jerked his head back toward the other merman. “Um...”

Nisha rolled his eyes.

“And there goes the eye roll,” Brooke added.

Nisha huffed. “Both of you just stop. Marcus, Kannon’s freaked out enough without you acting stranger than normal. Don’t scare him.”

“A little late for that,” Kannon muttered then glanced at Brett. “Are you going to be okay?”

“Got some gnarly blisters, but basically, yeah,” Brett affirmed.

“Good. Good, I’m really glad to hear that. Seeing you stuck down there like that scared me silly. I was worried you might drown.” Kannon eyed Brett’s neck. “Guess I shouldn’t have been, though. Cool breathing apparatus you got there. Care to explain the new look?”

“Well… dammit,” Brett huffed.

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